最近大紅的 ZOOM 繼「透過大量僱用中國工程師大幅降低成本」後 https://pandayoo.com/2020/03/10/zoom/ 現在又被發現會收集與會者電腦上正在執行的「其它程式」跟視窗切換的紀錄，並回報雲端 https://twitter.com/Ouren/status/1241398181205889024 不行我覺得太噁心了，無論是企業風格跟程式的設計思路的都讓人作嘔 以後不會再用他，也會盡量不參與任何使用 zoom 開啟的會議，盡量用其他程式替代（Ex: google meet, jitsi meet） 歡迎參考 EFF 電子前線基金會的報告：https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/what-you-should-know-about-online-tools-during-covid-19-crisis

Adam Rogas – CEO and Co-Founder of NS8 by IdeaMensch · Nov 30, 2016 287Share Tweet 66Share Adam-e1480959343307 Find a problem you think you can solve and really focus on it. Resist the urge to move from that problem until you have demonstrated by positive user feedback and growth that you have actually solved it. Adam Rogas is the CEO and Co-Founder of NS8. With over 14 years of senior development and management expertise, as well as extensive knowledge in the fields of online fraud and spam filtering, Adam brings a tremendous amount to NS8. He was a founder of LoadMail and has worked as a trusted advisor to Postini, London Board of Tourism, Vivendi Universal, and Napster. In each case, Adam has helped implement big data, email, spam and virus filtering, and data security solutions. Mr. Rogas has architected extremely large-scale spam and virus filtering platforms, dealing with well over 100,000 messages per hour. He has also played a central role in the architecture of numerous large scale analysts solutions. Adam brings his love for safe, effective communication and startup ventures to NS8. He is married and also calls Las Vegas, Nevada home. Where did the idea for NS8 come from? My partners and I have run some significant and highly transactional websites and services prior to NS8. We understood that the common threads of fraud, abuse and poor user experience affected each of them in some way, shape, or form. Knowing this, we felt there had to be a better way to protect these types of sites and services, from being abused, regardless of their size. We also knew that any solution we created had to be easy to deploy, manage, and understand. What does your typical day look like and how do you make it productive? In an early stage company you are wearing lots of hats. I work a ton of hours. So, the key for me, is to keep my thoughts organized. I usually divide my day up into 3 or 4 segments and then identify what I think I can accomplish in each one of them. Once I do this, I make a list for each segment. This gives me a semblance of structure to my day that helps me get my mind right for the tasks I have to tackle. It also helps me walk away and not overthink the ones I have already completed. How do you bring ideas to life? I usually start with an idea or something that would really matter to a specifc group of people and then I start asking questions. I will then usually build some simple example, or take steps to create what I’m trying to do, and show it to people get feedback and repeat until I reach my goal. What’s one trend that really excites you? It