Tech Company Offers Law Enforcement and Government Agencies a Safe Lie Detector During COVID-19 Pandemic - Yahoo Finance

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Tech Company Offers Law Enforcement and Government Agencies a Safe Lie Detector During COVID-19 Pandemic - Yahoo Finance Posted: 07 Apr 2020 12:00 AM PDT EyeDetect is the only accurate, automated lie detector test to allow safe social distancing LEHI, Utah, April 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Of the estimated 2.5 million polygraph tests conducted annually by U.S. federal, state and local entities, most are on hold because of social distancing guidelines. While polygraphs have all but stopped, EyeDetect can be used to maintain a safe social distance during lie detection testing. This allows government entities like law enforcement to continue testing job candidates during the COVID-19 Pandemic without fear of transferring the virus. Two sheriff's offices in Florida announced stopping polygraph tests due to safety risks associated with COVID-19. Around 75% of urban sheriffs' and police departments use polygraph for testing job applicants. EyeDetect by Converus uses advanced lie detection technology to analyze involuntary eye behaviors to detect deception. It allows safe social distancing as well. "You can easily maintain a safe social distance with EyeDetect," said Lt. Richard Gere, Spokane County Sheriff's Office. "You really can't do that during a polygraph test." The Spokane County Sheriff's Office — one of dozens of U.S. law enforcement agencies currently using EyeDetect — stopped pre-employment testing on March 25 to comply with the state's current stay-at-home order. Converus CEO Todd Mickelsen commented, "It's also important to clean equipment after testing." "The only EyeDetect equipment touched by examinees is a mouse, which is easy to clean," said Mickelsen. "During a polygraph, examinees are in contact with two corrugated tubes, finger sensors, blood pressure cuff, and motion sensor mat. It's challenging to adequately clean those between exams." EyeDetect also provides cost and time savings. Spokane County Sheriff uses EyeDetect early in the hiring process. If applicants pass the EyeDetect test, a background check and polygraph are conducted. "Identifying unqualified candidates early saves about 40 hours of background checks and polygraphs, which saves about $2,500 per applicant," said Gere. Mickelsen says EyeDetect can also help safely test parolees and sex offenders. Since 2014, EyeDetect has been used by more than 500 customers in 43 countries. Visit www.converus.com. About Converus® Converus provides scientifically validated credibility assessment technologies. EyeDetect® detects deception with 86-90% accuracy in 15-30 minutes by analyzing eye and other behaviors. IdentityDetect® detects falsified identities at 91% accuracy in about 1-3 minutes by analyzing subtle somatic nervous system changes. Both technologies help protect organizations and communities from corruption, crime and threats. Converus is headquartered in Lehi, Utah, USA.   View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tech-company-offers-law-enforcement-and-government-agencies-a-safe-lie-detector-during-covid-19-pandemic-301036493.html SOURCE Converus

Are There 19 Coronaviruses? Correcting a Trump Adviser. - Polygraph.info Posted: 23 Apr 2020 02:10 PM PDT In defense of President Donald Trump's decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organization, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway implied that the WHO had 18 prior versions of the disease to prepare for COVID-19. "This is COVID-19, not COVID-1, folks. You would think that people charged with the World Health Organization facts and figures would be on top of that," Conway said during a "Fox & Friends" interview. This is false, as Conway appeared to clarify in a subsequent Fox interview. According to the WHO, the designation "COVID-19" stands for Coronavirus Disease 2019, the year it was discovered. It does not refer to the 19th disease or virus. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, there are not 19 but only seven known human coronavirus strains. Four cause only mild to moderate symptoms, similar to the common cold. The CDC states that most people will be infected with these common coronaviruses in their lifetime, and most will recover. The other three coronaviruses originated as animal infections and caused widely reported outbreaks of serious disease after jumping to humans. They are Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), in 2002-2003; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), 2012-now; and SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. The first severe human coronavirus outbreak was caused by SARS in China. It infected more than 8,000 people, killing nearly 800. Countries hit hard included China, Hong Kong and Singapore. The WHO released a consensus document on SARS in November 2003 to better understand how the disease worked. The agency, an arm of the United Nations, took steps to coordinate the study and response to future outbreaks. It established a SARS Risk Assessment and Preparedness Framework by October 2004. MERS is an ongoing coronavirus infection that has resulted in some 2,400 cases and 858 deaths since 2012. The virus has mostly been contained in the Mideast. COVID-19 is the largest severe coronavirus outbreak, with 2.4 million infected and almost 150,000 dead. Conway appeared in an interview with Fox Business, where she clarified her statement. "It's called COVID-19 because that's the year," Conaway said in comments criticizing the WHO. "It's not COVID-20, it's COVID-19." Conway complained that the WHO did not declare COVID-19 a global pandemic until March. "I think as a lay person I was saying that before they did," she said. The COVID-19 outbreak has triggered a political back and forth between President Trump and the Chinese government. Trump has accused the WHO of having been too deferential to China before he instituted travel restrictions on China. But Trump also praised China's response to the outbreak several times, including this Jan. 24 tweet. This BBC fact check covers the back and forth between President Trump and the WHO.

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