naturalnews--2020-02-23--China’s economy continues to collapse as domestic car sales plunge a whopping 92% on spread of Wuhan

( Natural News ) Chinese President Xi Jinping finally made a public statement about the rapid , uncontrolled spread of the Wuhan coronavirus over the weekend , and it wasn ’ t optimistic .
As reported by the South China Morning Post and republished by POLITICO , Xi made an “ unprecedented ” teleconference call that was open to every county government and military unit throughout the country to discuss the seriousness of the outbreak .
He said the epidemic was “ the fastest spreading , with the most infected and was the most difficult to prevent and control ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Republic .
“ This is a crisis for us and it is also a major test , ” he said , acknowledging that the country needed to learn from the “ obvious shortcomings exposed ” in its response , so it could improve its ability to handle future crises .
While he also said that , essentially , the Communist government has everything under control , the scale of his announcement — to every governing and military entity in China — undermines that confidence .
And it should , because by all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taking its toll on the population , it is dismantling the world ’ s No .
2 economy , sector by sector .
As The Epoch Times reported late last week , for example , sales of Chinese passenger vehicles has tanked a whopping 92 percent “ on an annual basis the first 16 days of February , ” according to the China Passenger Car Association .
Sales of passenger vehicles only amounted to 4,909 units during the first 16 days of the month , the organization reported , which fell from 59,930 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year ago .
These are the first figures to demonstrate just how hard the Wuhan coronavirus is hitting the world ’ s largest auto market .
Because of quarantines and other strict measures meant to control the movement of the population , car sales and other economic activity are way down .
But car sales have essentially tanked completely .
Largest car market in the world is virtually shut down “ Very few dealerships opened in the first weeks of February and they have had very little customer traffic , ” said the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
( Related : Coronavirus pandemic exploding across the globe : South Korea surpasses 600 infections , Italy declares national emergency , Japan infections skyrocketing , nearly 2,000 non-China infections worldwide and doubling every few days . )
In all , analysts with the group say that China ’ s automobile sales will probably be off by more than 10 percent during the first half of 2020 , and that ’ s only if government health officials manage to bring the epidemic under control by April .
If that happens , car sales @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 5 percent year-over-year from 2019 , the country ’ s top auto industry body , the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers ( CAAM ) , told Reuters last week .
In order to stabilize the automobile market , which saw sales of 25 million vehicles last year , the Commerce Ministry announced plans to introduce measures aimed at boosting purchases .
Like the company Carvana in the U.S. , a company called Geely in China has launched a service where consumers can purchase vehicles online and have them delivered directly to their homes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to expose themselves to traditional car dealerships .
Other carmakers like Mercedes-Benz and Tesla , meanwhile , are beginning to promote online fairly heavily , a pace that has quickened as the virus spread beyond Wuhan City , were it originated , and authorities warned people to stay out of public places to avoid being exposed .
Geely said consumers could customize their vehicles on the company ’ s website .
In addition , the company will arrange for test drives where representatives will meet customers at their homes so they don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Geely also said its February production fell by two-thirds because workers were sidelined at home and could not report .
The company claims that about 90 percent of workers are slated to return by month ’ s end , but we ’ ll see .
The virus might have something to say about that .
Get the latest information on the coronavirus outbreak at Pandemic.news .

China’s economy continues to collapse as domestic car sales plunge a whopping 92% on spread of Wuhan coronavirus
Chinese President Xi Jinping finally made a public statement about the rapid, uncontrolled spread of the Wuhan coronavirus over the weekend, and it wasn’t optimistic.
As reported by the South China Morning Post and republished by POLITICO, Xi made an “unprecedented” teleconference call that was open to every county government and military unit throughout the country to discuss the seriousness of the outbreak.
The news site noted:
He said the epidemic was “the fastest spreading, with the most infected and was the most difficult to prevent and control” since the founding of the People’s Republic.
“This is a crisis for us and it is also a major test,” he said, acknowledging that the country needed to learn from the “obvious shortcomings exposed” in its response, so it could improve its ability to handle future crises.
While he also said that, essentially, the Communist government has everything under control, the scale of his announcement — to every governing and military entity in China — undermines that confidence.
And it should, because by all indications, the virus is not only taking its toll on the population, it is dismantling the world’s No. 2 economy, sector by sector.
As The Epoch Times reported late last week, for example, sales of Chinese passenger vehicles has tanked a whopping 92 percent “on an annual basis the first 16 days of February,” according to the China Passenger Car Association.
Sales of passenger vehicles only amounted to 4,909 units during the first 16 days of the month, the organization reported, which fell from 59,930 vehicles sold over the same period a year ago. These are the first figures to demonstrate just how hard the Wuhan coronavirus is hitting the world’s largest auto market.
Because of quarantines and other strict measures meant to control the movement of the population, car sales and other economic activity are way down. But car sales have essentially tanked completely.
Largest car market in the world is virtually shut down
“Very few dealerships opened in the first weeks of February and they have had very little customer traffic,” said the CPCA report, according to the Times. (Related: Coronavirus pandemic exploding across the globe: South Korea surpasses 600 infections, Italy declares national emergency, Japan infections skyrocketing, nearly 2,000 non-China infections worldwide and doubling every few days.)
In all, analysts with the group say that China’s automobile sales will probably be off by more than 10 percent during the first half of 2020, and that’s only if government health officials manage to bring the epidemic under control by April. If that happens, car sales will still be off by at least 5 percent year-over-year from 2019, the country’s top auto industry body, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), told Reuters last week.
In order to stabilize the automobile market, which saw sales of 25 million vehicles last year, the Commerce Ministry announced plans to introduce measures aimed at boosting purchases.
Like the company Carvana in the U.S., a company called Geely in China has launched a service where consumers can purchase vehicles online and have them delivered directly to their homes, thus alleviating the need for citizens to expose themselves to traditional car dealerships.
Other carmakers like Mercedes-Benz and Tesla, meanwhile, are beginning to promote online fairly heavily, a pace that has quickened as the virus spread beyond Wuhan City, were it originated, and authorities warned people to stay out of public places to avoid being exposed.
Geely said consumers could customize their vehicles on the company’s website. In addition, the company will arrange for test drives where representatives will meet customers at their homes so they don’t have to come into a dealership.
Geely also said its February production fell by two-thirds because workers were sidelined at home and could not report. The company claims that about 90 percent of workers are slated to return by month’s end, but we’ll see.
The virus might have something to say about that.
Get the latest information on the coronavirus outbreak at Pandemic.news.
Sources include:
TheEpochTimes.com
NaturalNews.com
Politico.com


naturalnews--2020-02-23--Trump outraged that his order to leave coronavirus-infected Americans in quarantine aboard luxury li

( Natural News ) If you still believe that President Donald Trump is simply paranoid by purging his National Security Council and White House of staffers suspected of undermining him , this should convince you that he ’ s absolutely not crazy to do so .
The president had given instructions to staff that 14 Americans aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship who were infected with Wuhan coronavirus were to remain in Japan until such time as they were infection-free .
Meanwhile , the president and his virus task force were told last week that Americans quarantined aboard the vessel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brought home on two chartered planes .
However , as The Washington Post reports , that decision was ultimately overruled by someone without the president ’ s knowledge or permission .
Trump was briefed on the decision and agreed that healthy passengers should not be on the plane with sick ones , three senior administration officials said .
But the State Department and a top U.S. health official ultimately decided to bring back the 14 Americans who tested positive for the virus on the planes and place them in isolation — without informing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ learned about the decision after it was made and the infected people were aboard the flight , according to the report , leading him to become extremely angry — and rightfully so — that he was not consulted first .
The decision , according to the Post , “ could damage his administration ’ s handling of the response.
” And quite frankly , anyone who has been following the undermining and sabotage of the president and his administration has to be thinking that this decision to overrule Trump was made on purpose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ force were not told in advance that the infected people would be placed on the plane and learned that only after the plane was on its way back to the United States , ” the power added .
The president is ultimately responsible , not a State Department official Naturally , the State Department defended its own personnel .
“ It ’ s important to remember this was an emerging and unusual circumstance , ” claimed Principal Deputy Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Consular Affairs , Ian Brownlee .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a plan to execute and we received lab results on people who were otherwise asymptomatic , un-ill people on a bus on the way to the airport , ” he added .
“ The people on the ground did exactly the right thing…in bringing them home.
” Really ?
So , the president and his task force weren ’ t sufficiently briefed on the situation , then…by the State Department ?
Is that it ?
Or , more likely , was it just someone making a decision against the will of the president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like him ; and b ) don ’ t think he knows what he ’ s doing ?
Either way , whoever was responsible has now put not just the president ’ s strategy of containing the virus at risk but the entire country as well .
It could be that whomever decided to defy Trump just committed an act of biological terrorism against the country .
Also , as Zero Hedge ’ s Tyler Durden points out , coronavirus tests are not sufficiently reliable .
They often show false negatives , while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around the countryside infecting people .
And that ’ s no different from standard flu tests , which are also not even close to 100 percent accurate .
If Wuhan coronavirus begins to spread among the American people , the last person to blame will be President Trump .
See all the latest news and information about the coronavirus outbreak at Pandemic.news .