has gotten easier and easier to bring big ideas to life, and to compete, due to the growth of cloud services. To me, it really levels the playing field for a lot of ideas, that just 5 years ago, would have been impossible for all but the largest companies to bring to life. What is one habit of yours that makes you more productive as an entrepreneur? I try to be fairly aware of my own ADD and so I will make lists to hold myself accountable for the items on them. I also try to solve this problem in our hiring practices by surrounding myself with people that are very detail and process focused. What advice would you give your younger self? Find a problem you think you can solve and really focus on it. Resist the urge to move from that problem until you have demonstrated by positive user feedback and growth that you have actually solved it. If you do that, and continue to do it over and over again, you will be successful. Tell us something that’s true that almost nobody agrees with you on? That I am a good singer ? I don’t know that I am very persuasive here …. but I do know I can’t sing. As an entrepreneur, what is the one thing you do over and over and recommend everyone else do? I am constantly talking to our customers. I try to involve them early on, and very often in our process. This is one area I struggle with as we evolve and scale our product development processes, but it is critical to maintaining that connection as to why your customers want your product in the first place. What is one strategy that has helped you grow your business? Please explain how. Surrounding myself with supremely talented people and partners. It has been instrumental to my own growth and the growth of my businesses. What is one failure you had as an entrepreneur, and how did you overcome it? That would probably be my first company, Load Ltd. Load was a hosted application service provider before there was a term for Software As A Service (SaaS). We had a popular email product called LoadMail, that was used by a number of major companies. About 1 year into the business we chose to offer additional services above and beyond just mail and it was this decision that would prove to be our failure. As a team, we didn’t fully understand how diversifying our focus would negatively impact our effectiveness. I tell everyone who asks for advice to pick a problem you can solve and focus on solving it well. Successful entrepreneurs have one thing in common — they never give up. What is one business idea that you’re willing to give away to our readers? I like ideas that take subject knowledge and find a way to productize it. One idea I had was to do this for athletic departments in D1 schools, so they could crowdsource from their athletes, managers, and students the creation of social marketing content. They could then manage it from a centrally controllable compliance system. Or Plastics !! Invest in Plastics (god I’m old) What is the best $100 you recently spent? What and why? Money