Hope some folks who understand supply chain and consumables management are fairly high up in the #IndiaFightsCOVID19 task force?
Let’s protect our frontline #Healthcare well!
⁦ @drharshvardhan⁩ ⁦ @MoHFW_INDIA⁩ ⁦ @ICMRDELHI⁩ https://www.asiavillenews.com/article/the-weekly-dose-indian-doctors-on-the-covid-19-front-line-in-their-own-words-35900
The Weekly Dose: Indian doctors on the covid-19 front line, in their own words

Eight doctors treating patients with COVID-19, exposed to possible cases or at heightened risk of exposure, describe how the virus has affected their work, reveal the inner workings of their hospit...

https://www.asiavillenews.com/article/the-weekly-dose-indian-doctors-on-the-covid-19-front-line-in-their-own-words-35900
“On the other, countries can fight. They can lock down for a few weeks to buy us time, create an educated action plan, and control this virus until we have a vaccine.” @tomaspueyo

Yet another excellent #BigData based #COVID19outbreak management piece. https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56
Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance

What the Next 18 Months Can Look Like, if Leaders Buy Us Time

https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56
Here’s what is expected of business leaders at times of crisis.
@anandmahindra leads from the front!
And how
#IndiaFightsCoronavirus #WarOnCOVID19

https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1241622886420447234?s=21 https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1241622886420447234
Lots of ideas, suggestions, initiatives that can be easily adapted to win #WarAgainstCorona.

Excellent thread by @hanson_hhc on his trip to #Shanghai from #Bangalore as #India becomes #NoFlyZone.

https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1241606727881183234?s=21 https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1241606727881183234
Excellent threads embedded here!

https://twitter.com/yatishrajawat/status/1241755945421570048?s=21 https://twitter.com/yatishrajawat/status/1241755945421570048
Did the #COVID19outbreak just become really scary?

Or is @CNBC and @WHO speculating? https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/who-considers-airborne-precautions-for-medical-staff-after-study-shows-coronavirus-can-survive-in-air.html
WHO considers 'airborne precautions' for medical staff after study shows coronavirus can survive in...

The coronavirus can go airborne, staying suspended in the air depending on factors such as heat and humidity, WHO officials said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/who-considers-airborne-precautions-for-medical-staff-after-study-shows-coronavirus-can-survive-in-air.html
#Jugaad innovation at the frontline of the #WarOnCOVID19.
This time it’s a #Canada doc who has converted 1 ventilator to serve 9 patients. Awesome 👏 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8136299/Doctors-turns-one-ventilator-nine-genius-DIY-mechanics.html
Hospital turns its one ventilator into nine with some DIY mechanics

Dr Alain Gauthier, , an anesthetist at the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital in Ontario, Canada, learned how to rig the ventilator by watching YouTube videos created by two Detroit doctors.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8136299/Doctors-turns-one-ventilator-nine-genius-DIY-mechanics.html
Am calling it the #WuhanVirus from now on.
Great piece of data driven reporting @nytimes .
cc: @DrJoyeeta https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/22/world/coronavirus-spread.html
How the Virus Got Out

We analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show why the most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven’t been enough.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/22/world/coronavirus-spread.html
"A collective paralysis has gripped the international community. There seem to be no adults in the room." ~ @harari_yuval
Can't agree more! Now who's gonna bell the freeloading cats?
#WarOnWuhanVirus
https://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75 cc: @baxiabhishek
Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus | Free to read

This storm will pass. But the choices we make now could change our lives for years to come

https://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75
A quiet word of #medical reasoning and a realistic measure of #Social_Distancing

https://twitter.com/anantbhan/status/1242076788701839365?s=21 https://twitter.com/AnantBhan/status/1242076788701839365
Here’s why #Singapore didn’t go into lockdown! http://theconversation.com/why-singapores-coronavirus-response-worked-and-what-we-can-all-learn-134024
Why Singapore's coronavirus response worked – and what we can all learn

The keys to success in Singapore: being prepared, keeping those infected with coronavirus out of the community and communicating effectively with the public.

http://theconversation.com/why-singapores-coronavirus-response-worked-and-what-we-can-all-learn-134024
Things i learnt:
1. Chloroquine is aquarium cleaner- never crossed my mind!
2. Don’t consume anything without a doctor’s prescription- ahem!
3. Don’t believe everything you hear on TV- this I know!

What a thread!
https://twitter.com/heidinbc/status/1242238268277755905?s=21 https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1242238268277755905
Now #Hantavirus is trending!
What have you been eating #China?

https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1242257863185063937?s=21 https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1242257863185063937
This is BIG!
A test kit at about USD 10 per patient.
Will probably go down to less than a dollar, with bulk manufacturing and mass testing.

