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Under the Schengen agreement, singed in 1985, member states of the European Union agreed to enact passport-free travel, allowing people to travel freely throughout the bloc. However, countries are allowed to reimpose border controls in the event of “a serious threat to public policy or internal security”. … [Read more...] about EU Dismisses Coronavirus Threat, Refuses to Consider Border Control As Virus Spreads Across Europe

Two clear problems for European negotiators in the coming months are the apparent willingness of the British team to walk away from negotiations — not so much a problem with previous British administrations which seemed minded to accommodate the EU at all costs — and the threat a free Britain is perceived to pose to the European system. Perhaps the most vocal critic of Britain  on the northern shores of Europe has been German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has said several times the UK could become an “economic competitor at our door”. … [Read more...] about EU Approves Brexit Trade Negotiation Strategy, Rejects Possibility of UK Having Simple Trade Deal

“If or when Covid-19 develops into a pandemic and the National Board of Health estimates that it is true that 20 per cent of the population falls ill, 300,000 people over time need hospital care and 100,000 people need intensive care,” Sylvan said. … [Read more...] about Sweden Not Prepared For Major Coronavirus Outbreak Says Whistle-blower Doctor

As he observes, he is critical: “I must here take farther notice that nothing was more fatal to the inhabitants of this city, than the supine negligence of the people themselves, who during the long notice, or warning they had of the visitation, yet made no provision for it, by laying in store of provisions, or of other necessaries; by which they might have liv’d retir’d, and within their own houses, as I have observed, others did, and who were in a great measure preserv’d by that caution…” … [Read more...] about Inside the Living Hell of London in the Plague Year

The warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention marked a sharp shift in tone for public health officials, who have repeatedly stated that the risk to the general public is low. That’s still the case, the CDC said. But with outbreaks occurring in countries outside China, it appears the virus has breached containment efforts and will almost certainly spread in the United States at some point. … [Read more...] about Get ready now for probable coronavirus pandemic in U.S., federal officials warn