spent on experiences, dinner with my wife or friends, or money that helps someone. Recently, since we are living across the country from each other, it would be dinner with my wife the last time I was at home in Las Vegas. What is one piece of software or a web service that helps you be productive? How do you use it? Slack. It helps our entire team communicate. What is the one book that you recommend our community should read and why? “Start With Why” by Simon Sinek. It helps you think about what you are building in a way that really focuses on how it will be consumed by those whom you are selling it to. What is your favorite quote? “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” -Winston Churchill Tell us about one friend or acquaintance of yours who we should interview on IdeaMensch. Who are they, what are they doing and what’s their email address? I actually have two Nick Jones, Nick and I started what was our first real company together Load Ltd along with my current business partner Paul Korol. Nick’s is currently working on a great project focused on personal and affinity based content creation called JRNL.com, they have recently been through boom Startup a SaaS focused startup accelerator in Salt Lake City and have just completed a seed round of funding. John Njoku, John is working on a great project RentHub.com, which is at the intersection of Multifamily Residential Realestate and Big Data Analytics. RentHub has some huge clients such as StarWood capital and The Lefrak Organization and has recently completed the Elmspring accelerator based in Chicago. Contact : https://www.ns8.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ns8 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ns8inc Twitter: @ns8inc 287Share Tweet 66Share Filed Under: Interviews, Software, Technology Tagged With: Herndon, Virginia https://ideamensch.com/adam-rogas/

如果不懂美元一定會貶值。那麼就請把這段文章多看兩遍。 這段文章告訴你，美元為何一定貶值？如果真的不貶值，那就是祇有一個理由。就是美國又逮到了一隻大肥羊，割了一大把的韭菜，充裕了他的國庫。 郭台銘可以到處借錢，我們不可以；美國可以隨意印鈔票，其它國家不可以，為什麼？ 下篇文章有說明，文章很長，井底蛙民不要看，因為看不懂： ［美元如何收割世界韮菜］(轉傳)： 1970年當我在美國喬治亞大學讀碩士學位的時候，我的農業經濟指導教授就非常嚴肅的告訴我，美元没有黃金作為發行的儲備，將會變得一文不值，稍微有些常識的人們，就應該購買黃金白銀來保值。 當我看到社交媒體上的在美華人展示他們收到的1400美元時，不由得產生了深深的憂慮。 拜登在3月11日正式簽署1.9兆美元新冠紓困救助法案，只要年收入在7.5萬美元以下的美國個人，和年收入在15萬美元以下的夫婦，在財政部和國稅局留有銀行賬戶信息的民眾，將直接收到1400美元，12日美國方面開始發放個人紓困金，正式付款是3月17日，一些銀行提前處理了發放事宜，到美國時間3月17日，已經發送給9000萬個家庭，約2420億美元，達預期一半。 考慮到美國家庭收入中位數是6.87萬美元，就是大部分美國家庭都可以收到這1400美元救命錢。 不得不承認，拜登這個班子辦事效率還是很高的。 拿到這筆錢以後，黑哥們去超市買買買，老墨們開始BBQ，華人去還房產稅或存起來，猶太人拿去投了股市，各個民族的性格一目了然。 拜登不僅搞了1.9兆美元的刺激方案，還要追加2兆（也可能增加到4兆）美元的基建計劃，按美聯儲的數據統計，美國財政部和美聯儲這兩位仁兄，已經在過去44周內里，聯手放水印鈔，印了23兆美元的基礎貨幣和經濟刺激方案。 美國國債也突破了28兆美元關口。 2019年6月我寫完《美國國債史》時，美國國債總額是22兆，當時我在文章裡預測，川普如果幹到2025年，美國國債將達到28-30兆美元，每年利息達7000億美元，但是人生是如此刺激，不到兩年時間，在新冠疫情加持下，2021年3月，美國國債就突破了28兆美元，提前四年完成了任務。 我當時還說2025年美國國債將達到美國GDP的120-130%，屬義大利的水平，已經是很悲觀的預測了，實際上今天寫這篇文章時，美國已經嗖聲一下超過義大利了。 任何一個國家這樣印鈔放水，都會立馬遭報應，通貨膨脹、物價飛漲，人民群眾就得跟委內瑞拉那樣扛著一麻袋鈔票去買兩塊麵包。 但美國特殊，美元是世界貨幣，別的國家放水是朝自己家放，客廳一下就被水淹了，全家都沒活路，美元把水龍頭放在房子外面，放水是朝著整個村的人放，水流得村裡頭到處都是，全村先沒活路。 