#IndiaFightsCOVID19
#FreeMassTestingNow
#WarOnChinaVirus

https://twitter.com/iambhutia/status/1242420309430423552?s=21 https://twitter.com/iambhutia/status/1242420309430423552
Why 1.3 Bn souls are in #21daylockdown, and why such measures make sense.
Great #BigData piece! #MustRead https://medium.com/@mohakgupta_55841/coronavirus-in-india-make-or-break-5a13dfb9646d
Coronavirus in India: Make or Break

Why 1 billion people are under lockdown

https://medium.com/@mohakgupta_55841/coronavirus-in-india-make-or-break-5a13dfb9646d
#Vietnam- something really wicked and endearing about your sense of humour.
#laughteristhebestmedicine

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1243180907835473922?s=21 https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1243180907835473922
“In #Beijing, so few people have been on the streets that strangers now nod as they pass each other. It’s a small thing, but it's kind of beautiful and it reminds me of the small town in England where I grew up.” @PeterMartin_PCM
#mustread https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1243125313187569664.html
Thread by @PeterMartin_PCM: So you're going crazy under lockdown? I know the feeling. I've been in...

Thread by @PeterMartin_PCM: So you're going crazy under lockdown? I know the feeling. I've been in Beijing for the last two months. My housemd I'm thousands of miles from my family. I have some...

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1243125313187569664.html
No words!
https://twitter.com/borisjohnson/status/1243496858095411200?s=21 https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1243496858095411200
This is when #India’s #innovation mindset kicks in.
#3D printers and #Jugaad to serve 4 people with 1 ventilator.

https://twitter.com/svaidhyasubrama/status/1242846250027737088?s=21 https://twitter.com/SVaidhyasubrama/status/1242846250027737088
But for some committed souls!
#inspirational
#IndiaFightsChinaVirus

https://twitter.com/amitabhk87/status/1243771939304263680?s=21 https://twitter.com/amitabhk87/status/1243771939304263680
When the going gets tough, #IndianRailways get rolling!

Less than 48- hours from the first #idea post, to this!
Kudos @RailMinIndia @PiyushGoyal and all others involved.

https://twitter.com/ani/status/1243778304638775297?s=21 https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1243778304638775297
The Virus speaketh through the words of K. M. Chandrasekhar, former Cabinet Secretary.
#COVID19 rules! https://www.pennews.net/opinion/2020/03/20/the-virus-speaketh
The Virus Speaketh

The Virus Speaketh

https://www.pennews.net/opinion/2020/03/20/the-virus-speaketh
#Wuhan estimates its dead at 40k+ 20 times the official figures, based on cremations and funeral urns.

Have a good week ahead, folks. #StayHomeSaveLives https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1244296947705364480.html
Thread by @eileenguo: #Wuhan residents estimate, based on calculations of cremations and urns now...

Thread by @eileenguo: #Wuhan residents estimate, based on calculations of cremations and urns now being returned to families, that between 42!!) died in city + surrounding areas in the 2.5 months of...

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1244296947705364480.html
O #China!
#NotAgain

https://twitter.com/shantanunandan2/status/1245199303750103041?s=21 https://twitter.com/shantanunandan2/status/1245199303750103041
Hopefully, the #COVID19 crisis will lead to a reboot, bringing equilibrium in policies, business models and valuations. @kiranshaw in @livemint
#ValuationLessons #mustread https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/covid-19-will-topple-our-paradigm-of-economic-value-11585771470228.html
Opinion | Covid-19 will topple our paradigm of economic value

The crisis should open our eyes to the urgency of capital allocation that serves humanity better

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/covid-19-will-topple-our-paradigm-of-economic-value-11585771470228.html
#lockdown21 extension?
Likely scenario. https://in.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-southasia-idINKBN21M06O
Indian officials warn of lockdown extensions as COVID-19 cases in South Asia near 6,000

The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases in South Asia neared 6,000 on Saturday, even as authorities in some cities tightened restrictions on movement and warned lockdowns could be extended in a...

https://in.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-southasia-idINKBN21M06O
#PPE and #COVID19 protocols.
Here’s how #Italy has saved #HealthcareHeroes in 1 hospital from infection.
Cc: @DrJoyeeta https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-the-italian-covid-19-hospital-where-no-medics-have-been-infected-11966344
Coronavirus: The Italian COVID-19 hospital where no medics have been infected

Armed guards patrol all the corridors and there are walk-in disinfection machines that look like airport scanners.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-the-italian-covid-19-hospital-where-no-medics-have-been-infected-11966344
The genesis of the #WuhanVirus and its coverup. Great report!

https://twitter.com/palkisu/status/1246379874576728064?s=21 https://twitter.com/palkisu/status/1246379874576728064
Just copy pasting the headline-

Italy donated equipment to #China; now China wants #Italy to buy it back.
#NoWords https://www.livemint.com/news/world/italy-donated-equipment-to-china-now-china-wants-italy-to-buy-it-back-11586076461065.html
Italy donated equipment to China; now China wants Italy to buy it back

In an attempt to restore its humanitarian image following the crisis, China projected to the world that it would donate PPE to Italy.Later it was revealed, it was not a humanitarian gesture but a...

