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To: CF Rebel who wrote (192857)	3/12/2020 7:58:31 PM
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From that article: The worst infection then comes through surfaces: The virus survives for up to 9 days on different surfaces such as metal, ceramics and plastics. That means things like doorknobs, tables, or elevator buttons can be terrible infection vectors. Not mentioned, or talked about elsewhere that I've read, is the use of public touchscreens and credit card terminals/swipers. They're everywhere and there must be tons of germs being swapped there. CF Rebel

To: CF Rebel who wrote (192857)	3/13/2020 12:21:44 AM
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TIME TO KICK TURKEY OUT OF NATO, AND BUILD A WALL FACING THEM justthenews.com Is Islamic State regrouping in Turkey? U.S. believes so By Susan Katz Keating The Facts Inside Our Reporter’s Notebook A dispossessed Islamic State aims to reassemble in Turkey, western officials, have told Just the News. “They lost their hold in Syria and Iraq,” said one Tampa, Florida-based analyst. “They want an operating base, and we’ve tracked them extensively in Turkey.” “The move to Turkey started under al-Baghdadi,” said a Turkey-based agent, referencing ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who blew himself up in October while being pursued by American special operations forces. “It continues to pick up.” Neither official is authorized to speak to the press. Both talked on condition of anonymity. An Islamic State move to the Anatolian peninsula nation seems logical, region experts say. “Based on sheer geography, it makes sense for ISIS to move assets into Turkey,” said author Colin Clarke, a political scientist at RAND Corporation. “Turkey is a logical staging ground for ISIS.” The militant group knows that the United States, which struck hard against it in Syria and Iraq, will not attack an enemy hiding inside a NATO partner nation, Clarke said. “The U.S. won’t strike the Islamic State at all in Turkey,” Clarke said. “We won’t violate Turkish sovereignty.” Whether the militants formally establish a base in Turkey has little impact on ISIS operations, one expert said. “They lost the battle to the coalition forces,” said Ahmet Yayla, a former counterterrorism police chief in Turkey. “Thousands of them fled to Turkey, and they’re still there.” Most current ISIS operations are carried out via Turkey, said Yayla, now a professor in the United States. “There are thousands of cells there.” The cells’ activities include money transfers, the U.S. government has found. In September, the Treasury Department placed a number of foreign exchange bureaus and jewelry stores on a sanctions list for handling money for the Islamic State. “It’s really tough to do the forensics,” Clarke said. “ISIS has a lot of money still in the bank.” The money, he said, helps ISIS use Turkey as a staging ground. The United States has asked the government in Ankara to drive out the militant jihadis, Clarke said. “When ISIS pokes the hornet’s nest, Turkey acts,” Clarke said, but not to the degree the United States would like. “Turkey is more focused on anti-Gulen efforts,” the Tampa analyst said, referring to Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen. The 78-year-old Gulen, who lives in exile in the United States, is wanted in Turkey in connection with a failed 2016 coup against president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But the Islamic State also has a direct appeal to Ankara, others indicate. "Turkey doesn’t consider ISIS a threat,” Yayla said. “In Turkey, ISIS fights against Erdogan’s enemies. Attacks by ISIS are mostly against the Kurds.” Since 1978, Turkey has battled the group that hopes to form an autonomous Kurdistan inside Turkish territory. Hence, experts say, Turkey to a degree tolerates ISIS. “Turkey will tell the world they are doing something, but they are doing nothing,” Yayla said. “They won’t do anything.” When asked for comment by Just the News, the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C. at first responded with a press release about a coronavirus patient, and did not follow up on the assurance that it had directed questions about ISIS to the appropriate official.

To: CF Rebel who wrote (192857)	5/3/2020 9:33:15 AM
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People are increasingly refusing to stay at home despite government orders, Apple data shows disrn.com According to Apple's COVID-19 Mobility Trends report, traffic in the U.S. and other European countries has nearly doubled in the past three weeks, a sign that citizens are becoming restless and increasingly unwilling to abide by government stay-at-home orders. Location data provided by Foursquare also shows that gas and fast food visits have increased to pre-COVID-19 levels in the Midwest and rural areas. "Gas station traffic has returned to pre-COVID-19 levels in the Midwest, and in rural areas throughout the country. Foot traffic to quick service restaurants (QSRs) has risen over the past several weeks." Grocery store visits have dropped to normal levels, indicating that people are shopping on a regular basis rather than stocking up for a lockdown. Although traffic has increased, many hard-hit establishments haven't been benefactors: Gyms: still down 65-69% Clothing stores: still down 72% Furniture stores: still down 56-60% Movie theaters: still down 75% Nail salons, however, are down just 38-42% and hotels in the Midwest are down only 49% compared to a 63-70% decline in other areas.