{"id":26253,"date":"2020-04-11T19:10:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T00:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/?p=26253"},"modified":"2020-04-11T19:10:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T00:10:34","slug":"the-news-youre-missing-thanks-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/2020\/04\/11\/the-news-youre-missing-thanks-to-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The News You&#8217;re Missing Thanks to COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">COVID-19 is making headline after headline right now, filling up the front pages and many of the back pages of newspapers across the world. This isn\u2019t necessarily a bad thing; COVID-19 deserves the attention it\u2019s getting, what with the ways it\u2019s overturning all our lives. But it does mean stories that would\u2019ve been front-page news are shuffled to the back and lost under the coronavirus din. What news stories are you missing?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The EARN IT Act, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">an act being considered by Congress, is designed to combat online child pornography. It\u2019s controversial due to the cybersecurity risks it poses, experts say, warning that it will make end-to-end encryption impossible. Read the experts\u2019 objections <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/paloma\/the-cybersecurity-202\/2020\/03\/30\/the-cybersecurity-202-cybersecurity-experts-slam-child-protection-bill-that-risks-rolling-back-encryption\/5e80cfd5602ff10d49ad761a\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and the Senators\u2019 response <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/03\/11\/senators-dispute-claim-that-section-230-revision-would-limit-encryption.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>A locust outbreak in East Africa <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is threatening many people\u2019s safety and food security. The outbreak is the worst seen in decades, but outbreaks like this may become more common, thanks to their links to climate change, the Guardian <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2020\/mar\/20\/locust-crisis-poses-a-danger-to-millions-forecasters-warn\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reports.<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>At least two asylum seekers were killed in Greece<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">after Turkey encouraged migrants to cross into Greece despite the EU country\u2019s decision to close its borders. Although Greece&#8217;s decision to close its borders came in reaction to COVID-19, and that decision played a part in the migrants&#8217; deaths, it has not received much media attention. Amnesty International reports on the case <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2020\/04\/greece-turkey-asylum-seekers-and-migrants-killed-and-abused-at-borders\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>A severe Ebola outbreak recorded its last infection on February 17th <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The outbreak, the worst in the country\u2019s history and the second-worst in the world\u2019s history, began in 2018 and has killed 2,264 people so far. The outbreak has not been declared officially over; in order for that to happen, its incubation period of 42 days must pass twice. Read about it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msf.org\/drc-ebola-outbreak-crisis-update\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 is making headline after headline right now, filling up the front pages and many of the back pages of newspapers across the world. 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