Trump outraged that his order to leave coronavirus-infected Americans in quarantine aboard luxury liner IGNORED as they were flown back to the USA, cross-infecting other air passengers
If you still believe that President Donald Trump is simply paranoid by purging his National Security Council and White House of staffers suspected of undermining him, this should convince you that he’s absolutelycrazy to do so.
The president had given instructions to staff that 14 Americans aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship who were infected with Wuhan coronavirus were to remain in Japan until such time as they were infection-free.
Meanwhile, the president and his virus task force were told last week that Americans quarantined aboard the vessel but were not yet sick would be brought home on two chartered planes. However, as The Washington Post reports, that decision was ultimately overruled by someone without the president’s knowledge or permission.
The paper reported:
Trump was briefed on the decision and agreed that healthy passengers should not be on the plane with sick ones, three senior administration officials said. But the State Department and a top U.S. health official ultimately decided to bring back the 14 Americans who tested positive for the virus on the planes and place them in isolation — without informing the president first.
The president first learned about the decision after it was made and the infected people were aboard the flight, according to the report, leading him to become extremely angry — and rightfully so — that he was not consulted first.
The decision, according to the Post, “could damage his administration’s handling of the response.” And quite frankly, anyone who has been following the undermining and sabotage of the president and his administration has to be thinking that this decision to overrule Trump was made on purpose.
“Some members of the task force were not told in advance that the infected people would be placed on the plane and learned that only after the plane was on its way back to the United States,” the power added.
The president is ultimately responsible, not a State Department official
Naturally, the State Department defended its own personnel.
“It’s important to remember this was an emerging and unusual circumstance,” claimed Principal Deputy Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ian Brownlee.
“We had 328 people on buses, a plan to execute and we received lab results on people who were otherwise asymptomatic, un-ill people on a bus on the way to the airport," he added. "The people on the ground did exactly the right thing...in bringing them home.”
Really? So, the president and his task force weren’t sufficiently briefed on the situation, then…by the State Department? Is that it?
Or, more likely, was it just someone making a decision against the will of the president because a) they don’t like him; and b) don’t think he knows what he’s doing?
Either way, whoever was responsible has now put not just the president’s strategy of containing the virus at risk but the entire country as well. It could be that whomever decided to defy Trump just committed an act of biological terrorism against the country.
Also, as Zero Hedge’s Tyler Durden points out, coronavirus tests are not sufficiently reliable. They often show false negatives, while so-called asymptomatic “super-spreaders” are walking around the countryside infecting people.
And that’s no different from standard flu tests, which are also not even close to 100 percent accurate.
If Wuhan coronavirus begins to spread among the American people, the last person to blame will be President Trump.
See all the latest news and information about the coronavirus outbreak at Pandemic.news.
Sources include:
ZeroHedge.com
WashingtonPost.com
TheNationalSentinel.com


naturalnews--2020-02-23--Could there ALREADY EXIST a natural prevention solution for several strains of the flu, one that als

( Natural News ) Influenza and coronavirus have one thing in common as they are both much more likely to infect and kill humans who already have weakened immune systems , but there ’ s something else most US doctors are not telling anyone .
Most Americans have severely compromised immune systems due directly to the vaccines and medicines used most frequently today , including mercury-laced flu shots , antibiotics and most prescription medications .
Could there already be a natural cure for these lab-made diseases and genetically modified viral strains they ’ re spreading all around while they lie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problem at all ?
” When you suffer from inflammation from the influenza vaccine toxins , you ’ re more susceptible to all kinds of infections .
When that “ full round ” of antibiotics wipes out all of your good gut bacteria , your immune system is decimated .
As coronavirus circulates the globe , it ’ s mainly the immune-crippled bottom 10 percent of humans that die from nCoV , or did the CDC not inform you of that on CNN ( the Counterfeit News Network ) , or in your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ study determines elderberries immobilize flu virus , plus cut the illness duration in half if you already have it Once you read about this chemical compound in elderberries that gives the flu a bully beat down , and that ’ s not patented by the FDA or CDC yet , you ’ ll drop the dangerous flu vaccine and run to the closest health food store .
Doctors across the United States sling antibiotics at flu symptoms regularly , thinking you ’ ve got a bacterial infection , and the next thing you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a flu shot and taking antihistamines , another prescription nightmare that causes sicknesses to fester inside your body .
It ’ s time to get with the program – the natural health program , and swallow it whole .
Unique phytochemicals found in elderberries just so happen to block the flu virus from entering our healthy cells or even attaching to them .
They don ’ t relieve you of symptoms , instead they go to work on the root of the problem , defending you in the strongest way , and naturally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system isn ’ t wiped out by mercury and antibiotics .
Get it ?
One of the reasons any flu or coronovirs can be deadly is because it ’ s constantly replicating , so if all your doctor does is address the symptoms with medications , you ’ re in for a rude awakening .
Researchers , including doctors , are using farmed elderberries that are turned into a juice serum .
The serum is then applied to cells before , during and after they got infected by a strain of flu virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ key viral proteins that are responsible for attaching to cells and entering them .
The elderberry extract even fought off the virus late into the infection , by coordinating the release of chemical messengers called cytokines that create a very efficient immune response .
If any medical doctors admit to these findings and recommend elderberry to their patients , the AMA will certainly have a “ sit down ” with that pill slinging machine and remind him/her who ’ s in charge .
Want some virus-killing elderberry extract syrup for your family ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even deadly coronavirus ?
Think about this for a minute .
If you get the flu or the common cold , and your doctor scribbles out a prescription of antibiotics for you , thinking you have a bacterial infection , you could catch coronavirus and die , with that severely compromised immune system for which your medical doctor would be directly responsible .
If you catch the flu this year because you got the flu shot , or because you got the flu shot last year and now you ’ re even more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ science proves that , by the way ) , well then you ’ re now highly susceptible to dying from coronavirus , should you catch it .
Did you know that elderberry grows all around in the world , naturally ?
Yep .
The European black elderberry shrub ( also known as sambucus nigra ) can be found right here in North America , or in Africa , Asia and Europe .
That ’ s why big pharma can ’ t put a patent on it , screw up its efficacy in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t work .
That ’ s what they do when they can , you know that , right ?
Elderberries are loaded with antioxidants and flavonoids that are anti-inflammatory .
This is Nature ’ s medicine chest , but American doctors are forbidden from speaking positively about it , much less recommending it .
Elderberries are anti-viral and even help fight off certain bacterial infections .
So much for those antibiotics , huh ?
A clinical study published in Bio Med Central ( BMC ) revealed to the world that black elderberry can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and B viruses , as well as certain gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria that are responsible for upper respiratory infections .
We ’ ve known this since back in 2011 .
We ’ re talking about a safe , efficient and inexpensive way to treat influenza , but the FDA and CDC have buried this information underground .
No mass media coverage .
No doctor talk .
No more search engine revelations .
Nothing .
What ’ s next ?
Long lines for a CDC-concocted coronavirus “ vaccine ” that gives you the sickness @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be that coronavirus infects 80 % of the world ’ s population .
Maybe , just maybe , elderberry extract could save us all from 2019 nCoV Coronavirus , but you certainly won ’ t know unless you try it , because the US sick care industry only sells dirty vaccines that spread diseases through shedding and severely compromised immune systems roaming around in their “ herd.
” Tune your internet dial to Pandemic.news for updates on realistic statistics regarding the infected and the dead in the wake of worldwide coronavirus .