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/italy-donated-equipment-to-china-now-china-wants-italy-to-buy-it-back-11586076461065.html
Read this, it might help!
Brilliant long copy by @susandominus @nytimes
#COVID19survivortales https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/magazine/first-coronavirus-patient-new-jersey.html
How New Jersey’s First Coronavirus Patient Survived

James Cai’s case was completely new to his doctors. When he grew severely ill, he tapped a network of Chinese and Chinese-American medical colleagues who helped save his life.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/magazine/first-coronavirus-patient-new-jersey.html
Another great thread on how staying home, doing nothing is waaay better than doing something and worsening the problem #CopingWithCovid19.

https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1247096000797343744?s=21 https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1247096000797343744
Now @realDonaldTrump questions @WHO role.

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1247540701291638787?s=21 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1247540701291638787
“ If the public health sector can be the economy’s main engine for six months, the public health versus economic health trade-off can be resolved.” @pujamehra
Look forward to next piece on how it can work.
Maybe, policy makers will listen!
#COVIDEconomy https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-different-economic-approach/article31282618.ece
A different economic approach

How the public health versus economic health trade-off can be resolved during this pandemic

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-different-economic-approach/article31282618.ece
Shubh Hanuman Jayanti, to all in #Brazil.

https://twitter.com/advaitakala/status/1247751294170705922?s=21 https://twitter.com/AdvaitaKala/status/1247751294170705922
In which @bibekdebroy argues for targeted removal of #Lockdown21.

This is where #BigData, #PredictiveAnalytics, #AI, #IoT and apps like @SetuAarogya can help!

#IndiaFightsCOVID19
#GoodRead https://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/policy/view-alarmist-numbers-based-on-dodgy-assumptions-shouldnt-be-used-to-prolong-lockdown-in-its-present-form/articleshow/75053661.cms
View: Alarmist numbers based on dodgy assumptions shouldn’t be used to prolong lockdown in its...

An extension will mean the informal sector, daily wage workers and MSMEs bearing the brunt of the lockdown.

https://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/policy/view-alarmist-numbers-based-on-dodgy-assumptions-shouldnt-be-used-to-prolong-lockdown-in-its-present-form/articleshow/75053661.cms
Did #India's economy just get a breather? https://tfipost.com/2020/04/pack-up-and-get-out-of-there-japan-to-pay-2-2-billion-to-get-japanese-companies-to-exit-china/
'Pack up and get out of there,' Japan to spend $2.2 billion to get Japanese companies to exit China

The Shinzo Abe led government of Japan has earmarked $2.2 billion to help Japanese manufacturers to shift production out of China. 

https://tfipost.com/2020/04/pack-up-and-get-out-of-there-japan-to-pay-2-2-billion-to-get-japanese-companies-to-exit-china/
“Street cred has a whole new meaning.”

A photo-essay by @anuradhasays on #MumbaiLockdown that really moved me. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1248310703376584705.html
Thread by @anuradhasays: 1/8 Attempting a photo-feature on @TwitterIndia Let's see how it works....

Thread by @anuradhasays: 1/8 Attempting a photo-feature on @TwitterIndia Let's see how it works. Tell me what you think. I took these picture7, 2020. I was out after sixteen days at home. The...

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1248310703376584705.html
Interesting thread on #Hydroxychloroquine and it’s origins in #India.

Happen to know the #inventor’s descendants quite well! https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1247965591572320256.html
Thread by @Krittivasm: At a time when #Hydroxychloroquine has become the miracle drug that the...

Thread by @Krittivasm: At a time when #Hydroxychloroquine has become the miracle drug that the world wants from #India, thinking of my brotheRanajit Gooptu’s family - descendants of Dr. Dwarkanath...