這些錢會有部分流入股市，也有部分流入大宗商品市場，部分脆弱的經濟體馬上吃了暗虧，像巴西雷亞爾從去年開始對美元大幅貶值，至今大米價格11個月上漲了70%，黑豆價格上漲了40%。 大肆發錢造成美國房價也都上漲了，根據美國房地產經紀公司Redfin的報告，2020年9月美國住宅銷售中位數同比增長了13%，達到31.9萬美元，到11月，全美房價中位數升到33.4萬美元，是2013年7月以來最高年度漲幅，房屋平均只在市場上逗留27天，銷售總量上升了23%。 預計2021年美國房價將在2020年基礎上再上漲5.7%。 大家一定很關心，這23兆美元，具體流向了哪裡？ 一部分救急，一部分流向了股市，一部分在全球買買買，一部分流向了大宗商品，一部分流向了上面講的房子一類的實物資產。 流向股市的，繼續推高了美股，2019年年中時，道瓊斯工業指數一般在28000點上下，納斯達克指數一般在8000點上下，標準普爾一般在3000點上下，兩年不到，道瓊斯現在是33000點上下，納斯達克是13000點上下，標準普爾也在4000點上下。 2020年美國經濟已經出現要崩的跡象，連續出現美股大熔斷，全靠無限QE放水給救活了過來，搞得水流得全村都是。 其實就是當眾耍流氓，完全不要臉了。 只要死道友不死貧道，天下大亂又怎麼樣嘛？ 在全球買買買的錢直接利好中國外貿企業，像2021年前兩個月，中國外貿進出口2.42兆元，其中出口1.33兆元，增長了139.5%，進口1.09兆元，增長了10.3%，貿易順差高達2473億元，因為中國疫情管控最好，生產製造能力最強，美國發完錢，美國人民就去拿錢去消費，一消費，商家就要進貨，想進貨，一看全世界就中國火力全開搞生產，那就下單給中國工廠。 看現在這情形，中國外貿還有好長一段紅利期。 流向大宗商品的錢，則催高了大宗商品的價格，從2020年4月到2021年2月，銅、鐵、銀上漲了67%、94%、82%(能源指數V舒了一口氣）。 3月10日，歐洲苯乙烯現貨價格達到2400-2600美元/噸，較去年上漲225%，亞洲PX漲到895.8美元/噸，雙酚A飆到2800-3000美元/噸，世界化工行業巨頭像巴斯夫、陶氏杜邦、東麗、朗盛都上調產品價格，巴斯夫上調了PA66、歐洲BDO、美國TDI等產品的價格，卡博特將亞洲炭黑產品價格上調10%，將北美產中品價格上調了25%。 中國也不能倖免，今年1月到現在，塑料上漲了35%、鋁材漲了37%、鐵價漲了30%、不鏽鋼漲了45%、鋅合金漲了48%、玻璃漲了30%。 原材料上漲會導致物價上漲，物價上漲會導致工人想提高工資，於是人工、物價一起漲，給工廠經營帶來很大困難，工廠活不下去就會裁員，這就是通貨膨漲的危害。 濫發美元的危害，不僅僅是通漲這麼簡單。 畢竟這世上有些國家就是靠賣原材料活下來，像巴西、阿根廷、印尼等等，他們還會覺得自己從中受益。 但以為美元濫發只是造成通貨膨漲，那也太簡單了點。 後面其實有一招用過無數次的套路，是美國對全球發展中國家的大收割。 其基本操作是美聯儲降息，造成美元流入各個發展中國家，推高發展中國家的房市、股市等，在此期間，賺到錢的發展中國家會提高國民福利、花錢升級基礎教育和醫療、提高工資水平，這時候美聯儲突然加息，國際資本一看美國這邊有錢賺，又流回美國，造成發展中國家股市、房市、工業產業崩盤，實物資產貶值，這時候美國的國際資本再殺個回馬槍，用0利率的低額貸款，輕易收購這些發展中國家的資產。 錢不是財富，實物資產才是真正的財富，有美元霸權加持，就可以輕易收購其他國家的真實財富，蘇聯倒台後，大量國家財產就是這樣流失的。 上面就是美國金融收割全世界發展中國家的基本操作，1998年的泰國，2013年的巴西就是這樣被玩死的。 這也是為什麼當今世界發展中國家很難再進入發達國家的重要原因，只要你完全開放金融，發展中國家脆弱的防禦能力，分分鐘被美聯儲弄死。 但有一個國家，是堅決不向美國全面開放金融領域的，對了，這個國家就是中國。 這也是中國能在這麼多次，美國對世界瘋狂反覆收割的過程中，活下來的原因。 中國的方法很簡單，阻止美元自由兌換人民幣，鎖死這條通道，讓美元熱錢不在中國市場興風作浪。 由於本人生活中很少使用美元，所以就這個問題，我還特意請教了有二十年經驗，負責國際部的銀行資深人士，據他回覆，在美元流入方面，個人經常性項目（貿易、勞務支出、學費等）是開放的，控制在一年5萬美元額度，但資本項目是沒有開放的，也很難批下來。 在美元流出方面，境內居民每年購匯額還是等值5萬美元，每天的限額是1萬美元，購匯分現鈔和現匯，如果是現鈔，拿身份證辦理就可以，如果是購匯，就要提供輔助證明資料，像在國外讀書，你要付學費，就要提供學費清單、入學通知書等。 這些流程看起來很麻煩，增加了普通公民的溝通成本，但沒辦法，我們必須抵禦美國的金融侵略，凡是徹底開放金融，讓民眾與企業自由兌換美元的國家，都一次次遭到了美元資本的強姦。 嚴格控制結匯和購匯，是中國阻止美元霸權洗劫中國財富的重要選項，相當於我們建了一道城牆，防止野人進來洗劫我們。 沒有金融主權的國家，是任人宰割的國家，美國人並不關心誰上台執政，他們只關心你們有沒有開放金融主權。 今天美國人指責我們的所有東西，攻擊我們的所有理由，從香港到新疆，目的都是希望中國改變體制，從而在多黨間下注，就能打開中國的金融主權。 這樣中國也會變成一塊大好肥肉，像阿根廷、泰國、巴西等其他發展中國家一樣，供他們來回掠食。 按最新消息，現在美聯儲將保持利率是0，也就是說，現在是低利率時期。 美元在過去四十年裡，大致是「十年走弱、六年走強」的週期，低利率時期是為了養肥一部分發展中國家，讓美元流入這些國家，高利率是為了吸引資本回流美國，開始屠殺發展中國家，這個規律大致不變，也偶有意外，比如2007年本應該進入加息週期，但因為2007年的次貸危機而延遲了。 也有極少數國家意識到了這個問題，在盡力避免被美元帝國捲進去，比如中俄之間的貿易50%已經在使用盧布和人民幣，不使用美元結算，俄羅斯與歐盟的貿易，46%也使用了歐元，18%使用盧布。中歐也在2019年簽訂了本幣互換協議，互換規模為3500億元人民幣換450億歐元。 不過能反抗的也就這麼點勢力了。 而美國這次的收割對象，收割時間，美國媒體都大大方方寫出來的，只是許多人沒有留意到。 按美聯儲的說法，直到2023年都不考慮加息，也就是說，收割時間大約在2023年左右。 而收割對象，彭博社清清楚楚在這個月列出一份名單，他們分別是：阿根廷、印度、越南、土耳其、斯里蘭卡、烏克蘭、巴西、巴基斯坦、埃及、印尼十個發展中國家。彭博社的原話是：「美聯儲或將美國巨額赤字風險轉嫁給上述10國，不過巴西已提前陷入困境。」 現實就是這麼殘忍，彭博社預測印度、越南的發展紅利將被打斷，兩國經濟將退回到二十年前，最可悲的是烏克蘭這點蚊子肉都不放過，還一直頂在前面替美國當馬前卒。 最有意思的是，有些國家還站在發達國家隊伍的最前面罵中國，幫忙說中國沒有普世價值，這真的是被人賣了還在幫人數錢的傑出代表啊。 其實只有中國施行了金融保護，免於國家被一次次屠戮，而那些國家才是真正的待宰羔羊。 每隔十年，當美利堅帝國拿著屠刀一身血腥味朝他們走過去時，他們居然還背對著美利堅，手指著中國揚聲叫罵。 這世上最愚蠢的事情，也不過如此吧。

