Alternative news and discussion for Scottsboro, Jackson County Alabama and the Tennessee River Valley as I see it. Responsible comments to articles welcome. As always, "Watch for Snakes," particularly those wearing suits.
JAMES MADISON QUOTE - 1822
"A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives."
FYI - I'm temporarily discontinuing the video of government meetings until after October 1, 2020. Also, I will not be conducting further interviews regarding the city elections. It was my plan to interview the Board of Education, Place 5 race candidates and the City Council candidates. Good luck and God Bless to all who endeavor to serve the citizenry in Scottsboro. Reason for temporarily discontinuing the videoing of government meetings in Scottsboro, Jackson County Alabama. - There are 3 counties in Alabama at this time which have a very high risk regarding transmission of the Covid-19 infection; Jackson County is one of them with a positive infection rate of over 20%. https://alpublichealth.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/b585b67ef4074bb2b4443975bf14f77d
Please wear face masks when in public and maintain social distancing. No one has the right to create a public health nuisance. Information on the SARS-CoV-2, Covid-19 pandemic, all sources referenced and cross checked for reliability - https://arklite.blogspot.com/2020/03/scottsboro-alabama-march-15-2020_15.html
Older photo of the Scottsboro Rec Com, City of Scottsboro. Fair Use for non-profit news reporting and commentary.
Scottsboro's SECRET
EXCEPTION to the official orders from the Governor, Department of Public Health
and our Mayor concerning the current viral pandemic health protection orders involving closing of
non-essential services, schools and recreation activities.
The SECRET EXCEPTION - Rec
Com employees are baby sitting Scottsboro employee’s children. A public
official reports there are 3 employees, providing child care on a rotational
basis for Scottsboro employees, this employee expressed concerns over the
safety of employees and children because of possible viral disease contacts.
Reports indicate there are 2-5 children being cared for during this viral
pandemic emergency while their parents are working in the city performing their
duties.
City Council members
replies ranged from “I’ll defer to the Mayor for any comments;” “I appreciate
your interaction, more citizens need to be involved; we have not approved this
action.” One city council member has not replied to my message. The President
of the City Council replied by telephone to my message. The mayor has not
replied to my message regarding this subject. Note: The Mayor is responsible
for day to day activities involving the city, the city council is responsible
for the allocation of funds, city ordinances and policies. The use of city
resources, employees and city department policies involves both the Mayor and
Council. UPDATE Friday April 3, 2020: The child care program at the Rec Com will be discontinued today, Friday April 3, 2020 at close of business. Family Emergency leave programs may be utilized during this viral pandemic disease crisis.
Diagram, CDC and USA Today
- Fair Use for non-profit news reporting and commentary. Center
for Disease Control (CDC) latest information and updates, Link: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html (update: March 18, 2020)
CDC UPDATE, August 24, 2021: From
CDC, referenced studies - Quote: "Similar to adults with SARS-CoV-2
infections, children and adolescents can spread SARS-CoV-2 to others when they
do not have symptoms or have mild, non-specific symptoms and thus might not
know that they are infected and infectious. Children are less likely to develop
severe illness or die from COVID-19. . . Consistent and correct use of face
masks reduces the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and, with some exceptions, is
recommended for use indoors among people aged 2 and older who are not fully
vaccinated." The CDC info in the link is supported by 98 confirmed
references, listed. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/transmission_k_12_schools.html
August 21, 2021 - Alabama Department of Public Health, ADPH, Physician Dr. Karen Landers Presentation/Excerpt on Mask Use, Social Distancing and Handwashing to the Community in the Madison County Health Update Regarding Covid-19 on August 18, 2021 (Fair Use for Non-Profit News Reporting of a Public Officials Comments, Excerpt, WAFF-TV News Coverage)
Coronavirus, SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) time it is active and mutations. The Journal of Hospital Infections and Dr. Trevor Bedford, Epidemiologist, Bedford Labs, Mutations diagram below. The official taxonomy designator for COVID-19 is SARS-CoV-2, The coronavirus, SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS ( Middle East respiratory syndrome), may live on a surface for 2 hours to 9 days. References: https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(20)30046-3/fulltext