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1247965591572320256.html
When CEO’s and industry leaders start discussing pay parity, equitable distribution and social costs, you know #COVID19 is not just a stop sign, it’s pointing at a complete change of direction.

https://twitter.com/srinivasanravi/status/1248847500229767169?s=21 https://twitter.com/srinivasanravi/status/1248847500229767169
Gut wrenching timeline of the March of #WuhanVirus

And looks like it getting a lot worse before it gets any better. https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/apr/08/coronavirus-100-days-that-changed-the-world
Coronavirus: 100 days that changed the world

It started with a warning. It turned into a pandemic that has transformed life as we know it

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/apr/08/coronavirus-100-days-that-changed-the-world
“Life is crazy and now it's almost like I have started a new one!"
@mitrakalita’s 8-year old has summed it up for all of us.

Totally echo the sentiments and values in her piece. #mustread
#Covid19usa https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/11/us/quarantine-coronavirus-diary-kalita/index.html
I'm the quarantine buffer among three generations of my family. All in one house

I'm quarantined in a New Jersey house with my at-risk parents and my young daughters, and I feel sometimes like I'm the only thing standing between the spread from one to the other.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/11/us/quarantine-coronavirus-diary-kalita/index.html
Here’s an idea for #urbanfarms which could ring fence cities and sustain food security in times of #lockdown.

Great thread by @anandmahindra https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1249311769463578625
“Well, the treadmill you’ve been on for decades just stopped. Bam!
What happened is inexplicably incredible.”
Wonderful long copy @juliovincent!

Here’s preparing for the Great Gaslighting after this Big Pause. https://forge.medium.com/prepare-for-the-ultimate-gaslighting-6a8ce3f0a0e0
Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting*

You are not crazy, my friends.

https://forge.medium.com/prepare-for-the-ultimate-gaslighting-6a8ce3f0a0e0
Will the brilliant doctor Fauci get a Nobel prize or a Hollywood biopic,
or would he also be consigned to the footnotes of history by self-seeking grandees when the #WaronWuhanVirus is won.

Awesome long copy profile by @specterm 👏 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/how-anthony-fauci-became-americas-doctor
How Anthony Fauci Became America’s Doctor

An infectious-disease expert’s long crusade against some of humanity’s most virulent threats.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/how-anthony-fauci-became-americas-doctor
Bouts of #SocialDistancing till 2022, needed for building population #immunity- @HarvardChanSPH study.

As they say in Hindi- #economy can go get #Oil! https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-suggests-repeated-bouts-of-social-distancing-may-be-needed-until-2022
Harvard Study Says We Could Need Bouts of Social Distancing Until 2022

One lockdown won't be enough.

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-suggests-repeated-bouts-of-social-distancing-may-be-needed-until-2022
Here’s how to manage work, life and play in times of #COVID19 #SocialDistancing and #Lockdown.

https://twitter.com/digiqom/status/1250350691668733953?s=21 https://twitter.com/digiqom/status/1250350691668733953
#MadeinChina was always considered to be fake, sub-standard, cheap, ‘use and throw’ by consumers in #India.
Except perhaps the #CCPVirus. https://m.economictimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/tens-of-thousands-of-chinese-ppe-kits-fail-india-safety-test/articleshow/75171817.cms
Tens of thousands of Chinese PPE kits fail India safety test

India continues to see a shortfall in the availability of personal protection equipment (PPE) for healthcare even as the government significantly ramps up domestic production and some kits from China...

https://m.economictimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/tens-of-thousands-of-chinese-ppe-kits-fail-india-safety-test/articleshow/75171817.cms
The Left have become China’s useful #COVIDIOTS ~ @Telegraph

Stopping ‘paid by China’ content is a start. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/14/daily-telegraph-stops-publishing-section-paid-for-by-china
Daily Telegraph stops publishing section paid for by China

Content from China Watch, written by state journalists, has also been wiped from website

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/14/daily-telegraph-stops-publishing-section-paid-for-by-china
And now they’re testing small #nukes!

#China has gone from world’s most favoured trade partner, to #rogue state status in just over 100 days in 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/16/china-may-have-conducted-low-level-nuclear-test-us-report-claims
China may have conducted low-level nuclear test, US claims

State Department report points to activities at China’s Lop Nur test site last year, though it does not have proof

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/16/china-may-have-conducted-low-level-nuclear-test-us-report-claims
The alarming connect between poor #AQI and #COVID19 deaths. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/the-deadly-link-between-covid-19-and-air-pollution/
COVID-19 and air pollution: a deadly connection

Despite the cleaner air, people living in polluted cities may be more susceptible to COVID-19. But world leaders now have a chance to plot a different, brighter future.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/the-deadly-link-between-covid-19-and-air-pollution/
Kids of Mexican Drug cartel lords are doling out food aid.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-cartels-idUSKBN21Y3J7

Kids of Indian political cartel lords are getting married.