#口罩可以乾蒸嗎 #為何2月不行現在可以 #水鏡來告訴你 今天疾管中心宣傳口罩可以乾蒸，再重複使用 馬上有人找出2月衛福部食藥署建議不要乾蒸的資料 還有人把這照片放在爆料公社，很明顯要帶風向 有人酸因為唐鳳說可以乾蒸，所以政策就轉彎 不管別人怎麼說，包括這篇都是 請做個獨立思考的人 #防疫本來就是與時俱進 大家應該還記得，2月的時候疾管中心跟大家說不用戴口罩 總統、行政院長、陳時中部長，也帶頭不戴口罩 當時還有「我OK，你先戴」的風氣 當時背景是沒有社區感染，戴不戴口罩風險都低 當時到現在沒戴口罩的人，都活得好好的也沒被感染。 這兩天陳時中部長已經戴起口罩，為什麼呢？ 簡單說，我們有零星的社區感染，加上這幾天連假的出遊 我們要在未來的14天防範疫情社區化 Nature Medicine刊出香港學者研究，外科口罩可以顯著防止新冠病毒從感染者傳播出去。https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0843-2?fbclid=IwAR3EzP6Xm2bXH4bDHx9i9oOYxqHIraWbuRbZcGzM6fmgQz7iIl7ufHrkN-A 這是因為疫情的不同，資訊的改變 政府反應以及需要民間配合的方式不同 #那到底口罩可不可以乾蒸 你可能會問，當時食藥署為何覺得不行？ 當時食藥署的說法是"可能"會破壞結構，所以不建議。 但後續的研究出來，真的可以透過乾蒸讓口罩重複使用 根據中山醫學大學職安系副教授賴全裕表示，經過檢測證實，「電鍋乾蒸」口罩，5次以內，過濾效果都還在規定合格的80%以內。 https://www.thenewslens.com/article/131064 實驗結果發現無論細菌過濾效率或微粒過濾效率都跟原本口罩效果相近。 https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3123669 再說一次，這是人類第一次遇到這個病毒，很多事情本來就不了解。 比如Nature這篇研究，就刷新大家原本的認知 原來剛被感染的前5天，傳染力最大，到住院第9天傳染力就低了，不一定要在負壓房。 這對本來以為症狀越嚴重傳播力越大、負壓房要住好住滿的觀念是很大的釐清 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2196-x 好，回到乾蒸口罩這件事 原先政府有疑惑，後來研究證實，口罩乾蒸可以重複使用 政府提供資訊，不OK嗎？ #未來14天大家照顧好自己 現在已經有人在傳 「為了要向國外捐口罩，所以要求民眾乾蒸」 請問我們有為了捐口罩，一周從買三個變買兩個嗎？ 提供乾蒸，只是資訊更新後提供方法 可能有些人不覺得一個口罩五元貴 但對節省、重視環保的或有經濟壓力的人，這不失為權宜之計 至於要酸的、要戰的、要攻擊的， 就別了，台灣需要大家的團結 就像這幾天的連假， 大家玩都玩了，該得的也得了，不該得的也不會得 本院只有一個請求 #連假有出遊的朋友接下來14天外出請戴口罩 接下來14天，大家把自己照顧好 勤洗手、出門戴口罩、保持人際距離、不摸臉、少聚集 #祝大家平安健康 #我們二月也不知道肥胖容易得重症啊 #水鏡共筆

越南曾經在2/26，原有的16位確診病人全部康復。 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Vietnam 越南似乎沒有使用針對病毒的藥 "There's no medication for this virus yet. We rely on fundamental principles," https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/02/infected-patients-vietnam-cured-coronavirus-miracle-200228035007608.html 而是 : "每日上午在醫院的天台曬太陽及做運動，而在隔離病房期間會打開窗戶呼吸新鮮空氣，以及讓房間接受太陽光照射" https://www.hk01.com/%E7%86%B1%E7%88%86%E8%A9%B1%E9%A1%8C/430217/%E6%AD%A6%E6%BC%A2%E8%82%BA%E7%82%8E-%E6%9B%AC%E5%A4%AA%E9%99%BD%E6%AE%BA%E8%8F%8C%E5%8A%91%E6%BC%B1%E5%8F%A3-%E8%B6%8A%E5%8D%97%E9%A6%96%E5%90%8D%E7%A2%BA%E8%A8%BA%E6%82%A3%E8%80%85%E5%BA%B7%E5%BE%A9%E5%87%BA%E9%99%A2?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=fbpost_link&utm_campaign=hottopics

(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)美國黑水公司與蔡政府聯合 拿台灣當人體實驗室 台灣人,你還要忍多久? (路透社2021-06-04 獨家報導 全文中英對照稿) (-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)(-) （根據維基百科：路透社乃出生於德國的保羅路透（Paul Reuters）於1851年時在倫敦創辦，歷史悠久，旗下有2500名記者及600名攝影記者，從全球200多個社址發出報導，是全球最大、也是最有公信力的跨國媒體機構之一） （以下中英文逐段並列翻譯，6分鐘內可讀完, 英文連結列在最後） WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - Erik Prince, the founder of controversial private military firm Blackwater and a supporter of former President Donald Trump, jumped into the COVID-19 business late last year with a deal to distribute an experimental vaccine should it be approved, according to three people familiar with the arrangement and business records seen by Reuters. 路透社2021年6月4日華盛頓報導 — 普林斯（Erik Prince）是頗具爭議性的私人軍火公司「黑水」的創辦人，也是美國前總統川普的擁護者。根據路透社訪問過，熟悉黑水公司運作與交易紀錄的三位人士，普林斯從去年下半年起，也躍入新冠疫苗的商圈，企圖掌握一支目前尚在實驗階段的疫苗，以便未來若取得認證後，得以擁有銷售權。 