Studies have demonstrated that aerosolized Sars-CoV-2 micro particles in aerosol form may travel up to 13-24 feet, video by Dr. Mike Hansen, Board Certified Pulmonologist, Critical Care Medicine and Internal Medicine, link: https://youtu.be/xJ4Epf8i1uk
SEWAGE AND FECAL TRANSMISSION
UPDATE 1-26-21 - FECAL/SEWAGE TRANSMISSION
WASH YOUR HANDS AND DISINFECT ALL CONTACT SURFACES! There is not enough concern being displayed by the Alabama Department of Public Health, ADPH, Centers for Disease Control, CDC, and government leadership at all levels about viral transmission. Misinformation and a failure to inform about the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is prolific, for example ". . . it has recently been confirmed that the virus can also be found in human feces -- up to 33 days after the patient has tested negative for the respiratory symptoms of COVID-19." This is important due to the neglect of surface disinfecting in most public establishments, not only in our area but around our nation. Peer reviewed study regarding the issue of fecal/sewage transmission, report in the "Journal Environment International" : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200506133603.htm
"We collected feces specimens from 28 patients; 12, including the patient described in this report, were positive for viral RNA for >1 time point. We attempted to isolate SARS-CoV-2 virus from 3 of the viral RNA–positive patients. Results were successful for 2 of 3 patients, including the patient from this report, indicating that infectious virus in feces is a common manifestation of COVID-19." I do not agree that based on the study referenced that the evidence is sufficient to claim that the "infectious virus in feces is a common manifestation." No doubt common in the 3 patients exhibiting an active virus. There is sufficient evidence to initiate further studies immediately. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-0681_article
HOW THE SARS-CoV-2 VIRUS EFFECTS OUR BODIES
Education regarding
diseases is important to prevent future infections. The current disease which
has now been classified as a pandemic is caused by a coronavirus, specifically
the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Symptom, Upper Respiratory Inflammation/Infection, picture of the virus in the lungs. Slide by CDC, Disease
Control and Prevention presentation, Fair Use for non-profit news reporting and
commentary (Click on image for an expanded view.)
The Brain - Fair Use from Scientific Publishing for educational use and news regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic
UPDATE December 6, 2020 - (Fair Use for Educational purposes and news reporting.) THE AFFECTS OF
SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, ON THE BRAIN – Lancet Medical Journal Article - Cerebral
Micro-Structural Changes in COVID-19 Patients – An MRI-based 3-month Follow-up
Study - 55% of COVID-19 patients were found to have statistically significant neurological
symptoms and impairment. The areas of the brain affected are highlighted in the
article listed. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30228-5/fulltext
The MRI photo below indicates the areas of the brain, red
and blue colorations (explanations within the article – figure 2), which were
affected in SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, patients.
--Areas of the Brain Affected by the COVID-19 Virus--
Olfactory cortices – Smell, contributes to all aspects of
odor perception including odor intensity and quality coding, odor hedonics, and
odor memory.
Hippocampi, hippocampus (plural) – Involved in the
formation of new memories and is also associated with learning and emotions.
Cingulate gyrus - A component of the limbic system, it is
involved in processing emotions and behavior regulation. It also helps to
regulate autonomic motor function. Helps in expression of your emotional state
through gesture, posture and movement.
Insula - Crucial to understanding what it feels like to
be human. It is said to be the
wellspring of social emotions, things like lust and disgust, pride and
humiliation, guilt and atonement.
Rolandic operculum – Associated with Parkinson’s disease,
often results in hallucinations.
Heschl's gyrus - Could be associated with more efficient
processing of speech-related cues which could facilitate learning and
perceiving new speech sounds.
Photo - red and blue areas affected in the brain, explanation of the areas affected found within the article above.
Fair Use for Educational purposes and news reporting
The sole purpose of the
coronavirus is replication within the host. It is tricky, it hides within a
cell, replicates and causes drastic cellular expansion, causing irritation to
the patient’s lungs. A special virion protein moves to the cell surface and
mediates cell to cell fusion between infected cells and non-infected cells.