What #SocialDistancing? Where #lockdowndistress? https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1251014426817368064
#MustRead loooong @BBCWorld report
2 startling facts-
1. About #Chinese ownership of #US food companies
2. About workforce and what employment means in certain places.
#Coronavirus at Smithfield pork plant: The untold story of America's biggest outbreak https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52311877
The untold story behind America's biggest outbreak

Infections spread like wildfire through a pork factory in South Dakota. Here's how it happened.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52311877
Bidding goodbye! @iArnavAgarwal experiences it up close as a doctor can.
Poignant #Thread
#StayHomeStaySafe

https://twitter.com/iarnavagarwal/status/1251568130268303369?s=21 https://twitter.com/iArnavAgarwal/status/1251568130268303369
“It will detect the presence of a virus in a just few minutes, like #Feluda.”

This #SatyajitRay detective novel could be named #CoronaKelenkari.

@IGIBSocial invents CRISPR based #Covid19 tests to be as simple and cheap as pregnancy strips. https://theprint.in/science/satyajit-rays-feluda-will-soon-detect-coronavirus-in-minutes-thanks-to-csir-scientists/404057/
Satyajit Ray's ‘Feluda’ will soon detect coronavirus in minutes, thanks to CSIR scientists

Scientists at Delhi’s CSIR-IGIB have developed a paper-based test strip for Covid-19, and named it after the fictional detective created by Satyajit Ray.

https://theprint.in/science/satyajit-rays-feluda-will-soon-detect-coronavirus-in-minutes-thanks-to-csir-scientists/404057/
Hard hitting rebuttal by @jreichelt editor @BILD_English on #China’s #MaskDiplomacy.
#Watch @Facebook video for the full version, before it’s taken down.

https://twitter.com/jreichelt/status/1251431001999527936?s=21 https://twitter.com/jreichelt/status/1251431001999527936
Remember this name- Institute researcher Shi Zhengli, one of China's leading experts on bat coronaviruses and the deputy director of the P4 lab, Wuhan Institute of Virology. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/coronavirus-update-inside-asias-largest-virus-bank-in-wuhan-now-investigated-by-us-2214891
Inside Asia's Largest Virus Bank In Wuhan, Now Investigated By US

Chinese scientists have said the virus likely jumped from an animal to humans in a market that sold wildlife in Wuhan, but the existence of the lab has fuelled conspiracy theories that the germ...

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/coronavirus-update-inside-asias-largest-virus-bank-in-wuhan-now-investigated-by-us-2214891
The down trend of infections of the last 2 days isn’t true? https://www.livemint.com/news/india/icmr-directly-procured-faulty-covid-19-testing-kits-from-chinese-vendors-11587485268084.html
ICMR directly procured faulty Covid-19 testing kits from Chinese vendors

ICMR advises states not to use the testing kits for the next two days, saying it will issue an advisory after medical teams carry out field validation of the kits

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/icmr-directly-procured-faulty-covid-19-testing-kits-from-chinese-vendors-11587485268084.html
Hopefully our #HealthcareHeroes can now perform their miracles without fear and favour.

https://twitter.com/shivaroor/status/1252895081528471552?s=21 https://twitter.com/ShivAroor/status/1252895081528471552
This clean air over #India is an #anomaly according to @NASA.
The #lockdown has resulted in the best air in 20 years.

It might stay as studies are showing #Covid_19 #virus attaches itself to air pollution particles.
https://www.news18.com/news/world/coronavirus-detected-on-air-pollution-particles-that-may-carry-it-over-long-distances-scientists-warn-2591919.html
‘Sometimes it causes me to withdraw into myself, toward solitude and silence.
But other times it teaches me to be humble and to practice solidarity.’ #OrhanPamuk https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-orhan-pamuk.html
Opinion | What the Great Pandemic Novels Teach Us

People have always responded to epidemics by spreading rumor and false information, and portraying the disease as foreign and brought in with malicious intent.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-orhan-pamuk.html
The #MadeInChina virus will probably be stopped by a #MadeInIndia vaccine.

@soutikBBC reports... #MondayMotivation https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-52363791
How India will play a major role in a virus vaccine

As one of the world's biggest vaccine makers, India could play a big role in stopping the virus.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-52363791
‘we have never encountered before, an anthropological threat that throws all previous linear strategic calculations off course.’