The COVID-19 vaccine, known as UB-612, is being developed by a privately-held U.S. firm called COVAXX. 那支被稱為UB-612的新冠肺炎疫苗，乃是一家美國私人企業COVAXX所開發的。（譯者註：也就是聯亞生技所開發的聯亞疫苗） The company has said the vaccine shows promise in protecting people against coronavirus, based on a small study of 60 patients in Taiwan. It hasn't provided data on safety and efficacy from large clinical trials, information that is usually required before a vaccine is authorized for public use. 該公司宣稱已在台灣60位病人中進行過小型實驗，顯示該疫苗可望保護病人對抗新冠肺炎，但尚未提供任何大型臨床實驗所得到，關於安全性及效能方面的數據，而那通常是疫苗可被認證供民眾施打前的必要條件。 COVAXX is unrelated to the similar-sounding but better-known "COVAX," a global vaccine distribution program backed by the World Health Organization. 以上所提到的這支COVAXX 疫苗，與另一支國際衛生組織（WHO）早已認證，也較知名的COVAX疫苗，聽起來頗相像，但成分截然不同，請勿混淆。 Since the start of the pandemic in 2020, the COVAXX vaccine has attracted some big-name backers, including endorsements from entrepreneur Peter Diamandis, who co-founded the company, and motivational speaker Tony Robbins. In March, the company raised $1.35 billion in a private placement, according to U.S. securities filings. 從2020年新冠疫情逐漸升高開始，這支COVAXX 疫苗就吸引了一些重量級人士的支持，包含來自創業家彼得戴曼迪斯 （Peter Diamandis，該公司的共同創辦人）以及勵志演說家羅賓斯（Tony Robbins）的背書。根據他們三月向美國證券交易委員會所提交的文件，那時該公司已經私募了13.5億美金。 Prince's involvement in vaccine distribution, which has not been previously reported, sheds new light on the race to profit from the uncertainties of the pandemic. Vaccine supply deals have often been forged through direct government ties to drugmakers, global health organizations or diplomatic channels. 普林斯這段之前不為人知，爭取疫苗銷售權的行動，更讓人看清面對疫情，人心惶惶時，各方爭發疫苗財的真貌。疫苗供應方面的交易，往往取決於製藥廠、世界衛生組織或外交管道，是否能直接與政府打上交道。 Reuters couldn't determine how Prince first became associated with COVAXX, or whether he has brokered any vaccine supply deals. 路透社無法得知普林斯從何時開始與COVAXX掛鉤，或他是否曾經擔任任何疫苗供應交易的掮客。 Prince did not respond to questions for this story. A source close to Prince said that "Erik has been helping a vaccine manufacturer set up distribution," but declined to give details. 普林斯並未回應記者針對以上情節所提出的問題。一位接近普林斯的人士僅說「Erik（普林斯）已經在協助一家疫苗製造商設置銷售管道」但拒絕說明更多細節。 Diane Murphy, a public relations consultant for Vaxxinity Inc, which owns COVAXX, declined to answer questions related to Prince. In a statement to Reuters, she said that the company has "accepted introductions from a variety of private, public and non-profit intermediaries, both formally and informally." COVAXX 母公司Vaxxinity 公司的公關顧問墨菲（暫譯， Diane Murphy）拒絕回答與普林斯有關的提問。她只在對路透社發表的一張紙上聲明中說，該公司已經「正式或非正式地，與一些來自私人、政府或非營利機構的中間人有了初步的接觸。」 'DOLLARS PER DOSE' 每劑疫苗的佣金 Prince has made headlines for years, first as chief executive of Blackwater, whose security guards fatally shot more than a dozen Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007. After he left Blackwater, Prince pushed to privatize the war in Afghanistan by having contractors fight instead of the U.S. military and became embroiled in an investigation into possible collusion between the Trump election campaign and the Russian government. 