#PANDEMIC

As the Dutch government belatedly tightens coronavirus restrictions, you may be wondering how well hospitals are set up to handle corona patients. Well here’s a little story... A relative of
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Pictures that are not from a dystopian videogame, but real life Chinese medical workers and law enforcement officers riding horses to remote places in the Altai Mountains for coronavirus prevention
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The biggest narcotic a politician can offer the media is the semblance of 'cooperation' or 'bipartisanship'. Anything that taps into all those West Wing fantasies of a political class coming
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A NEW report by the Runnymede Trust and @IPPR has shone a light on the disproportionate deaths for certain #BME communities relating to #COVID19 Following on will be a
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Dear @bonang_m, my mom would like thank you for assisting not only us but many whom you've assisted with grocery vouchers during this pandemic.Infact this inspired me to write a
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Thread of quick hit thoughts about the Zvi blog post from me, a data scientist. I read his post from today 10/29 and the one prior to it from 10/22.
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Agoraphobia is a fun new thing half of us have now. I have to leave the house to go to a doctor in 2 hours. I woke up at 4am.
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Famine isn’t about a lack of food, it’s about poor lines of distribution and deliberate neglect & deprivation. Don’t let anyone ever lie and tell you that famine is natural
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THREAD: Ahead of @GovAbbott's COVID-19 update today, let us remember a few of the ways he's gotten in the way of recovery efforts. #txlege #COVID19 #AbbottIsResponsible https://progresstexas.org/blog/governor-covid-10-ways-greg-abbo
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An excellent article in today's @spectator by @ProfAliceS about the importance of sex-disaggregated data and concern that more and more organisations are failing to collect data on sex or conflating
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A little anecdotal perspective on this. In the ancient days when films were shown on film, my brother and I attended the Marrakesh Film Festival (!!) -- where they were
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A group of Philly DSA members has proposed creating a Mutual Aid Committee. Chapters from @nycDSA to @DSA_LosAngeles to @MetroATLDSA are doing important mutual aid work, but @PhillyDSA isn't yet.
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According to the UN, the current infestations of locusts can be traced back to the cyclone season of 2018-19 that brought heavy rains to the Arabian Peninsula and allowed at
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1/ Hot take - celebs starting Onlyfans is a problem. Bella Thorn is a celeb. She did an “experiment”, went from millionaire to millionaire, and and has an unrealistic view
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Trump announces “hold” on money going to "China centric" WHO: “They missed the call. They could have called it months earlier...they should have known. And they probably did know.” This
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21 Days of Lockdown with Desi parents. Day 1:Dad frantically sanitised all the door knobs inside & outside the house on the first day he had to stay at home.Mom
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