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I'm wondering now. I think this is fake news. I think the "CNN" email I got was an anti-phishing test being done by my employer.
There is one guy on staff who is supposed to trick us by sending us fake emails and getting us to click on links. If we fail the tests, we have to undergo additional training. This email is from... Wait. I don't want to paste the text because they can search for it and find me on the Cellar. Here's a screenshot : I can't find the email address on the web. And I can't find any story on the web about an infection in my town. The headline misspells "it's" by putting the apostrophe where it doesn't belong, making it "it is" instead of "its." That's the only giveaway that this email is fake, plus I never signed up for CNN. Sorry for the distraction. If this is a test, it's in very poor taste. |
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Read? I only know how to write.
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Testing for the virus means identifying a possible victim, getting a test kit (which is not easily obtained), sending it to Atlanta (that is a day and a half at least), 24 hours to do that test, and only then are results known.
For example, one possible Covid-19 infected person in Northern Virginia was still awaiting results as of yesterday. A person is infected for three days before doctors can even say he is infected. Pennsylvania is spending a quarter $million to setup just one testing lab only outside Philadelphia. Now that the CDC was permitted to address the threat and finally had a testing solution. A threat that was obvious two months ago - when it was being ignored at the highest levels of government (we know who that was). Is someone from your neighborhood infected? Could be. As of yesterday, they were still awaiting many days for the only lab (Atlanta) to do testing. One day just to get that test kit to the lab - if expedited. Because we ignored the threat two months ago. Since he is still awaiting results, some will immediately conclude he is already infected because he was quarantined. |
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If it's a test, it may well be in very poor taste. I'm not willing or able to judge the standards at your company.
However, if it's a test, it's an excellent example. The major impetus the bad guys are trying activate to is a sense of urgency. They want to stampede you into clicking on something. I've seen it happen. I've been stampeded by the bad guys myself. This is the perfect bait for such a trap.
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Pete's company does this. I think the IT department does a giveaway, like dinner or something, to one of the people who reports the suspicious activity.
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Memo just came down from the top. Apparently some powerful people in the firm were not amused.
The memo went on to talk about the Coronavirus and told us to wash our hands, don't travel to China or Italy for spring break, and stay home if we are sick. Lots of other details, but that's the gist of it. I need to brush up on remote computing. It's a little convoluted. |
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Thanks boss for perfectly making my point.
I'd bet the rent some "powerful" person "at the top" took the bait.
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I love it when a plan comes together.
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I have a couple of these (twin port version) and always have one of them in my car: https://www.avon-protection.com/products/fm53.htm
You can get them on Amazon (filters, required, sold separately): Avon FM53 |
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My in-laws visited today. MIL in particular seemed completely clueless about the whole thing. She was stunned to hear of Mr. Clod's office closing, and about our school preparing for distance learning plans in the face of inevitable closures. She kept referring to the coronavirus as "the flu." She talked about her big vacation in June, and I didn't have the heart to tell her that her flight will almost certainly be cancelled, and by then she won't want to leave her house anyway.
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I love it when a plan comes together.
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I wouldn't want them added to the nation's tally of disease vectors either.
If they're quarantined while contagious, they're effectively no longer a vector. |
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