普林斯的名字多年來常上報紙頭版，首先是因為2007年他還身為黑水公司總裁時，他私人保鑣在巴格達射死了十多位伊拉克百姓。他離開黑水公司之後，又推動在阿富汗雇用傭兵，來代替美國軍人打仗，後來又捲入川普選舉時的通俄門。 Prince sought to recruit a close associate, the late Paul Behrends, a former Republican congressional staffer and lobbyist who represented Blackwater for over two years, to help in the COVAXX project. 普林斯本想招募已故的親密夥伴布倫茲（暫譯，Paul Behrends）協助COVAXX 計畫，因為布倫茲曾在共和黨眾議院中擔任幕僚，並為黑水公司遊說超過兩年。 In a series of text messages to Behrends, Prince described the potential for profit from selling the vaccines. 普林斯在一系列發給布倫茲的簡訊中，這樣形容銷售該疫苗可獲利的潛力： "There's room for a couple dollars per dose in commissions," Prince said in a Nov. 9 text to Behrends. He shared with Behrends a "Letter of Authorization" on COVAXX letterhead signed by senior vice president Brandon Schurter as proof of his distribution deal. Schurter did not respond to requests for comment. 普林斯在11月9日寫給布倫茲的簡訊中說：「每劑疫苗的佣金可達2美元」。普林斯還跟布倫茲分享了一封寫在COVAXX官方信箋，並由該公司資深副總舒特（暫譯，Brandon Schurter）簽字的「授權書」，證明他已獲得銷售權。針對以上事件，舒特本人並未回應路透社的提問。 The October 2020 letter said that an entity called Windward Capital, with an address in Abu Dhabi, was authorized to "assist in the process of creating distribution networks." Reuters could not find a Windward Capital registered in Abu Dhabi. But a company called Windward Holdings that handles "professional, scientific and technical activities" is listed there, with Erik Prince the sole named shareholder. 在該封寫於2020年10月的信中，普林斯宣稱已經在阿布扎比成立了一家名為「Windward 資產」的公司，被授權來「協助建立銷售網」。路透社無法在阿布扎比找到一間註冊為「Windward 資產」的公司，但找到了一間名為「Windward 控股」，目標在「處理專業方面、科學方面與技術方面活動」的公司，並且普林斯是該公司唯一掛名的股東。 Prince is also the managing member of a corporate entity called Windward Wyoming LLC, which says it has a "global distribution" deal with COVAXX, according to records of non-public business agreements seen by Reuters. The company was formed in October 2020, public incorporation records in Wyoming show. 普林斯同時也是一家名為「懷俄明州Windward 股份有限公司」的總經理。據路透社所見過，一份非公開的商業協定中說，該公司成立的目標為「在全球銷售COVAXX疫苗」。根據懷俄明州的官方資料，該公司成立於2020年10月。 Lawyers and other officials affiliated with the various Windward entities did not respond to requests for comment. 以上名為Windward的兩間公司，其律師及相關負責人都未回應路透社就以上所發出的提問。 Prince and Behrends were negotiating how to carve up prospective sales territories by country, said Barry Angeline, a friend of Behrends. But their possible collaboration was cut short in December, when Behrends died. 布倫茲的一位朋友安吉林（暫譯，Barry Angeline）說，普林斯和布倫茲曾經協商過，當如何針對不同國家的地區而提高疫苗的銷售量，但此合作之可能性因12月布倫茲過世而告吹。 Vaxxinity consultant Murphy told Reuters the company has a "focus on the developing market" – including the many countries that have been unable to acquire the shots made by global drugmakers and stockpiled by wealthier nations. Vaxxinity 的顧問墨菲告訴路透社，該公司「專注於開發中國家的市場」— 包含那些無法透過全球製藥廠得到疫苗，或被富有國家囤積，以致無法取得疫苗的國家。 HIGH-PROFILE BACKERS 聲名顯赫的支持者 COVAXX was formed in early 2020 as a subsidiary of United Biomedical Inc (UBI), a maker of diagnostic tests and veterinary vaccines, to address the coronavirus pandemic. In April, the company announced it was being consolidated into a new holding corporation called Vaxxinity. COVAXX的母公司United Biomedical Inc (UBI)公司，原本是製造檢驗試劑及動物疫苗的，於2020年初期分出子公司COVAXX，以對抗新冠疫情。