Because it replicates within the host cell and fuses adjacent cells it is
undetectable in the host system by antibodies which would normally destroy the
invading organism. This cellular interaction leads to large multinucleated
cells, a cellular membrane's limits of expansion is not limitless, at some point,
BAM, the virus has replicated into many other viruses and the act is repeated
over and over in the host organism. Hopefully, a healthy person's system will
eventually learn the virus’s game of replication deception and begin to fight
the infection. An immune-compromised person may not survive. Article from the National
Institute of Health, NIH, Coronaviruses: An Overview of Their Replication and
Pathogenesis: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4369385/
Current Testing Info, article from Popular Mechanics, info from Dr. Carl Fichtenbaum, Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cincinnati's School of Medicine, Dr. Karen C. Carroll—director of the Division of Medical Microbiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, serious testing problems early on. Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the public health care system is failing to make tests available to people who may have contracted COVID-19. Testing Capacity Chart listed https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a31431716/coronavirus-tests/
The coronavirus has been
around us and in us probably since humans have been in existence. A common cold
is caused by a coronavirus. As living things go, it is quite the little menace and destroyer of human life if given the chance, particularly in high risk, immune compromised patients. The elderly and patients with other diseases are particularly susceptible to the disease. Comprehensive listing of known fatality rates of patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Disease: (Click on updates when arriving at site, not the stats from May as compared to now.) https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/?fbclid=IwAR0Rwm5q209DbbXJfUDhrE73kFBSla2fuSCh11PzwJzYCVbz8aO3uyaJDec
Slide by CDC, Disease Control and Prevention presentation, Fair Use for non-profit news reporting and commentary (Click on image for an expanded view.)
Besides humans, the virus
is found in dogs, cats, birds, pigs, cows, horses, giraffes, monkeys; game
animals such as ducks, antelope, rabbits, and squirrels (rodents). Coronavirus
is capable of jumping species, this is what makes it dangerous.
The
Corona Virus Family diagrammed below, Fair Use for non-profit news
reporting and commentary (Click on image for an expanded view.)
Comprehensive Report - Epidemiology,
Genetic Recombination, and Pathogenesis of Coronaviruses, Trends in
Microbiology, Vol 24 Issue 6, June 1, 2016 - Link: https://www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X(16)00071-8Fair Use for non-profit news reporting and commentary (Click on image for an expanded view.)
TULANE VIROLIGIST EXPLAINS SARS-CoV-2 (fair use for non-profit news and commentary)
Human’s current dilemma
has been created by a subtype of the coronavirus which has lept from an animal
host to humans, as demonstrated above, as a result of "wet markets" in Asia and other places
in the world. This fact is demonstrated in the video below by 60 Minutes Australia. The "wet market" trading, or the trading of wildlife must be stopped and those responsible prosecuted.
Fair Use for non-profit
news reporting and commentary, Coronavirus Pandemic, 60 Minutes-Australia,
"Wet Market"
TREATMENT SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 | Corona Virus: Treatment, Prognosis, Precautions (36 min.) Fair Use for non-profit news reporting and commentary from Ninja Nerd Science, You Tube
There is a considerable amount of misinformation/disinformation regarding the treatment of Covid-19, to include intentional U.S. political misinformation/disinformation and foreign disinformation from hostile nations. FDA summary of issues involving hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to treat hospitalized patients. . . FDA has revoked the emergency use authorization (EUA) to use hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to treat COVID-19 in certain hospitalized patients when a clinical trial is unavailable or participation is not feasible. https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-cautions-against-use-hydroxychloroquine-or-chloroquine-covid-19-outside-hospital-setting-or
Treatment -
Operation Warp Speed Therapeutics: Monoclonal Antibody Playbook Version 2.0
From
CDC, referenced studies - Quote: "Similar to adults with SARS-CoV-2
infections, children and adolescents can spread SARS-CoV-2 to others when they
do not have symptoms or have mild, non-specific symptoms and thus might not
know that they are infected and infectious. Children are less likely to develop
severe illness or die from COVID-19. . . Consistent and correct use of face
masks reduces the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and, with some exceptions, is
recommended for use indoors among people aged 2 and older who are not fully
vaccinated." The CDC info in the link is supported by 98 confirmed
references, listed. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/transmission_k_12_schools.html
DELTA VARIANT - Problems, misinformation/omission leading to disinformation, and Relevant News Stories
AP News Story - ABC - News Channel 9 Update, below CDC Scribe info released: https://newschannel9.com/news/nation-world/vaccinated-people-can-carry-as-much-virus-as-others-study-says Release of the information disclosed in this news story is appreciated and important. The transmissibility of the Covid-19 Delta variant was reported by WHO, World Health Organization scientists more than 2 weeks ago, link:https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/12/most-fully-vaccinated-people-who-get-covid-delta-infections-are-asymptomatic-who-says-.html . The story is not complete, reference the WHO article link; additionally, an important part was not reported as described in the Scribe Document, reference: Communications failure-correction of the failure, prevention and risk. 1) CDC needs to revise guidance regarding NPI, non-pharmaceutical intervention, mask and social distancing restrictions, and restrictions on public gatherings due to the Delta variant. 2) RISK - a) Risk of severe disease or death reduced 10 fold in vaccinated; b) Risk of infection reduced 3 fold in vaccinated. --- Formal corporate media, such as the AP and ABC, has a responsibility to tell the truth and the complete story. Omissions indicate and facilitate misinformation often leading to the creation of disinformation.