Insightful piece on post #COVID19 world by @NMenonRao

Very nuanced, and diplomatic. https://thewire.in/world/coronavirus-pandemic-us-china
With the World on Edge, So Much Is at Stake

This is not the time for geopolitical jousting or the drawing of swords.

https://thewire.in/world/coronavirus-pandemic-us-china
‘true leadership understands that there are times to think big and more generously. Such thinking was behind the Marshall Plan and the formation of the United Nations after World War II. This is also such a moment.’ ~ @antonioguterres on #GreenNewDeal. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/opinion/coronavirus-climate-antonio-guterres.html
Opinion | A Time to Save the Sick and Rescue the Planet

With closer cooperation among nations, the head of the United Nations argues, we could stop a pandemic faster and slow climate change.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/opinion/coronavirus-climate-antonio-guterres.html
‘If we could learn to look instead of gawking,
We'd see the horror in the heart of farce,’ ~ Bertoldt Brecht, Arturo Ui

https://twitter.com/xhnews/status/1255734356728922113?s=21 https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/1255734356728922113
@lfspinney shares insights in a #podcast on her book on the #SpanishFlu and its global impact.

1. Xenophobia +Eugenics
2. Stunted children- cannon fodder for WW2
3. India’s freedom struggle- demand for socialised medical care post WW2
#COVID19Impact
https://twitter.com/wef/status/1255852467318915074?s=21 https://twitter.com/wef/status/1255852467318915074
It’s hubris not the virus that is painting #China into a corner.

When you’ve already beaten the contagion and won the trade wars, it’s OK to say ‘sorry’ and send relief.
Or have they? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-30/coronavirus-china-diplomatic-backlash/12198674
Australia has stuck its head out, but we're not alone in feeling China's wrath

Australia has experienced astonishing hostility from our Chinese trading partner this week — but we're not the only ones, writes Andrew Probyn.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-30/coronavirus-china-diplomatic-backlash/12198674
Read this thread from @GulatiSinghJ
#COVID19 can strike anyone, anywhere, anytime- even in isolation.

Don’t take ANY chances, take precautions, instead!

https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1256525897424875520?s=21 https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1256525897424875520
Don’t like the look of this graph. Specially the last 3 days. #StayHomeStaySafe unless absolutely necessary.

It ain’t over, till it’s over!

More: https://ddi.sutd.edu.sg/ 
Did the 1855 #pandemic lead to the Sepoy Mutiny- #India’s first war of independence?

Interesting facts! Wonder what political upheavals unfold with #COVID19. https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/pandemics-timeline
Pandemics That Changed History

As human civilizations rose, these diseases struck them down.

https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/pandemics-timeline
Why did #China stop flights from Wuhan to the rest of the country after the #COVID19 outbreak, yet allowed international flights to operate from Wuhan, thus facilitating the international spread of the #WuhanVirus?

Interesting opinion piece @Chellaney https://chellaney.net/ 
Stagecraft and Statecraft

https://chellaney.net/
The ayes have it, the noes have it!
In any case, it’s 100x more dangerous.

What will they sell next? https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3083394/university-hong-kong-study-finds-eyes-are
Eyes are ‘important route’ for coronavirus into body, Hong Kong experts find

Researchers from HKU’s school of public health reveal the coronavirus is up to 100 times more infectious through the eyes and airways than Sars.

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3083394/university-hong-kong-study-finds-eyes-are
What comes after 🍎 🍊 🥬? Here’s inspiration for our Babu’s from #Belgium.

#COVID19Rules

https://twitter.com/quicktake/status/1258995142830305282?s=21 https://twitter.com/QuickTake/status/1258995142830305282
#Seoul again?
Contagion comebacks

https://twitter.com/vicjkim/status/1259004247678480384?s=21 https://twitter.com/vicjkim/status/1259004247678480384
What this #Contagion is holding out as a lesson for humanity, is all the -phobia’s which have ‘other’ed minorities.

All #Pandemics are the same, can this be any different in #social outcomes? https://twitter.com/hyunsuinseoul/status/1259526164441206784?s=21
What if #AI was widely in use before the #pandemic?
Excellent piece. Cc: @ronadebs https://medicalfuturist.com/how-would-have-covid-19-taken-place-in-a-digital-health-utopia/
How Would Have COVID-19 Taken Place In A Digital Health Utopia? - The Medical Futurist

What if we had all these amazing digital health technologies in place with good policies and incentives before the pandemic hit?

https://medicalfuturist.com/how-would-have-covid-19-taken-place-in-a-digital-health-utopia/
The weather and this!
What I start my day with...these days.
https://twitter.com/shamikaravi/status/1262218717464866817?s=21 https://twitter.com/ShamikaRavi/status/1262218717464866817
Bryonia alba; Arsenicum Album; Phosphorus flavus; Atropa belladonna.

