#Countries

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

COVID Update October 17: The Coronavirus is an equal opportunity killer, right? Wrong. Many countries have done better than others.It is an amazing story. 1/ One might think it has

James Hasson

JamesHasson20

A reminder that, on February 1st, China begged the EU for medical supplies. Now that Europeans are dying by the thousands across the continent, China is selling defective supplies back

melanincholy

riotersbloc

Can someone explain to me why a "second wave" of the virus will be worse/has been worse in other countries? Wouldn't it be easier to impose restrictions when/if numbers start

Prof Shamika Ravi

ShamikaRavi

#DailyUpdate #COVID19India As total cases continue to rise, ACTIVE cases are bunching...still a wait and watch situation before we can establish whether we have peaked. How are TOTAL and

Tareena Musaddiq

tareena_m

Great start to the day today listening to @DaveEvansPhD talk about girls' education around the world. I summarize two main sections of his presentation below (What do we know &

Jashvina ShAAAaaaah 👻

icehockeystick

Dear racist,Most “third world” countries had better and more advanced societies than the colonizers and the only reason they’re “third world” is because the very not smart colonizers didn’t know

Amir Attaran

profamirattaran

Justin Trudeau is lying about why Canada is delayed getting vaccines. He says:“One of the things to remember is Canada no longer has any domestic production capacity for vaccines.”Nonsense! We

Holger Hestermeyer

hhesterm

Today’s basic trade thread: gravity. Gravity in trade means that distance matters in trade. (Thread) Here’s an excerpt from one of the leading international economics textbooks (Krugman/Obstfeld/Melitz): “All estimated gravity

Michael Edwards #FBPE

mike_r_edwards

I'm not the only one to be commenting on this. But it bears restating. Pandemics affect vulnerable populations. The elderly, those with pre-existing illness etc: we all know this now.

Stephen Clinch

StephenClinch

A few years ago people were predicting that craft beer would blow up here. I think it’s fair to say that hasn’t happened in the way it was expected to

BBC News (World)

BBCWorld

Coronavirus “may never go away”Dr Mike Ryan, WHO emergencies director, has warned against trying to predict when coronavirus will disappearBut what does this mean for the world?[Thread]http://bbc.in/CoronavirusNeverGoAway Almost 300,000 people

Ikenna Ronald Nzimora

ronaldnzimora

In the USA, it costs $5 (=N=2000) to get a license to fly a drone.You don't talk to anyone. You go online, fill in your details, upload a valid ID,

Kristian Niemietz's next job could be in cyber

K_Niemietz

The Swedenistas are getting a bit silly. Sweden has been doing relatively OK during Covid, and they've certainly outperformed expectations.But it's also very far from a brilliant success story.Their excess

Z ✨

zsatia

Definition of “use your white privilege to help us” !!https://twitter.com/1911_1913_bakup/status/1266242566376153092 The ignorance under this tweet is real and mostly from white men. EVERYONE delete TikTok! Not just black people but

Andrew M. Fischer

AndrewM_Fischer

Best thing I've read on #COVID19 for a while. Shows how a dose of collectivism has been effective in this pandemic:"Japan focused on the overdispersion impact from early on, likens

Megha Kaveri

meghakaveri

TN govt revises quarantine guidelines in the state for people moving between districts and entering TN from other states and countries. (1/n) For all those moving between districts in TN,