#PANDEMIC

We know that COVID-19 is bad in Maharashtra. But how bad? How prevalent is COVID-19 in Mumbai? Has it peaked? Is it going to be over any time soon? I
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The stock market is booming and billionaires are shoveling in the cash while people are being marched into the maw of a generational pandemic and a wave of homelessness is
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Poll thread.If you're in the UK or Ireland & housebound/vulnerable to covid, (regardless of whether the gov decided you were!) & thus unable to safely go to a supermarket all
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1/ I am seeing a lot of posts, articles on fresh grads from various colleges asking for opportunities because their existing offers got rescinded. In response I also see a
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Thread with some analysis of the @LowyInstitute 2020 Asia Power Index. As always, there’s a lot to unpack. The full report is here: https://power.lowyinstitute.org/downloads/lowy-institute-2020-asia-power-index-key-findings-report.pdf But
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i keep seeing people on twitter saying we should “shame everyone we see in public who isn’t wearing a mask”. This virus is turning people into animals - which is
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How long can one do a job, serving others where others are not engaging in said work before acedia settles deep into one’s bones? ..Asking for a friend. .(That friend
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We have been made aware through social media that Funke Akindele recently, acting in her personal capacity, had a celebration which is against the caution to the public on social
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Just thought I'd share some thoughts on numbers, primarily 0.89. There's one thing found missing from most international comparisons.You know, the USA vs Belgium or UK vs Mexico type of
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We've been working on a Future of Cities special package and will be rolling out many pieces over the coming days. Here's one of mine to start, on how transit
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More than one year into the pandemic, and we are still witnessing school and business closures in most parts of the world. The covid-19 crisis is far from over. Now
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To anyone who says that the Coronavirus pandemic is Trump's fault, I'd like you to please read these few screenshotted tweets in this thread and their dates in order.
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1/ In the latest edition of "The Paper Trail" newsletter, we cover: - 10K Dead, Worst to Come; - Uncounted Deaths Worry Experts; - States, Uncle Sam Clash Over PPE
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Did you know South Africa’s Lockdown costs the economy R13 billion per day and SARB estimates that about over 370,000 Jobs are going to be lost because of Covid19 Pandemic.
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In the 60s, white-controlled municipalities reacted to the Civil Rights Acts by cementing over public pools rather than share them with "nonwhites"Trump represents the complete racist cementing over of the
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#ItsASiblingThing #NationalSiblingsDay2021 @SibCollab - To my fellow brothers and sisters of ppl w disabilities - a thread1/16 : I see you. Being careful this year about which job you can
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