#Homeopathy to the rescue? http://homeopathic.com/italian-mds-study-results-on-homeopathic-treatment-of-50-covid-19-patients-none-of-whom-needed-hospitalization/
Italian MDs Study Results on Homeopathic Treatment of 50 COVID-19 Patients None of Whom Needed...

Symptomatic COVID-19 positive and likely patients treated by homeopathic physicians - an Italian descriptive study April, 2020 SUMMARY (by Dana Ullman, MPH, CCH) A group of 24 Italian medical doctors...

http://homeopathic.com/italian-mds-study-results-on-homeopathic-treatment-of-50-covid-19-patients-none-of-whom-needed-hospitalization/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/well/live/coronavirus-patients-families-hospital-visits-doctors-apology.html
To My Patients’ Family Members, My Apologies

I hope I held the iPad still enough so that it didn’t shake while you were saying the things you would regret not saying.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/well/live/coronavirus-patients-families-hospital-visits-doctors-apology.html
“Either you’re going apeshit or the virus is. Those are the only choices, at least if you want to win.”

On how #Mongolia has fought #WuhanVirus so far. Great read!
Cc: @madversity https://medium.com/@indica/covid-underdogs-mongolia-3b0c162427c2
COVID Underdogs: Mongolia

The best COVID-19 response in the world

https://medium.com/@indica/covid-underdogs-mongolia-3b0c162427c2
#India went from 606 cases on March 25 to 134K and counting on May 24- even the best #Lockdown plans needed effective implementation.

Important Thread on how to get the #OpenUp right.

https://twitter.com/sharmasupriya/status/1266950625817853952?s=21 https://twitter.com/sharmasupriya/status/1266950625817853952
Here’s how a country with 8 doctors/ 10,000 population fought #COVID19.
Zero deaths, 323 cases till now.
The #Vietnam story https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/asia/coronavirus-vietnam-intl-hnk/index.html
How this country of 97 million kept its coronavirus death toll at zero

Vietnam, a country of 97 million people, has not reported a single coronavirus-related death and on Saturday had just 328 confirmed cases, despite its long border with China and the millions of...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/asia/coronavirus-vietnam-intl-hnk/index.html
Meanwhile, #China’s sabre rattling continues.

https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1267179049027338243?s=21 https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1267179049027338243
And to show they mean it, here’s what #China banned on #TikTok 4 days back.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAuDv8TALbB/?igshid=1p48foiz2eyu0
Important piece on bio-terror and prepping to stop the next outbreak. https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/biological-weapons-and-biosecurity-lessons-from-the-covid19-war-65923/
Biological Weapons and Biosecurity - Lessons from the COVID19 war | ORF

Conflicting claims on whether the Novel Coronavirus is a natural mutation or is human engineered—and was accidentally released from the high-security

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/biological-weapons-and-biosecurity-lessons-from-the-covid19-war-65923/
Pre-empt and prevent! Great analysis of the issues at play on the #chinaindiaborder.
@horror06 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Globespotting/whats-behind-chinese-intrusions-beijing-needs-to-save-face-globally-expect-a-long-lac-faceoff-and-no-solutions-2/
What’s behind Chinese intrusions? Beijing needs to save face globally. Expect a long LAC faceoff...

At this moment, those with idle fingers and competing political agendas are fighting an India-China boundary conflict on social media, which include calls to fire top army commanders, satellite...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Globespotting/whats-behind-chinese-intrusions-beijing-needs-to-save-face-globally-expect-a-long-lac-faceoff-and-no-solutions-2/
The 🐉 devil is in the details.

An extract from the #WhiteHouse executive order on #socialmedia.

Interesting read!

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-preventing-online-censorship/
Here starts the next outrage, now on reporting #COVID__19 data.
Vietnam was touted as a success story earlier, now being dissed.

https://twitter.com/steve_hanke/status/1270419137336971264?s=21 https://twitter.com/steve_hanke/status/1270419137336971264
Few corollary questions emerge:

1. How did Beijing and Shanghai and other Chinese cities escape?

2. How did the countries which were monitoring have no clue till China officially informed WHO? https://abcnews.go.com/International/satellite-data-suggests-coronavirus-hit-china-earlier-researchers/story?id=71123270
Satellite data suggests coronavirus may have hit China earlier: Researchers

After analyzing satellite imagery, researchers say surge in cars at hospitals in Wuhan, China may indicate outbreak in the fall.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/satellite-data-suggests-coronavirus-hit-china-earlier-researchers/story?id=71123270
Is this the cure? #dexamethasone
or will it go the same way as #HCQ, and #azithromycine?
WHO knows??
https://twitter.com/wsj/status/1272903021601738755?s=21 https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1272903021601738755
Wake up #Delhi! With a population of 14 Million, am sure you can test 1 Million (will cost 200 Cr. If prices are held at 2000/-) and then trace, isolate, and stop the virus. Enough time wasted already.
Can public health experts validate the methodology here?
If true? #Delhi and #Telangana need to hit the reset button soon.

