#POPULATION

A thread of fun shark facts I have inside my head (but I will quickly google to make sure they are correct before posting them) because that one person made
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The issue of ventilators and ICU beds in Botswana irritates me and dare I say, makes me VERY angry. We need to FOCUS. Botswana’s healthcare system needs to be strengthened.
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I am writing a thread on the reasons which I believe are the cause of failure of @mybmc and the state govt in handling of Covid pandemic in Mumbai.1/13 Number
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From some reason, this @BusinessInsider article from Feb 23rd is making the rounds today on social media: https://www.businessinsider.com/new-data-calls-into-question-delaying-2nd-coronavirus-vaccine-dose-2021-2 The sensationalist headline
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Use of care and mortality due to corona in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Estonia; data from yesterday 26.4. Read the whole thread. (English)Fig 1. Number of persons in
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#CLST6 #RR10 I do not think Athenian democracy was fair. Although it was a step in the right direction for citizen engagement in government, it excluded a large portion of
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Clever that the fight against transphobia isn’t going for the obvious perpetrators like far right hate groups who would kick the head in of anyone who isn’t a fat white
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J'ai attendu d'avoir suffisamment d'Ă©lĂ©ments en main (et en tĂȘte) pour dĂ©cider quoi penser des applications de "tracing" COVID. Finalement, je suis bel et bien contre. Un petit rĂ©sumĂ© des
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A thread on cervical screening programmes. I teach about population screens. I refer to WHO guidelines on ‘what makes a good screen’, which includes criteria like a clearly-identified demographic, treatments
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Thread.....The Jewish population is tiny, if it were its own city, it would not even be one of the 10 most populous cities in the world. So our representation is
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It's nothing personal. Some people aren't being nice in the way they highlight this but it doesn't change the fact that it was "mispronounced", in a video about "mispronunciation" (if
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Here is an object lesson in how a partisan reading of science will divide you from real understanding. The truth is that both Paul and Fauci make statements here that
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One of the things I want people to consider in the context of that little girl with cerebral palsy climbing the stairs and other videos like it is that disabled
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A lot of people understandably lament over lack of Hindutva intellectuals:1. Hindutva is a reaction that is currently grindingly coalescing.2. Any hint of "Hindutva" has been thoroughly smashed or deplatformed
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THREAD (India-GCC Relations)1/nIt has come to my notice that a malicious campaign has started by some Twitter handles to spoil relations between India and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).And it looks
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Something interesting is happening: Americans are staying home this summer & not roaming around Europe. Did you know that 29.1 million Americans visited Europe in 2019 & that's more than
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