Could there ALREADY EXIST a natural prevention solution for several strains of the flu, one that also fends off deadly 2019 nCoV Coronavirus?
Influenza and coronavirus have one thing in common as they are both much more likely to infect and kill humans who already have weakened immune systems, but there’s something else most US doctors are not telling anyone. Most Americans have severely compromised immune systems due directly to the vaccines and medicines used most frequently today, including mercury-laced flu shots, antibiotics and most prescription medications. Could there already be a natural cure for these lab-made diseases and genetically modified viral strains they’re spreading all around while they lie and say “there's no problem at all?”
When you suffer from inflammation from the influenza vaccine toxins, you’re more susceptible to all kinds of infections. When that “full round” of antibiotics wipes out all of your good gut bacteria, your immune system is decimated. As coronavirus circulates the globe, it’s mainly the immune-crippled bottom 10 percent of humans that die from nCoV, or did the CDC not inform you of that on CNN (the Counterfeit News Network), or in your fake world news daily newspaper?
Scientific study determines elderberries immobilize flu virus, plus cut the illness duration in half if you already have it
Once you read about this chemical compound in elderberries that gives the flu a bully beat down, and that’s not patented by the FDA or CDC yet, you’ll drop the dangerous flu vaccine and run to the closest health food store. Doctors across the United States sling antibiotics at flu symptoms regularly, thinking you’ve got a bacterial infection, and the next thing you know, you’re also getting a flu shot and taking antihistamines, another prescription nightmare that causes sicknesses to fester inside your body. It’s time to get with the program – the natural health program, and swallow it whole.
Unique phytochemicals found in elderberries just so happen to block the flu virus from entering our healthy cells or even attaching to them. They don’t relieve you of symptoms, instead they go to work on the root of the problem, defending you in the strongest way, and naturally at that. That means your immune system isn’t wiped out by mercury and antibiotics. Get it?
One of the reasons any flu or coronovirs can be deadly is because it’s constantly replicating, so if all your doctor does is address the symptoms with medications, you’re in for a rude awakening. Researchers, including doctors, are using farmed elderberries that are turned into a juice serum. The serum is then applied to cells before, during and after they got infected by a strain of flu virus.
The result? Elderberry syrup blocked key viral proteins that are responsible for attaching to cells and entering them. The elderberry extract even fought off the virus late into the infection, by coordinating the release of chemical messengers called cytokines that create a very efficient immune response. If any medical doctors admit to these findings and recommend elderberry to their patients, the AMA will certainly have a “sit down” with that pill slinging machine and remind him/her who’s in charge.
Want some virus-killing elderberry extract syrup for your family’s defense against the flu and possibly even deadly coronavirus?
Think about this for a minute. If you get the flu or the common cold, and your doctor scribbles out a prescription of antibiotics for you, thinking you have a bacterial infection, you could catch coronavirus and die, with that severely compromised immune system for which your medical doctor would be directly responsible. If you catch the flu this year because you got the flu shot, or because you got the flu shot last year and now you’re even more susceptible to the virus this year (science proves that, by the way), well then you’re now highly susceptible to dying from coronavirus, should you catch it.
Did you know that elderberry grows all around in the world, naturally? Yep. The European black elderberry shrub (also known as sambucus nigra) can be found right here in North America, or in Africa, Asia and Europe. That’s why big pharma can’t put a patent on it, screw up its efficacy in a lab, and say it doesn’t work. That’s what they do when they can, you know that, right?
Elderberries are loaded with antioxidants and flavonoids that are anti-inflammatory. This is Nature’s medicine chest, but American doctors are forbidden from speaking positively about it, much less recommending it. Elderberries are anti-viral and even help fight off certain bacterial infections. So much for those antibiotics, huh?
A clinical study published in Bio Med Central (BMC) revealed to the world that black elderberry can help you fight off both influenza A and B viruses, as well as certain gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria that are responsible for upper respiratory infections. We’ve known this since back in 2011. We’re talking about a safe, efficient and inexpensive way to treat influenza, but the FDA and CDC have buried this information underground. No mass media coverage. No doctor talk. No more search engine revelations. Nothing. What's next? Long lines for a CDC-concocted coronavirus "vaccine" that gives you the sickness on purpose?
Now, it could be that coronavirus infects 80% of the world’s population. Maybe, just maybe, elderberry extract could save us all from 2019 nCoV Coronavirus, but you certainly won’t know unless you try it, because the US sick care industry only sells dirty vaccines that spread diseases through shedding and severely compromised immune systems roaming around in their “herd.”
Tune your internet dial to Pandemic.news for updates on realistic statistics regarding the infected and the dead in the wake of worldwide coronavirus.
Sources for this article include:
RealFarmacy.com
Pandemic.news
NaturalNews.com
ScienceDirect.com
Top10Supps.com


naturalnews--2020-02-23--PRIORITY: U.S. government proposes CUTTING OFF China's access to chip technology

( Natural News ) The Trump administration is considering implementing new trade restrictions on China , particularly the telecom giant Huawei , to limit their use of American chip-making equipment .
This comes as the administration seeks to cut China off from accessing key semiconductor technology .
President Trump is yet to review the proposed changes , according to people familiar with the proposal .
The Department of Commerce is leading the drafting of the proposed changes .
Their main goal is to implement changes on the “ foreign direct product rule , ” which can restrict the ownership and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ products and technology , particularly if the product or tech must be kept hidden for military or national security purposes .
One of the proposed changes would require chip factories all over the world to obtain a license if they intend to use American equipment to produce chips for the Chinese telecom conglomerate Huawei Technologies Co .
The proposed changes to the foreign direct product rule aim to slow down the rapid advancement of China ’ s technologies .
However , according to people invested in United States industries , the Trump administration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supply chain for semiconductors , which can also affect the growth of many American companies .
( Related : 97 % of antibiotics are made in China ; “ supply chain Armageddon ” will see U.S. pharmacy supplies wiped out . )
According to the insiders , the rule changes have been under discussion for weeks now .
However , they were only recently proposed and are supposed to be bundled together with a different set of rule changes that would limit the ability of American companies to use their overseas facilities to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hasn ’ t weighed in on the proposals , some people within his administration are already skeptical of the changes .
Previously , President Trump has stated that he wants to allow American companies to supply Huawei with equipment as long as the products they ’ re providing aren ’ t deemed sensitive from a national security perspective .
The Department of Commerce is also expected to push for even more rule changes , such as a limit on the export of chips with sensitive American technology and rules that target chip-production equipment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to cut China off from semiconductor trade Semiconductors are among China ’ s largest imports from the United States .
China has also struggled despite years of effort to cut itself off from its reliance on foreign suppliers .
“ They don ’ t want any fab in the world to produce anything for Huawei – that ’ s the goal , ” said one person , speaking of the chip factories that will likely be affected by the proposed rule changes .
Many officials , both in the United States and in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see Huawei as a huge liability .
For starters , it ’ s seen as a serious espionage risk because it ’ s a Chinese company – meaning it will not be able to resist if the Chinese Communist Party wants access to any of its data and equipment .
Officials are still skeptical despite Huawei ’ s statements that they have never spied on anyone on behalf of the Chinese government .
Trump administration officials are set to meet on February 28 to discuss these proposed rule changes , as well as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of companies to make license-free sales to Huawei if their products are at least 10 percent American-made .
The previous threshold allowed license-free sales for anything that was less than 25 percent American-made .
They are also expected to discuss wider restrictions on the manufacturing of chips for Chinese consumers , as well as potentially banning even more Chinese companies from accessing American tech .

US government proposes CUTTING OFF China’s access to chip technology
The Trump administration is considering implementing new trade restrictions on China , particularly the telecom giant Huawei, to limit their use of American chip-making equipment. This comes as the administration seeks to cut China off from accessing key semiconductor technology. President Trump is yet to review the proposed changes , according to people familiar with the proposal.
The Department of Commerce is leading the drafting of the proposed changes. Their main goal is to implement changes on the "foreign direct product rule," which can restrict the ownership and access that foreign companies have over American products and technology, particularly if the product or tech must be kept hidden for military or national security purposes. One of the proposed changes would require chip factories all over the world to obtain a license if they intend to use American equipment to produce chips for the Chinese telecom conglomerate Huawei Technologies Co.
The proposed changes to the foreign direct product rule aim to slow down the rapid advancement of China's technologies. However, according to people invested in United States industries, the Trump administration's move risks disrupting the global supply chain for semiconductors, which can also affect the growth of many American companies. (Related: 97% of antibiotics are made in China; "supply chain Armageddon" will see U.S. pharmacy supplies wiped out.)
According to the insiders, the rule changes have been under discussion for weeks now. However, they were only recently proposed and are supposed to be bundled together with a different set of rule changes that would limit the ability of American companies to use their overseas facilities to supply Huawei. While President Trump still hasn't weighed in on the proposals, some people within his administration are already skeptical of the changes. Previously, President Trump has stated that he wants to allow American companies to supply Huawei with equipment as long as the products they're providing aren't deemed sensitive from a national security perspective.
The Department of Commerce is also expected to push for even more rule changes, such as a limit on the export of chips with sensitive American technology and rules that target chip-production equipment.
Proposed changes seen as another way to cut China off from semiconductor trade
Semiconductors are among China's largest imports from the United States. China has also struggled despite years of effort to cut itself off from its reliance on foreign suppliers. "They don't want any fab in the world to produce anything for Huawei - that's the goal," said one person, speaking of the chip factories that will likely be affected by the proposed rule changes.
Many officials, both in the United States and in the rest of the Western world, see Huawei as a huge liability. For starters, it's seen as a serious espionage risk because it's a Chinese company – meaning it will not be able to resist if the Chinese Communist Party wants access to any of its data and equipment. Officials are still skeptical despite Huawei's statements that they have never spied on anyone on behalf of the Chinese government.
Trump administration officials are set to meet on February 28 to discuss these proposed rule changes, as well as another proposal that would limit the ability of companies to make license-free sales to Huawei if their products are at least 10 percent American-made. The previous threshold allowed license-free sales for anything that was less than 25 percent American-made. They are also expected to discuss wider restrictions on the manufacturing of chips for Chinese consumers, as well as potentially banning even more Chinese companies from accessing American tech.
Sources include:
WSJ.com
CNBC.com


naturalnews--2020-02-23--Studies look into the benefits of blueberries for heart disease, diabetes prevention

