White Supremacists Urging Members To Spread Coronavirus To Blacks, Jews, Cops: FBI

African Americans have been hit hardest by the coronavirus, contracting and dying of the virus at disproportionate rates. Now the FBI reports that white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other extremist groups are encouraging followers infected with the coronavirus to spread the deadly disease to Black people, Jews and members of law enforcement.

ABC News recently obtained an alert sent by the FBI’s New York office that warned that “members of extremist groups are encouraging one another to spread the virus, if contracted, through bodily fluids and personal interactions.”

The alert, which was sent to local police departments, said that extremist groups were directing members to use spray bottles to spread infectious fluids, People reported.

The groups also advised members to leave “saliva on door handles” at FBI offices throughout the country, spit on elevator buttons and spread the virus in “nonwhite neighborhoods,” the brief states according to MSNBC.

“White Racially Motivated Violent Extremists have recently commented on the coronavirus stating that it is an ‘OBLIGATION’ to spread it should any of them contract the virus,” the FBI brief said.

The discussions between extremist groups took place on a Telegram app channel that focused on “siege culture,” EUR Web reported.

The FBI declined to comment on the alert but issued a statement saying, “FBI field offices routinely share information with their local law enforcement partners to assist in protecting the communities they serve. These products are intended to be informative in nature, and as such, they contain appropriate caveats to describe the confidence in the sourcing of information and the likelihood of the assessment. Additionally, when written at a local level, these products will note that the perspective offered may be limited to the field office’s area of responsibility.”

This article was originally written by Ann Brown for The Moguldom Nation.

 

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White Supremacists Urging Members To Spread Coronavirus To Blacks, Jews, Cops: FBI

African Americans have been hit hardest by the coronavirus, contracting and dying of the virus at disproportionate rates. Now the FBI reports that white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other extremist groups are encouraging followers infected with the coronavirus to spread the deadly disease to Black people, Jews and members of law enforcement.

ABC News recently obtained an alert sent by the FBI’s New York office that warned that “members of extremist groups are encouraging one another to spread the virus, if contracted, through bodily fluids and personal interactions.”

The alert, which was sent to local police departments, said that extremist groups were directing members to use spray bottles to spread infectious fluids, People reported.

The groups also advised members to leave “saliva on door handles” at FBI offices throughout the country, spit on elevator buttons and spread the virus in “nonwhite neighborhoods,” the brief states according to MSNBC.

“White Racially Motivated Violent Extremists have recently commented on the coronavirus stating that it is an ‘OBLIGATION’ to spread it should any of them contract the virus,” the FBI brief said.

The discussions between extremist groups took place on a Telegram app channel that focused on “siege culture,” EUR Web reported.

The FBI declined to comment on the alert but issued a statement saying, “FBI field offices routinely share information with their local law enforcement partners to assist in protecting the communities they serve. These products are intended to be informative in nature, and as such, they contain appropriate caveats to describe the confidence in the sourcing of information and the likelihood of the assessment. Additionally, when written at a local level, these products will note that the perspective offered may be limited to the field office’s area of responsibility.”

This article was originally written by Ann Brown for The Moguldom Nation.

 

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As Two-Thirds of Americans Work From Home, Pluses and Minuses Emerge

A new survey reveals that 66% of American employees are now doing their jobs from home at least part of the workweek due to the coronavirus pandemic. The finding is further proof of how the outbreak has totally changed our lifestyles in many ways.

Some 365 workers nationally were surveyed by the ratings and review firm Clutch to get a sense of their working-from-home habits and what they like and dislike about the remote work. The bottom line is more people than ever before are working from home, prompting companies to make new adjustments.

Among the top findings were 44% of Americans are now working from home five or more days a week, up from 17% before the pandemic. Not having a commute (47%), a more flexible schedule (43%), and not having to dress up (33%) are the three biggest perks.

However, difficulty collaborating with co-workers (33%), frequent interruptions (27%), and problems sticking to a routine (26%) are the three biggest challenges of remote work. Also of note, 22% of respondents say find it difficult to stop working at the end of the day.

Overall, about 39% prefer working in an office, versus 40% working remotely.

Kristen Herhold, a content writer and marketer at Clutch, says what her surprised her the most about the survey was that just 10% of respondents say they struggle with a poor Wi-Fi connection working from home. “I thought it would be much higher,” she explained, “especially since office Wi-Fi tends to be much stronger than home Wi-Fi.”

Another interesting finding is the obstacles working from home creates when it comes to interacting with co-workers. At the office people can visit colleagues at their desk and get answers quickly. Now, workers must wait until colleagues open their email or see their message.

Herhold’s advice to people who say it’s difficult to collaborate with co-workers while working remotely is to take advantage of the many collaboration tools available, such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, Google Hangouts, and Slack.

“These help employees communicate more seamlessly and get some face-to-face interaction in real-time, rather than waiting for a response to an email or phone call,” she says.

Another dynamic American workers may have to accept is working from home perhaps will continue for a while. Experts predict that social distancing will last many more weeks or even months.

Clutch suggests that businesses talk with their employees about their successes and struggles with remote working to help make their daily work as productive as possible.

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