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Exceptionally vulnerable to Covid-19

samedi 4 avril 2020 à 02:00

The US is exceptionally vulnerable to Covid-19 because of decisions and policies that make it insecure — due partly to accepting a narrow military definition of what it means to be "secure".

At least one teenager has died, apparently from Covid-19, because an "urgent care" clinic refused to treat him. He was one of the 8% of Americans who have no medical insurance.

The US is underreporting deaths from Covid-19 by attributing them to other causes.

*'We Need Medicare for All': Massive Coronavirus Job Losses Expose Obvious Failure of Employer-Based Insurance.*

Bernie Sanders in the Age of Coronavirus

samedi 4 avril 2020 à 02:00

*Bernie Sanders in the Age of Coronavirus: We Need Him Now More Than Ever.*

Nationalizing private hospitals

samedi 4 avril 2020 à 02:00

Spain and Ireland have temporarily nationalized all private hospitals. They should make this permanent, and the US should do likewise.

Coronavirus and starvation

samedi 4 avril 2020 à 02:00

*Without adequate healthcare and unable to deliver basic needs, India now faces twin catastrophes of coronavirus and starvation.*

Using security flaws in SS7

samedi 4 avril 2020 à 02:00

Salafi Arabia is using the security flaws in SS7 to track people around the world.

SS7 is the protocol for communication between phone companies. It has been known for many years that the lack of security in SS7 allows anyone (if willing to commit a crime) to spoof being another phone system and get data about the activity and movements of any phone line.