( Natural News ) Blueberries are a well-known superfood , and it looks like their health benefits know no bounds .
Researchers at the University of East Anglia in the U.K. have learned new insights into how blueberries can affect certain health markers associated with diabetes and heart disease .
This is on top of another study from Laval University in Canada that has linked blueberries to improvements in physical activity and weight loss .
Previous research has determined the positive effects of blueberries when it comes to diabetes and heart disease .
However , not everyone receives the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ team at the University of East Anglia , led by Professor Aedin Cassidy , aimed to understand why that is the case .
“ Previous studies have indicated that people who regularly eat blueberries have a reduced risk of developing conditions including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease , ” said Cassidy .
“ This may be because blueberries are high in naturally occurring compounds called anthocyanins , which are the flavonoids responsible for the red and blue colour in fruits.
” The big issue that the team looked to tackle however , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same way to the fruit .
“ In the case of blueberries and anthocyanins , we think that differences in the way that people process and metabolise these foods may hold the key to understanding why they experience different health effects , ” explained Cassidy .
Blueberries may help with weight loss A separate study from Laval University looked at how blueberry consumption helped improve the physical activity of obese mice .
Here , the researchers isolated which compounds in blueberries caused an increase in the subjects ’ physical activity .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ berries in general are very rich in polyphenols , and we know that they can prevent obesity and metabolic disorders ” stated Arianne Morissette , who co-authored the study .
During the study , the researchers observed that mice fed with either whole blueberries or isolated compounds from blueberries gained less weight and that these mice were also more physically active .
Morissette noted that blueberries increasing physical activity has never been documented before .
One of the report ’ s co-authors , Genevieve Pilon stated that the results could be of interest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The PAC ( proanthocyanidins ) , which was linked to increased activity of the mice , it ’ s new , and for the sports field it is really interesting , ” Pilon said .
However , she also cautioned that they still don ’ t know how it works .
How many blueberries should you eat ?
Regardless of how , eating blueberries can provide a number of health benefits .
For those looking to take advantage of these benefits , the study from the University of East Anglia laid out just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to receive the health benefits .
( Related : Blueberry extracts can protect against cadmium toxicity . )
According to Dr. Peter Curtis , co-lead of the study , they found that having one cup , or 150 g of blueberries daily , was enough for their subjects to experience the benefits , such as “ sustained improvements in vascular function and arterial stiffness — making enough of a difference to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by between 12 and 15 per cent.
” “ The simple and attainable message is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ improve cardiovascular health , ” Curtis concluded .
Eating blueberries is just one way to gain their benefits .
According to a similar study by the US Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) drinking 240 mL of wild blueberry juice per day can also help fight against diabetes .
The important thing to note here is that the more blueberries consumed , the more pronounced the health benefits .
In their study , Curtis noted that those who only consumed half a cup , or 75 g of blueberries , did not experience @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it ’ s likely that higher intakes are necessary to feel the benefits , especially for those who are at risk of these diseases .

Studies look into the benefits of blueberries for heart disease, diabetes prevention
Blueberries are a well-known superfood, and it looks like their health benefits know no bounds. Researchers at the University of East Anglia in the U.K. have learned new insights into how blueberries can affect certain health markers associated with diabetes and heart disease. This is on top of another study from Laval University in Canada that has linked blueberries to improvements in physical activity and weight loss.
Blueberries vs. heart disease, diabetes
Previous research has determined the positive effects of blueberries when it comes to diabetes and heart disease. However, not everyone receives the same health benefits when eating them. The team at the University of East Anglia, led by Professor Aedin Cassidy, aimed to understand why that is the case.
“Previous studies have indicated that people who regularly eat blueberries have a reduced risk of developing conditions including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease,” said Cassidy. “This may be because blueberries are high in naturally occurring compounds called anthocyanins, which are the flavonoids responsible for the red and blue colour in fruits.”
The big issue that the team looked to tackle however, is why people don't respond the same way to the fruit. “In the case of blueberries and anthocyanins, we think that differences in the way that people process and metabolise these foods may hold the key to understanding why they experience different health effects,” explained Cassidy.
Blueberries may help with weight loss
A separate study from Laval University looked at how blueberry consumption helped improve the physical activity of obese mice. Here, the researchers isolated which compounds in blueberries caused an increase in the subjects' physical activity.
“We know that blueberries, or that berries in general are very rich in polyphenols, and we know that they can prevent obesity and metabolic disorders” stated Arianne Morissette, who co-authored the study.
During the study, the researchers observed that mice fed with either whole blueberries or isolated compounds from blueberries gained less weight and that these mice were also more physically active. Morissette noted that blueberries increasing physical activity has never been documented before.
One of the report's co-authors, Genevieve Pilon stated that the results could be of interest to the sports nutrition industry. “The PAC (proanthocyanidins), which was linked to increased activity of the mice, it's new, and for the sports field it is really interesting,” Pilon said. However, she also cautioned that they still don't know how it works.
How many blueberries should you eat?
Regardless of how, eating blueberries can provide a number of health benefits. For those looking to take advantage of these benefits, the study from the University of East Anglia laid out just how much of the berries were required to receive the health benefits. (Related: Blueberry extracts can protect against cadmium toxicity.)
According to Dr. Peter Curtis, co-lead of the study, they found that having one cup, or 150 g of blueberries daily, was enough for their subjects to experience the benefits, such as “sustained improvements in vascular function and arterial stiffness -- making enough of a difference to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by between 12 and 15 per cent.”
“The simple and attainable message is to consume one cup of blueberries daily to improve cardiovascular health,” Curtis concluded.
Eating blueberries is just one way to gain their benefits. According to a similar study by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) drinking 240 mL of wild blueberry juice per day can also help fight against diabetes.
The important thing to note here is that the more blueberries consumed, the more pronounced the health benefits. In their study, Curtis noted that those who only consumed half a cup, or 75 g of blueberries, did not experience any healthful effects. He further stated that it's likely that higher intakes are necessary to feel the benefits, especially for those who are at risk of these diseases.
Sources include:
Diabetes.co.uk
ScienceDaily.com
Nutraingedients-USA.com


naturalnews--2020-02-23--Study: Excess iron may increase your risk of developing bacterial skin infections

( Natural News ) Iron is an essential mineral that plays a key role in producing hemoglobin — a complex protein that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body .
Aside from that , this mineral also has a wide variety of other beneficial effects on overall health , including eliminating fatigue , improving muscle strength , preventing anemia and supporting the immune system .
However , like all other nutrients , recent research suggests that too much iron can be harmful to your skin health .
A study published in the journal PLOS Medicine found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an increased risk of developing bacterial skin infections .
This global study is the first to use large-scale population data to investigate this association .
“ We used a statistical method , called Mendelian randomization , that employs genetic data to better estimate the causal effect of iron status on 900 diseases and conditions , ” Beben Benyamin , the study ’ s co-lead author , said .
“ Through this , we found a link between excess iron and a reduced risk of high cholesterol , ” Benyamin added .
While there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the positive effects of iron consumption in the body , there aren ’ t many studies that look into the negative effects of excess iron .
In this global study , researchers from the University of South Australia , in collaboration with Imperial College London and the University of Ioannina in Greece , explored the broad clinical effects of varying iron status .
To do so , the researchers used the genetic and clinical data from around 424,439 people , aged 40 to 69 , who are enrolled in the U.K. Biobank .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to rapidly determine the effects of raised iron status on hundreds of clinical outcomes using data that has been already captured .
From their analysis , they were able to document the positive effects of iron — namely its ability to protect the body against anemia and reduce the risk of high cholesterol .
Anemia refers to a condition wherein there are not enough healthy blood cells to circulate the oxygen throughout the body .
According to the World Health Organization , anemia affects about 1.62 billion people worldwide , which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
However , the researchers also revealed that excessively high iron levels can also increase your risk of developing bacterial skin infections like cellulitis .
( Related : Iron supplements cause more harm than good . )
Although there are previous trials that manipulated iron status in people with anemia , none of them so far have focused on managing skin infections or regulating cholesterol using iron levels .
The researchers believe that they need significantly more trial data before even attempting iron manipulation .
“ In this study , we have provided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certain diseases .
The next step is to investigate whether direct manipulation of iron levels improve health outcomes through clinical trials , ” said Benyamin .
The common trend nowadays is to use antibiotics to handle bacterial infections .
However , there is a growing concern that these bacteria can develop resistance to the antibiotic medicine recommended by most health experts .
Thankfully , there are natural remedies available that have been used for years to treat various skin bacterial infections • Aloe vera .
This plant has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ skin condition , especially bacterial skin infection .
You can apply freshly extracted aloe vera gel directly on the affected areas of the skin then leave it for a few hours before rinsing with water .
Repeat this process regularly 2 to three times a day .
• Turmeric .
This spice is famous for the variety of health benefits it provides , such as its potent anti-inflammatory properties .
This is all thanks to turmeric ’ s active ingredient , curcumin , which exhibits antibacterial , anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties which are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can create a paste-like substance by mixing water and freshly ground turmeric .
Then , apply this paste on the affected areas of skin and let it sit for a few minutes before rinsing off with water .
• Tea tree oil .
This essential oil has powerful anti-bacterial properties that help you treat a wide variety of skin infections .
Pour a few drops of this essential oil in coconut oil before applying the mixture on the bacteria affected skin .
• Garlic .
This kitchen staple contains a compound called allicin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
For skin infections , you can apply a bit of garlic oil directly on the affected skin and massage gently for a few minutes to ensure absorption and equal application .
Nutrients.news has everything you need to know about iron and other minerals .