四月時，該官司宣布被合併進入一家新的控股公司，名為Vaxxinity. COVAXX's backers were quick to publicize the vaccine's potential beginning in July, based on early tests in animals, and before the first clinical trials in people began in Taiwan. COVAXX的支持者從七月起，就已經開始大肆宣傳該疫苗的潛力，根據的不過是早期的動物實驗數據，甚至早在以台灣人首次進行臨床人體實驗之前。 Diamandis, who is listed as a co-founder of Vaxxinity, wrote in a July 30 post on his personal blog that the vaccine was safe for patients and likely effective in the elderly. He told Reuters he made it clear in those posts that his assertions were based on previous trial results of other vaccines developed by the company. 列名Vaxxinity共同創辦人的戴曼迪斯，2020年7月30日於自己私人部落格上宣稱，該疫苗不但可供病人安全接種，並且在年長者身上也有效。他告訴路透社說，他在部落格上清楚說明了，那些是根據自己公司「其他」疫苗「過去」實驗的結果而認定的。 A few weeks later, Robbins, the self-help coach, held a webinar promoting COVAXX titled "The most powerful vaccine you've never heard of." Robbins said in the video that he was one of the company owners. "I've invested in the company, so everyone knows. Because I've been blown away by seeing these results," he said. 幾週之後，有「自助教練」之稱的羅賓斯舉辦了一場網路論壇，來宣傳COVAXX，稱其為「你平生未見，最威力強大的疫苗」。羅賓斯在該影片中聲稱自己是該公司所有人之一，還說：「我要在這裡告訴大家，我投資這家公司，因為親眼目睹了施打這疫苗的神效。」 Robbins "remains an investor," his spokeswoman Jennifer Connelly said in a statement to Reuters. She added, "Mr. Robbins is not involved in the management or daily operations." 羅賓斯的女發言人康納莉（暫譯，Jennifer Connelly ）在一篇給路透社的聲明中說「羅賓斯直到如今仍然是該公司的一位投資者，但他並未參與該公司日常的運作管理。」 In October, COVAXX and shipping giant Maersk announced a partnership to provide global transport of the vaccine as soon as it becomes available. The Maersk official quoted in the release, Rob Townley, said the company recognized the urgent need to safely deliver COVID-19 vaccines worldwide. COVAXX 和全球航運巨擘「快桅」公司於十月宣布合夥，將在疫苗上市後，以最快速度供應至全球。「快桅」公司的塔利（暫譯，Rob Townley）並在該聲明中說該公司認知到當務之急乃是將新冠疫苗安全運至全球各地。 Townley was briefly an aide to former U.S. Army general Michael Flynn during Flynn's short tenure as Trump's National Security Adviser. In an interview, Townley said he knows Prince but couldn't discuss Prince's involvement. 塔利曾經在川普總統任命佛林（Michael Flynn）擔任美國國家安全顧問的短短期間，短暫擔任過佛林的幕僚。塔利在一場訪問中說，他認識普林斯，但對普林斯所參與的事務不予置評。 Data on how well the vaccine works is still pending. In an email to Reuters, Vaxxinity’s Murphy said the company had completed the Phase 1 trial of 60 volunteers aged 20 to 55 in Taiwan, and is conducting a new study of 3,800 people there, including teens and elderly participants. The company plans larger trials in Brazil and India later this year. 該疫苗的果效尚有待數據證明。Vaxxinity 的墨菲在發給路透社的一封電子郵件中說，該公司已經結束在台灣針對60名，20-55歲志願者的第一期實驗。現在正在台灣進行為數3800人，包含青少年及年長者的新實驗。今年下半年計畫在巴西和印度展開更大規模的實驗。 Reporting by Aram Roston in Washington and Lisa Barrington in Abu Dhabi; Editing by Michele Gershberg 以上由在華盛頓的Aram Roston，以及在阿布札比的Lisa Barrington報導，由 Michele Gershberg編輯 以上路透社英文原稿連結為 EXCLUSIVE Blackwater founder Prince takes role in COVID vaccine venture | Reuters