UPDATE - CDC Delta Variant Release Data - Scribe Document
CDC internal COVID-19 delta... by Adam Forgie ( Delta Variant - Fair Use for non-profit news and education discussion. Per AP and Channel 9 ABC News release linked above.)
CLOSING REMARKS - PREVENTION IS OUR BEST TOOL TO FIGHT THE DISEASE
Folks, the SARS-CoV-2, Covid-19, pandemic is real, it is no hoax, it is a sickening and killer disease. If you get infected with this viral disease there is a high probability it will leave you with lifetime complications, if you live. PLEASE practice known preventive measures to protect you, your family, your friends, community and nation. Get Vaccinated, wear masks, wash your hands, if you have children insure they wash their hands and practice good personal hygiene, disinfect hard surfaces at work and home. The virus has been shown to be persistent and remains active for days on hard surfaces. The virus may be spread in droplet and aerosols in the air from infected patients; the aerosol spread may occur up to 24 feet in areas with poor ventilation. Please get tested, consult with a physician regarding next steps for you if you are infected. CDC Preventive Guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html
NOTE - All references are listed within this article.
Facebook has permanently suspended my account, CENSORED, for telling the truth about Donald Trump's criminal history and disclosing facts about racial discrimination in Scottsboro and our nation. Garry Morgan : 03/15/2025
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Scottsboro Police Department Web Site
""The police are the public, the public are the police. The police are the only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties that are incumbent on every citizen in the interest to community welfare and existence." - Sir Robert Peel, 1829 https://www.scottsboropd.org/
The Sunlight Foundation uses cutting-edge technology and ideas to make government transparent and accountable. Click on image to learn more.
THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY
"I can say with confidence that the federal government needs a major overhaul. Don’t get me wrong, most public servants in government are highly educated and dedicated professionals who are committed to “the greater good.” At the same time, the government has become a bloated bureaucracy that is based on past conditions and in too many cases, federal programs and policies can’t demonstrate that they are generating real results that benefit the American people."
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David Walker President and CEO The Peter G. Peterson Foundation http://www.pgpf.org/ ; former, recently served for 10 years, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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NPR's story on David Walker: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124460237
"public intelligence"
"What is Public Intelligence? Public Intelligence is an international, collaborative research project aimed at aggregating the collective work of independent researchers around the globe who wish to defend the public’s right to access information." http://publicintelligence.net/
A Nuclear Engineer's Report on the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant
Danger Zone: Aging Nuclear Reactors
Incident at Browns Ferry (PBS 1977)
History of nuclear power safety issues which the 1975 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant fire brought forward. This video has been censored by the nuclear industry. The trillion dollar multinational nuclear death industry prefers to keep you the citizen in the dark and feed you crap.
Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio and others. Click on image for a tour. Left click & hold mouse to move image.
Bellefonte Efficiency and Sustainability Team/Mothers Against Tennessee River Radiation http://www.matrr.org/
"TVA at the Crossroads" a SACE Film.
"America is at an energy crossroads and the Tennessee Valley Authority has a choice to make: Will it cling to old coal power because of its historic significance or will it retire its oldest, dirtiest and least efficient plants and lead America into a clean energy future?" TVA At The Crossroads from SACE.
****************************I'm GARRY MORGAN, a Christian, U.S. Army (AMEDD) retired, Race Relations/Equal Opportunity Specialist (U.S.Army, Retired DOD-DRRI-DEOMI) a citizen of Scottsboro Alabama, a Baylor University grad-Go Bears, a political activist and a political Independent as I believe political parties divide the citizenry whom they are suppose to represent. We must learn the lessons of our history or we will surely repeat our mistakes. I think the greatest problem facing our nation is the massive national and personal debt.