Study: Excess iron may increase your risk of developing bacterial skin infections
Iron is an essential mineral that plays a key role in producing hemoglobin — a complex protein that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. Aside from that, this mineral also has a wide variety of other beneficial effects on overall health, including eliminating fatigue, improving muscle strength, preventing anemia and supporting the immune system. However, like all other nutrients, recent research suggests that too much iron can be harmful to your skin health
A study published in the journal PLOS Medicine found that high iron levels can lead to an increased risk of developing bacterial skin infections. This global study is the first to use large-scale population data to investigate this association.
“We used a statistical method, called Mendelian randomization, that employs genetic data to better estimate the causal effect of iron status on 900 diseases and conditions,” Beben Benyamin, the study's co-lead author, said. “Through this, we found a link between excess iron and a reduced risk of high cholesterol,” Benyamin added.
The dark side of iron
While there is plenty of research available that highlights the positive effects of iron consumption in the body, there aren't many studies that look into the negative effects of excess iron. In this global study, researchers from the University of South Australia, in collaboration with Imperial College London and the University of Ioannina in Greece, explored the broad clinical effects of varying iron status.
To do so, the researchers used the genetic and clinical data from around 424,439 people, aged 40 to 69, who are enrolled in the U.K. Biobank. The researchers claim that their study was able to rapidly determine the effects of raised iron status on hundreds of clinical outcomes using data that has been already captured. From their analysis, they were able to document the positive effects of iron — namely its ability to protect the body against anemia and reduce the risk of high cholesterol.
Anemia refers to a condition wherein there are not enough healthy blood cells to circulate the oxygen throughout the body. According to the World Health Organization, anemia affects about 1.62 billion people worldwide, which is equivalent to 24.8 percent of the population.
However, the researchers also revealed that excessively high iron levels can also increase your risk of developing bacterial skin infections like cellulitis. (Related: Iron supplements cause more harm than good.)
Although there are previous trials that manipulated iron status in people with anemia, none of them so far have focused on managing skin infections or regulating cholesterol using iron levels. The researchers believe that they need significantly more trial data before even attempting iron manipulation.
“In this study, we have provided population-based evidence that iron is associated with certain diseases. The next step is to investigate whether direct manipulation of iron levels improve health outcomes through clinical trials,” said Benyamin.
Natural ways to treat a bacterial infection
The common trend nowadays is to use antibiotics to handle bacterial infections. However, there is a growing concern that these bacteria can develop resistance to the antibiotic medicine recommended by most health experts. Thankfully, there are natural remedies available that have been used for years to treat various skin bacterial infections
Aloe vera. This plant has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, making it a fantastic remedy for any skin condition, especially bacterial skin infection. You can apply freshly extracted aloe vera gel directly on the affected areas of the skin then leave it for a few hours before rinsing with water. Repeat this process regularly 2 to three times a day. Turmeric. This spice is famous for the variety of health benefits it provides, such as its potent anti-inflammatory properties. This is all thanks to turmeric's active ingredient, curcumin, which exhibits antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties which are essential in fighting bacterial infections. You can create a paste-like substance by mixing water and freshly ground turmeric. Then, apply this paste on the affected areas of skin and let it sit for a few minutes before rinsing off with water. Tea tree oil. This essential oil has powerful anti-bacterial properties that help you treat a wide variety of skin infections. Pour a few drops of this essential oil in coconut oil before applying the mixture on the bacteria affected skin. Garlic. This kitchen staple contains a compound called allicin that works effectively in treating bacterial infections. For skin infections, you can apply a bit of garlic oil directly on the affected skin and massage gently for a few minutes to ensure absorption and equal application.
Nutrients.news has everything you need to know about iron and other minerals.
Sources include:
MedicalNewsToday.com
Journals.PLOS.org
WHO.int
DIYRemedies.org


naturalnews--2020-02-23--Revenge of the deep state? Obama-era DHS whistleblower found shot to death as friend and GOP lawmake

Revenge of the deep state? Obama-era DHS whistleblower found shot to death as friend and GOP lawmaker claims "it can’t be suicide’"

( Natural News ) As the criminal investigation into the origins of the “ Spygate ” probe deepen , it seems like the Deep State is getting nervous about the entire plot being blown wide open .
That much is obvious given the recent increase in Left-wing attacks on Attorney General William Barr coupled with reports that his handpicked U.S. attorney , John Durham , has expanded the investigation beyond the 2016 timeframe into 2017 , empaneled a grand jury , and has added staff and investigators .
Now , another potential warning sign that Durham and Barr are getting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Haney , a former Department of Homeland Security official who blew the whistle on the Obama administration regarding some shady policy decisions that thwarted terror investigations and may even have led to attacks in the U.S. that could have been prevented has been shot and killed near his home in California .
It needs to be said straight away that there is no indication Haney was murdered .
The Amador County Sheriff ’ s Department , which is working the case , issued this statement Feb. 22 , after Haney ’ s body @ @ @ @ @ @ @ car : On February 21 , 2020 at approximately 1012 hours , deputies and detectives responded to the area of Highway 124 and Highway 16 in Plymouth to the report of a male subject on the ground with a gunshot wound .
Upon their arrival , they located and identified 66 year old Philip Haney , who was deceased and appeared to have suffered a single , self-inflicted gunshot wound .
A firearm was located next to Haney and his vehicle .
This investigation is active and ongoing .
No further details will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ USA Features News reported , Haney was set to be married next month after losing his wife of many years last year .
He was also in contact recently with DHS officials about a possible return to the department .
In June 2016 , Haney testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee during which he alleged that the Obama administration ordered him to delete hundreds of files regarding suspected associates of Islamic terrorist organizations .
He argued during his testimony that several attacks including some in the United States could have been prevented if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deleted .
In a February 2016 column in The Hill , Haney claimed that President Obama had thrown the U.S. intelligence community “ under the bus ” for failing to “ connect the dots ” after a Nigerian Muslim terror suspect was tied to a failed bombing plot on Christmas Day 2009 .
He wrote that he was ordered to “ scrub ” files involving “ Muslims with terror ties.
” The Christmas Day incident he referenced involved 23-year-old Nigerian Muslim Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who intended to detonate Northwest Airlines Flight 253 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ malfunctioned , however , and passengers managed to subdue him .
But the incident led to Obama ’ s criticism , which Haney said destroyed morale at DHS .
But he claimed that the databases he was ordered to destroy also contained information that could have prevented attacks by Islamic extremists in May 2010 , the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 , an Oklahoma beheading in 2014 , and attacks on two military installations in Chattanooga , Tenn. , in 2015 .
For his part , Rep. Steve King ( R-Iowa ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t believe that Haney killed himself .
“ Phil Haney was a friend & patriot .
He was a target because of all he knew of Islamic terrorist coverups .
He insured his life by archiving data that incriminated the highest levels of the Obama administration .
Phil Haney didn ’ t kill himself .
RIP , Phil , ” he wrote .
Again , as of this writing , the investigation by the sheriff ’ s department is ongoing and so far inconclusive .
But given what we know about the deep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remain aloof and anonymous , this incident is most definitely suspicious .

Revenge of the deep state? Obama-era DHS whistleblower found shot to death as friend and GOP lawmaker claims “it can’t be suicide’”
As the criminal investigation into the origins of the “Spygate” probe deepen, it seems like the Deep State is getting nervous about the entire plot being blown wide open.
That much is obvious given the recent increase in Left-wing attacks on Attorney General William Barr coupled with reports that his handpicked U.S. attorney, John Durham, has expanded the investigation beyond the 2016 timeframe into 2017, empaneled a grand jury, and has added staff and investigators.
Now, another potential warning sign that Durham and Barr are getting close surfaced over the weekend: Philip Haney, a former Department of Homeland Security official who blew the whistle on the Obama administration regarding some shady policy decisions that thwarted terror investigations and may even have led to attacks in the U.S. that could have been prevented has been shot and killed near his home in California.
It needs to be said straight away that there is no indication Haney was murdered. The Amador County Sheriff’s Department, which is working the case, issued this statement Feb. 22, after Haney’s body was discovered by CalTran workers near his car:
On February 21, 2020 at approximately 1012 hours, deputies and detectives responded to the area of Highway 124 and Highway 16 in Plymouth to the report of a male subject on the ground with a gunshot wound. Upon their arrival, they located and identified 66 year old Philip Haney, who was deceased and appeared to have suffered a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound. A firearm was located next to Haney and his vehicle. This investigation is active and ongoing. No further details will be released at this time.
As USA Features News reported, Haney was set to be married next month after losing his wife of many years last year. He was also in contact recently with DHS officials about a possible return to the department.
In June 2016, Haney testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee during which he alleged that the Obama administration ordered him to delete hundreds of files regarding suspected associates of Islamic terrorist organizations.
‘Phil Haney didn’t kill himself’
He argued during his testimony that several attacks including some in the United States could have been prevented if many of the files had not been deleted.
In a February 2016 column in The Hill, Haney claimed that President Obama had thrown the U.S. intelligence community “under the bus” for failing to “connect the dots” after a Nigerian Muslim terror suspect was tied to a failed bombing plot on Christmas Day 2009.
He wrote that he was ordered to “scrub” files involving “Muslims with terror ties.”
The Christmas Day incident he referenced involved 23-year-old Nigerian Muslim Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who intended to detonate Northwest Airlines Flight 253. Explosives that were hidden in his underwear malfunctioned, however, and passengers managed to subdue him. But the incident led to Obama’s criticism, which Haney said destroyed morale at DHS.
But he claimed that the databases he was ordered to destroy also contained information that could have prevented attacks by Islamic extremists in May 2010, the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, an Oklahoma beheading in 2014, and attacks on two military installations in Chattanooga, Tenn., in 2015.
For his part, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), wrote on Twitter that he doesn’t believe that Haney killed himself.
“Phil Haney was a friend & patriot. He was a target because of all he knew of Islamic terrorist coverups. He insured his life by archiving data that incriminated the highest levels of the Obama administration. Phil Haney didn’t kill himself. RIP, Phil,” he wrote.
https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/1231416281737367553
Again, as of this writing, the investigation by the sheriff’s department is ongoing and so far inconclusive. But given what we know about the deep state’s capabilities and desire to remain aloof and anonymous, this incident is most definitely suspicious.
Sources include:
TheHill.com
USAFeatures.news
NewsTarget.com


