#Crises

The largest vaccine manufacturers in the world have struggled with meeting demands, but it is to their credit, including that of @SerumInstIndia @BharatBiotech @pfizer Moderna, J&J & others, that they
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Why should universities support Model UN programs for undergrads and host high school competitions? A thread:For 40 Years @msstate has organized the Mississippi Model Security Council (MMSC) competition for high
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Since we're all just guessing at this point, here's mine: the predicted Work From Home shift will not materialize. Many people will want to go to back to offices because
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It can't be said enough: so many ppl don't have enough money to pay rent, to pay for food, to pay for medicine, to pay for clothes for their kids,
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An interesting thread by Globe & Mail health columnist Andre Picard @picardonhealth in defence of Dr. Tam @CPHO_Canada.Picard makes some good points. Here's what I would say in opposition...1/https://twitter.com/picardonhealth/status/12478990
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Trump and the Right have created a fake crisis of “violence in Democratic cities” to distract from very real crises in the pandemic and the economy.They’re going to shred the
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The last two financial crises affected defense spending in Asia in very different ways. The 1997 crisis prompted an extended downturn in defense spending. It took six years to grow
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Thread on learning to appreciate what you have.Dear Millinnials;1- The year is 1979. President Jimmy Carter's approval rating has plummeted into the low 30s. Why, you may ask...? 2- 66
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it is racism, it is colourism, it is featurism, it is tribalism. you don’t have a problem with batswana because they look like you and speak like you. but those
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As abled as I seem, I have a history of ending up in hospitals & mental crises when consistently working more than part time.And I don't know why. I do
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At centre of anders arguement is russia is run by bunch of greedy kleptocrats and is bereft of any policy other than repression. It’s waaay more complicated than that. Sechin
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1/ Investors (equity and credit alike) love contractual, recurring revenues thinking it protects them because the customer is legally obligated to pay. That forward revenue visibility makes it very easy
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I appreciate how Rebecca Solnit differentiates between hope & optimism. I’ve been using a similar framework in my practice even pre-pandemic. The results have been striking. Optimism during crises often
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Because police powers won't be misused... (/s)Because privacy is sacrificed in a false dichotomy that it can't exist during public health crises... (/s)This is dangerous thinking.https://twitter.com/Farzad_MD/status/1246042243070414848 In a p
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I really enjoyed the new @SuzanneMettler1 and @r_lieberman book, Four Threats. I highly recommend it, for the following reaons. 1/https://www.amazon.com/Four-Threats-Recurring-American-Democracy/dp/1250244420 First, it's not an anti-Tru
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You just said “being Tigray” or having “Tigray name”- which is factual wrong. That narrative was only true if the family had been part of TPLF. Which, compares to 6
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