naturalnews--2020-02-23--From the sea to the stars: Scientists study octopuses to understand intelligent life on other planet

( Natural News ) Researchers trying to figure out how extraterrestrial life may think are starting to look in different places .
In one study , presented at the 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference , a group of researchers from the University of Washington ( UWash ) in Seattle believe that the way the arms of a cephalopod like the octopus “ think ” can be a model for how intelligent alien life thinks .
The nervous system of an octopus is wired differently from many vertebrates .
For people , a central nervous system sends out orders from one location @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the body .
That ’ s not how it works for the octopus .
All eight arms of the octopus are filled with concentrations of neurons known as ganglia .
These “ arm brains ” can operate independently from the central brain .
So , if an octopus coils one of its arms around an object , it ’ s not because its brain signaled to pick up the object .
Rather , the arm decided for itself that it would grasp it .
( Related : “ Are they dreaming ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ color while it SLEEPS . )
In human terms , it would be like if every limb was afflicted with alien hand syndrome , the rare neurological disorder that causes one hand to act on its own free will .
Autonomous thinking of octopus may be similar to how extraterrestrial life thinks David Gire , professor of neuroscience at UWash and advisor of the project , explained that one of the “ big picture questions ” the study tried to answer was how a decentralized nervous system works and how it works when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moving through liquid to find food on the complex ocean floor .
The UWash scientists who studied the thinking processes of octopuses visualized how the animal ’ s central brain is hardly involved during the movement of the arms .
They used a camera along with behavioral-tracking software to model how the octopus observes its surroundings and then processes information about its immediate environment using what could arguably be called its autonomous arms .
“ What we ’ re looking at , more than what ’ s been looked at in the past @ @ @ @ @ @ @ integrated in this network while the animal is making complicated decisions , ” said Dominic Sivitilli , UWash graduate student in behavioral neuroscience and astrobiology , during the presentation .
The results of Sivitilli ’ s study found that the decision-making mechanism is bottom-up rather than top-down , or radiating from the arms up to the brain , instead of the other way around like with many other animals .
The sensors in an octopus ’ s arm contains tens of thousands of chemical and mechanical receptors .
For comparison , the human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When the octopus arm feels something on its sucker , the whole arm processes the input and pushes the signal along , signalling the next suckers , activating arm muscles and generating a wave of motion .
This motion travels up the arm toward the body .
According to Sivitilli , while the arm engages with its immediate environment – and with other arms – the signal that the central brain receives is “ highly abstracted ” and not involved with the thinking of the arm .
“ It ’ s an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sivitilli .
“ It gives us an understanding as to the diversity of cognition in the world , and perhaps the universe.
” The autonomous and bottom-up mode of thinking of the octopus is interesting especially for an astrobiologist like Sivitilli , or somebody who studies life both on Earth and outside of it .
The way the octopus processes information – by basically “ outsourcing ” computation on how to move its body – is unique and , according to Sivitilli , “ as alien an intelligence as we can meet on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process , studying the decentralized nervous system of the octopus can serve as an important model for understanding how alternative intelligence might function .
It can also prepare experts for recognizing different expressions of cognition that may be present in intelligent life that originates from other worlds .

From the sea to the stars: Scientists study octopuses to understand intelligent life on other planets
Researchers trying to figure out how extraterrestrial life may think are starting to look in different places. In one study, presented at the 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference, a group of researchers from the University of Washington (UWash) in Seattle believe that the way the arms of a cephalopod like the octopus "think" can be a model for how intelligent alien life thinks.
The nervous system of an octopus is wired differently from many vertebrates. For people, a central nervous system sends out orders from one location, the brain, to the rest of the body. That's not how it works for the octopus.
All eight arms of the octopus are filled with concentrations of neurons known as ganglia. These "arm brains" can operate independently from the central brain. So, if an octopus coils one of its arms around an object, it's not because its brain signaled to pick up the object. Rather, the arm decided for itself that it would grasp it. (Related: "Are they dreaming?" Recent footage shows an octopus changing color while it SLEEPS.)
In human terms, it would be like if every limb was afflicted with alien hand syndrome, the rare neurological disorder that causes one hand to act on its own free will.
Autonomous thinking of octopus may be similar to how extraterrestrial life thinks
David Gire, professor of neuroscience at UWash and advisor of the project, explained that one of the "big picture questions" the study tried to answer was how a decentralized nervous system works and how it works when confronted with complex tasks, such as moving through liquid to find food on the complex ocean floor.
The UWash scientists who studied the thinking processes of octopuses visualized how the animal's central brain is hardly involved during the movement of the arms. They used a camera along with behavioral-tracking software to model how the octopus observes its surroundings and then processes information about its immediate environment using what could arguably be called its autonomous arms.
"What we're looking at, more than what's been looked at in the past, is how sensory information is being integrated in this network while the animal is making complicated decisions," said Dominic Sivitilli, UWash graduate student in behavioral neuroscience and astrobiology, during the presentation.
The results of Sivitilli's study found that the decision-making mechanism is bottom-up rather than top-down, or radiating from the arms up to the brain, instead of the other way around like with many other animals.
The sensors in an octopus's arm contains tens of thousands of chemical and mechanical receptors. For comparison, the human fingertip merely contains several hundred mechanical receptors. When the octopus arm feels something on its sucker, the whole arm processes the input and pushes the signal along, signalling the next suckers, activating arm muscles and generating a wave of motion. This motion travels up the arm toward the body. According to Sivitilli, while the arm engages with its immediate environment – and with other arms – the signal that the central brain receives is "highly abstracted" and not involved with the thinking of the arm.
"It's an alternative model for intelligence," said Sivitilli. "It gives us an understanding as to the diversity of cognition in the world, and perhaps the universe."
Sivitilli's study presented in a conference on astrobiology
The autonomous and bottom-up mode of thinking of the octopus is interesting especially for an astrobiologist like Sivitilli, or somebody who studies life both on Earth and outside of it. The way the octopus processes information – by basically "outsourcing" computation on how to move its body – is unique and, according to Sivitilli, "as alien an intelligence as we can meet on Earth."
Because of this unique cognition process, studying the decentralized nervous system of the octopus can serve as an important model for understanding how alternative intelligence might function. It can also prepare experts for recognizing different expressions of cognition that may be present in intelligent life that originates from other worlds.
Sources include:
LiveScience.com
Science.HowStuffWorks.com
News.AGU.org


naturalnews--2020-02-24--Washington State releases hundreds of people from "public health supervision" over the coronavirus;

Washington State releases hundreds of people from "public health supervision" over the coronavirus; tests NONE of them for the virus

( Natural News ) This tells you everything you need to know about how U.S. states plan to handle the coronavirus outbreak : Refrain from testing anyone and then report “ zero community outbreaks.
” Last week , the State of Washington was monitoring 794 people for coronavirus symptoms .
Yet by Friday of last week , the state had only tested a grand total of 28 people for the virus .
Today , the 794 number has fallen to 582 , according to the Washington Dept .
of Health website .
This means over 200 people have been released @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yet the total number of people tested for the coronavirus in Washington remains at 28 .
In other words , zero new people were tested .
So we now have states that are releasing hundreds of people from supervision without testing any of them .
People with no symptoms aren ’ t being tested , but the virus spreads in people who show no symptoms… This is all taking place in an environment when we already know : • The virus can be carried by people who show no symptoms .
• The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 27 days , not merely 14 .
• The symptoms of the virus can be easily confused with pneumonia , the common cold or other mild infections .
South Korea has managed to test thousands of people for the virus , which is how they ’ ve now discovered over 842 infections there , a number that has truly exploded over the last five days .
The State of Washington knows about 794 people who might be infected , yet they ’ ve only tested 28 ?
If South Korea had taken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reporting only 30 infections today instead of 842 .
If you don ’ t test people , you don ’ t “ confirm ” infections .
The question is not how many people have been confirmed infected , the question is how many infected people have NOT been tested .
Does Washington State already have more infections than South Korea ?
My best guess is that the State of Washington has more infections than South Korea .
We won ’ t know for sure until the state decides to start testing people , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conduct such tests in the first place .
What ’ s truly astonishing here is that every U.S. state has law enforcement crime labs with PCR / genetic analysis equipment for solving crimes .
Yet none of them are using that technology to screen people for coronavirus infections .
The answer , of course , is because they don ’ t want to find any infections in the first place .
It brings up an even bigger question : Is the CDC ordering U.S. states to halt all testing ?
Where are the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were supposed to fix the broken diagnostic kits shipped out on Feb. 5th ?
Why aren ’ t U.S. states using crime lab equipment to run coronavirus tests ?
Why are states like Hawaii reporting that they ’ ve tested ZERO people for coronavirus ?
Why are 47 U.S. states conducting no tests at all ?
Why does Google keep linking to the WHO , which is run by communist China and is known to be a criminally negligent propaganda hub of disinformation and pro-China lies ?
And why does a U.S. State @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infections can be blocked on airplanes by using plastic sheeting and duct tape , which is what allowed him to shove infected passengers on the same plane as non-infected passengers , resulting in at least 25 new infections .
Finally , will the United States be any more honest than China when it comes to reporting the truth about the coronavirus ?
So far , the answer seems to be a definite no .
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Washington State releases hundreds of people from “public health supervision” over the coronavirus; tests NONE of them for the virus
This tells you everything you need to know about how U.S. states plan to handle the coronavirus outbreak:and then report "zero community outbreaks."
Last week, the State of Washington was monitoring 794 people for coronavirus symptoms. Yet by Friday of last week, the state had only tested a grand total of 28 people for the virus.
Today, the 794 number has fallen to 582, according to the Washington Dept. of Health website.
This means over 200 people have been released from "public health supervision," yet the total number of people tested for the coronavirus in Washington remains at 28.
In other words, zero new people were tested.
So we now have states that are releasing hundreds of people from supervision without testing any of them.
People with no symptoms aren't being tested, but the virus spreads in people who show no symptoms...
This is all taking place in an environment when we already know:
The virus can be carried by people who show no symptoms.
The incubation period of the virus is up to 27 days, not merely 14.
The symptoms of the virus can be easily confused with pneumonia, the common cold or other mild infections.
South Korea has managed to test thousands of people for the virus, which is how they've now discovered over 842 infections there, a number that has truly exploded over the last five days.
The State of Washington knows about 794 people who might be infected, yet they've only tested 28?
If South Korea had taken the same approach, they could be reporting only 30 infections today instead of 842. If you don't test people, you don't "confirm" infections.
The question is not how many people have been confirmed infected, the question is how many infected people have NOT been tested.
Does Washington State already have more infections than South Korea?
My best guess is that the State of Washington has more infections than South Korea. We won't know for sure until the state decides to start testing people, and they apparently have no desire to conduct such tests in the first place.
What's truly astonishing here is that every U.S. state has law enforcement crime labs with PCR / genetic analysis equipment for solving crimes. Yet none of them are using that technology to screen people for coronavirus infections.
Why not?
The answer, of course, is because they don't want to find any infections in the first place.
It brings up an even bigger question: Is the CDC ordering U.S. states to halt all testing? Where are the CDC's replacement test kits that were supposed to fix the broken diagnostic kits shipped out on Feb. 5th?
Why aren't U.S. states using crime lab equipment to run coronavirus tests?
Why are states like Hawaii reporting that they've tested ZERO people for coronavirus?
Why are 47 U.S. states conducting no tests at all?
Why does Google keep linking to the WHO, which is run by communist China and is known to be a criminally negligent propaganda hub of disinformation and pro-China lies?
And why does a U.S. State Dept. employee in Japan think that infections can be blocked on airplanes by using plastic sheeting and duct tape, which is what allowed him to shove infected passengers on the same plane as non-infected passengers, resulting in at least 25 new infections.
Finally, will the United States be any more honest than China when it comes to reporting the truth about the coronavirus?
So far, the answer seems to be a definite no.
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naturalnews--2020-02-24--Four Diamond Princess passengers have been transferred to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wa

( Natural News ) A total of 16 passengers from the infamous Diamond Princess cruise ship , 11 of them Americans , have reportedly been moved to hospitals in the United States , including four who were taken to the Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane , Washington .
Sacred Heart was chosen for these specific four passengers due to its outfit with secured isolation rooms , Sacred Heart being one of just 10 hospitals in the country with these special units .
The others , meanwhile , are at currently undisclosed locations .
The Spokane Regional Health District says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sacred Heart have tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus ( CoVid-19 ) , according to local Spokane news outlet KREM .
Spokane County Health Officer Dr. Bob Lutz told the media that they all arrived at the Spokane International Airport from Travis Air Force Base near Sacramento , California .
As for the 12 other patients sent to other locations , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) spokesman Scott Pauley declined to tell The Associated Press the names of them all .
“ It is no risk to the general @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent press conference .
“ I will emphasize that as much as I possibly can , ” he added , noting that health officials have reached a consensus that the risk of other people contracting the Wuhan coronavirus ( CoVid-19 ) in the United States is “ low.
” It was the Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS ) that chose Sacred Heart as the location for these four individuals , which was originally five individuals before the agency made a last-minute change .
Health officials have not yet indicated whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in China or in the U.S. As has become the norm , all of the Wuhan coronavirus ( CoVid-19 ) patients who ’ ve been transferred to Sacred Heart or elsewhere will now be in containment for two weeks , despite the fact that the Wuhan coronavirus ( CoVid-19 ) has an incubation period of up to 24 days .
Listen below as Mike Adams , the Health Ranger , talks about how this whole coronavirus situation has the markings of an intentionally designed house of cards that was designed to induce an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cleared 180 others at Travis Air Force Base to leave and join the general public As all of this was happening , the CDC cleared the remaining 180 people who were being held at Travis Air Force Base to go back home .
Two other groups , reports indicate , were also slated to be cleared as having completed their time in quarantine .
Back at Sacred Heart , officials there explained that the staff members caring for those now in isolation will always be wearing fluid-impermeable gowns , gloves , and N-95 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and will also have on their persons powered air-purifying respirators .
“ The level of personal protective equipment we are wearing is in alignment with the CDC guidelines they have put out for caring for these patients , so that includes airborne protection , mucus membrane protection , and contact precautions , ” stated Christa Arguinchona , manager of the hospital ’ s Special Pathogens Unit .
The most recent numbers issued by the Washington state Department of health show that nearly 800 people throughout the state are currently under public health supervision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
All of them are being monitored as if they have the disease .
“ We have the highest confidence in the medical professionals assisting with the care and transport for these people and we remain committed to assisting our partners in Spokane as needed , ” reads a statement issued by the Department of Health .
Be sure to check out the all-new Pandemic.news for more of the latest Wuhan coronavirus ( CoVid-19 ) coverage .

Four Diamond Princess passengers have been transferred to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington
A total of 16 passengers from the infamous Diamond Princess cruise ship, 11 of them Americans, have reportedly been moved to hospitals in the United States, including four who were taken to the Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington.
Sacred Heart was chosen for these specific four passengers due to its outfit with secured isolation rooms, Sacred Heart being one of just 10 hospitals in the country with these special units. The others, meanwhile, are at currently undisclosed locations.
The Spokane Regional Health District says that all of the arriving patients at Sacred Heart have tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus (CoVid-19), according to local Spokane news outlet KREM. Spokane County Health Officer Dr. Bob Lutz told the media that they all arrived at the Spokane International Airport from Travis Air Force Base near Sacramento, California.
As for the 12 other patients sent to other locations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spokesman Scott Pauley declined to tell The Associated Press the names of them all.
"It is no risk to the general population," Lutz stated during a recent press conference. "I will emphasize that as much as I possibly can," he added, noting that health officials have reached a consensus that the risk of other people contracting the Wuhan coronavirus (CoVid-19) in the United States is "low."
It was the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that chose Sacred Heart as the location for these four individuals, which was originally five individuals before the agency made a last-minute change. Health officials have not yet indicated whether any of these patients contracted the virus in China or in the U.S.
As has become the norm, all of the Wuhan coronavirus (CoVid-19) patients who've been transferred to Sacred Heart or elsewhere will now be in containment for two weeks, despite the fact that the Wuhan coronavirus (CoVid-19) has an incubation period of up to 24 days.
Listen below as Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, talks about how this whole coronavirus situation has the markings of an intentionally designed house of cards that was designed to induce an economic collapse:
Meanwhile, the CDC cleared 180 others at Travis Air Force Base to leave and join the general public
As all of this was happening, the CDC cleared the remaining 180 people who were being held at Travis Air Force Base to go back home. Two other groups, reports indicate, were also slated to be cleared as having completed their time in quarantine.
Back at Sacred Heart, officials there explained that the staff members caring for those now in isolation will always be wearing fluid-impermeable gowns, gloves, and N-95 medical face masks with face shields, and will also have on their persons powered air-purifying respirators.
"The level of personal protective equipment we are wearing is in alignment with the CDC guidelines they have put out for caring for these patients, so that includes airborne protection, mucus membrane protection, and contact precautions," stated Christa Arguinchona, manager of the hospital's Special Pathogens Unit.
The most recent numbers issued by the Washington state Department of health show that nearly 800 people throughout the state are currently under public health supervision due to the Wuhan coronavirus (CoVid-19). All of them are being monitored as if they have the disease.
"We have the highest confidence in the medical professionals assisting with the care and transport for these people and we remain committed to assisting our partners in Spokane as needed," reads a statement issued by the Department of Health.
Be sure to check out the all-new Pandemic.news for more of the latest Wuhan coronavirus (CoVid-19) coverage.
Sources for this article include:
APNews.com
KREM.com
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naturalnews--2020-02-24--Prof. Francis Boyle: 13,000 "death scientists" hard at work destroying humanity with a $100 billion

Prof. Francis Boyle: 13,000 "death scientists" hard at work destroying humanity with a $100 billion germ warfare "criminal enterprise"

( Natural News ) Today we bring you an important article about Prof. Francis Boyle , authored by Sherwood Ross .
This article / interview ties together the coronavirus outbreak with the bioweapons program run by the NIH and funded by U.S. taxpayers , mostly without their knowledge .
I am currently scheduled to interview Francis Boyle this Wednesday , Feb. 26th , at noon central time , on InfoWars.com .
Be sure to tune in to InfoWars to catch that interview ( I ’ m hosting the first half of the show , followed by Alan Keyes who takes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ article with permission : U.S. Biowarfare Programs Have 13,000 Death Scientists Hard at Work America ’ s $ 100-billion Germ Warfare Industry a “ Criminal Enterprise , ” Author of U.S. Biowarfare Act Says The American legal authority who in 1989 drafted the law Congress enacted to comply with the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention says the U.S. today [ October 11 , 2015 ] is in flagrant violation of that Convention .
“ Since Sept. 11 , 2001 , we have spent somewhere in the area of $ 100 billion ” on offensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the University of Illinois , Champaign .
Boyle said an estimated 13,000 “ death scientists ” in 400 laboratories in the U.S. and abroad , are employed making new strains of offensive killer germs that will be resistant to vaccines .
For example , Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka ’ s group at the University of Wisconsin has found a way to increase the toxicity of the flu virus by 200 times !
Boyle says Kawaoka is “ the same death scientist who resurrected the genocidal Spanish Flu virus for the Pentagon for offensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the National Institutes of Health in 2006 , a typical year , got only $ 120 million from Congress to fight flu , which kills an estimated 36,000 Americans annually .
By contrast , Congress gave NIH $ 1.76 billion for “ biodefense , ” even though the anthrax outbreak in 2001 killed just five persons .
“ These distorted budgetary allocations , ” ( spending 15 times as much for germ warfare as for fighting flu ) demonstrate that the priority here is not the promotion of the public health of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. offensive biowarfare industry that will someday ‘ blowback ’ upon the American people with a catastrophic pandemic , ” Boyle said .
He went on to say the Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) are “ ready , willing , and able to launch biowarfare when it suits their interests…They have a super-weapons-grade anthrax that they already used against us in October , 2001.
” Boyle here was referring to the anthrax pathogens mailed to two U.S .
Senators ( Tom Daschle , of South Dakota and Patrick Leahy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 9/11 that were traced back to the Government ’ s biowarfare lab at Fort Detrick , Md .
Boyle ’ s remarks came in response to written questions from Sherwood Ross , a Miami , Fla.-based columnist .
Asked if the recent outbreaks of Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia could be from U.S. Government-backed facilities , Boyle replied : “ These Ebola vaccines were experimental U.S. biowarfare vaccines that were being tested out in West Africa .
It was a result of testing out of the U.S. biowarfare vaccines at our lab @ @ @ @ @ @ @ created the West African Ebola pandemic in the first place.
” Boyle warned that the Galveston National Laboratory in Texas , a high-containment research lab , has been seeking for potential biowarfare agents in the wild in other parts of the world “ in order to turn them into biological weapons.
” He said , “ They should shut down Galveston as an ongoing criminal enterprise along the lines of the S.S. and the Gestapo — except that Galveston is far more dangerous to humanity than Hitler ’ s death squads ever were.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ have a long history of willingly permitting their research agenda , researchers , institutes , and laboratories to be co-opted , corrupted , and perverted by the the Pentagon and the C.I.A .
into death science .
These include Wisconsin , North Carolina , Boston U. , Harvard , M.I.T.
, Tulane , University of Chicago , and my own University of Illinois , as well as many others.
” Sherwood Ross formerly reported for the Chicago Daily News and was a columnist for UPI ( Magazines In Review ) and Reuters ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pandemic.news for daily updates and downloadable mp3 podcasts .
Check BiologicalWeapons.news for news specific to the biowarfare industry .

Prof. Francis Boyle: 13,000 “death scientists” hard at work destroying humanity with a $100 billion germ warfare “criminal enterprise”
Today we bring you an important article about Prof. Francis Boyle, authored by Sherwood Ross. This article / interview ties together the coronavirus outbreak with the bioweapons program run by the NIH and funded by U.S. taxpayers, mostly without their knowledge.
I am currently scheduled to interview Francis Boyle this Wednesday, Feb. 26th, at noon central time, on InfoWars.com. Be sure to tune in to InfoWars to catch that interview (I'm hosting the first half of the show, followed by Alan Keyes who takes over).
We are reprinting the article with permission:
U.S. Biowarfare Programs Have 13,000 Death Scientists Hard at Work
America’s $100-billion Germ Warfare Industry a “Criminal Enterprise,” Author of U.S. Biowarfare Act Says
By Sherwood Ross
The American legal authority who in 1989 drafted the law Congress enacted to comply with the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention says the U.S. today [October 11, 2015] is in flagrant violation of that Convention.
"Since Sept. 11, 2001, we have spent somewhere in the area of $100 billion" on offensive biological warfare, charges Professor Francis Boyle of the University of Illinois, Champaign.
Boyle said an estimated 13,000 "death scientists" in 400 laboratories in the U.S. and abroad, are employed making new strains of offensive killer germs that will be resistant to vaccines.
For example, Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka's group at the University of Wisconsin has found a way to increase the toxicity of the flu virus by 200 times! Boyle says Kawaoka is "the same death scientist who resurrected the genocidal Spanish Flu virus for the Pentagon for offensive biowarfare purposes."
As for fighting flu, the National Institutes of Health in 2006, a typical year, got only $120 million from Congress to fight flu, which kills an estimated 36,000 Americans annually. By contrast, Congress gave NIH $1.76 billion for "biodefense," even though the anthrax outbreak in 2001 killed just five persons.
"These distorted budgetary allocations," (spending 15 times as much for germ warfare as for fighting flu) demonstrate that the priority here is not the promotion of the public health of American citizens but rather to further develop the U.S. offensive biowarfare industry that will someday 'blowback' upon the American people with a catastrophic pandemic," Boyle said.
He went on to say the Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) are "ready, willing, and able to launch biowarfare when it suits their interests…They have a super-weapons-grade anthrax that they already used against us in October, 2001."
Boyle here was referring to the anthrax pathogens mailed to two U.S. Senators (Tom Daschle, of South Dakota and Patrick Leahy, of Vermont) and others after 9/11 that were traced back to the Government's biowarfare lab at Fort Detrick, Md.
Boyle's remarks came in response to written questions from Sherwood Ross, a Miami, Fla.-based columnist. Asked if the recent outbreaks of Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia could be from U.S. Government-backed facilities, Boyle replied:
"These Ebola vaccines were experimental U.S. biowarfare vaccines that were being tested out in West Africa. It was a result of testing out of the U.S. biowarfare vaccines at our lab in Kenema, Sierra Leone, that created the West African Ebola pandemic in the first place."
Boyle warned that the Galveston National Laboratory in Texas, a high-containment research lab, has been seeking for potential biowarfare agents in the wild in other parts of the world "in order to turn them into biological weapons."
He said, "They should shut down Galveston as an ongoing criminal enterprise along the lines of the S.S. and the Gestapo -- except that Galveston is far more dangerous to humanity than Hitler's death squads ever were."
Boyle added, "American universities have a long history of willingly permitting their research agenda, researchers, institutes, and laboratories to be co-opted, corrupted, and perverted by the the Pentagon and the C.I.A. into death science. These include Wisconsin, North Carolina, Boston U., Harvard, M.I.T., Tulane, University of Chicago, and my own University of Illinois, as well as many others."
Sherwood Ross formerly reported for the Chicago Daily News and was a columnist for UPI (Magazines In Review) and Reuters (Workplace.)
Stay informed. Read Pandemic.news for daily updates and downloadable mp3 podcasts. Check BiologicalWeapons.news for news specific to the biowarfare industry.