#COVID19 seems to be in community transmission mode.

https://twitter.com/rajamass/status/1274965114370707461?s=21 https://twitter.com/Rajamass/status/1274965114370707461
Wonder if our mega city administrators even thought of opening up stadiums and public halls to accommodate the homeless in time to prevent the #MigrantWorkers crisis.

UK just made a start! https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/24/treasury-announces-85m-for-rough-sleeper-accommodation
Treasury announces £85m for rough sleeper accommodation

People housed in hotels in England during the pandemic won’t have to return to streets

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/24/treasury-announces-85m-for-rough-sleeper-accommodation
6 months of #COVID19 wasn’t bad enough?
Yet another #pandemic from #China?
WHO can say?

https://twitter.com/bbchealth/status/1277682813333012481?s=21 https://twitter.com/bbchealth/status/1277682813333012481
The risks that some have to take because of the simple steps that others wouldn’t.

#WearADamnMask https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1277648896525774848.html
Thread by @TheRealDoctorT: I turn off the lights. These bulbs are old, not the newer LEDs. There is...

Thread by @TheRealDoctorT: I turn off the lights. These bulbs are old, not the newer LEDs. There is a lingering glow as the hot tungsten filaly cool. I watch them as the room slowly goes dark. A...

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1277648896525774848.html
In hot and humid Mumbai, managing to pull off dance moves with mask and PPE on, during a 16- hour shift!
Awesome 👏

https://twitter.com/imrahultrehan/status/1279086229250650115?s=21 https://twitter.com/imrahultrehan/status/1279086229250650115
From Human-to-human to human- to air- to human? This is about to become a nightmare without end for #FrontLineHeroes.
#WearAMask https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/coronavirus-is-airborne-say-scientists-ask-world-health-organisation-to-revise-rules-report-2257626
Coronavirus Is Airborne, Say Scientists, Ask WHO To Revise Rules: Report

Hundreds of scientists say there is evidence that novel coronavirus in smaller particles in the air can infect people and are calling for the World Health Organization to revise recommendations, the...

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/coronavirus-is-airborne-say-scientists-ask-world-health-organisation-to-revise-rules-report-2257626
If airborne #COVID19 isn’t enough, there’s a new swine flu out and about, and now #bubonicplague.

Why are people eating infected bats, pangolins, pigs and marmots?

Is China facing a famine? https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/chinese-city-issues-alert-for-bubonic-plague-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-infection-1697532-2020-07-06
Chinese city issues alert for bubonic plague: What you need to know about the infection

Bubonic plague, which first appeared in the 14th century, is back in the news after a Chinese city in the country's Inner Mongolia region reported its first suspected case of bubonic plague.

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/chinese-city-issues-alert-for-bubonic-plague-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-infection-1697532-2020-07-06
“ #COVID19 doesn’t leave your body pristine; even if you recover, your lungs are damaged, they get fibrosed. Many patients come back after a couple of weeks with either new infections or worsening saturation.”
Excellent interview @govindethiraj
#StaySafe https://www.indiaspend.com/atypical-manifestations-covid-patients-are-coming-in-with-neuro-cardiac-gastro-symptoms/
Atypical Manifestations: ‘COVID Patients Are Coming In With Neuro, Cardiac & Gastro Symptoms’

COVID-19 patients are presenting with atypical manifestations including neurological problems, cardiac issues such as sudden onset myocarditis, and gastrointestinal symptoms. As COVID-19 cases

https://www.indiaspend.com/atypical-manifestations-covid-patients-are-coming-in-with-neuro-cardiac-gastro-symptoms/
Salmon and now shrimps from Equador...the latest Red Herring!

#Covid19isGettingCloser https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-10/china-points-to-shrimp-as-covid-19-carrier-after-salmon-debacle
China Points to Shrimp as Covid-19 Carrier After Salmon Debacle

China said samples of imported shrimp tested positive for the coronavirus, raising questions again over whether the pathogen can spread through food or frozen products.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-10/china-points-to-shrimp-as-covid-19-carrier-after-salmon-debacle
“It was almost as though some people in government — bureaucrats and even some politicians who are part of this government — had decided to sabotage the Prime Minister’s lockdown by sitting back and doing nothing.” @kaushikcbasu
Excellent column! https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/coronavirus-lockdown-india-covid-19-cases-deaths-6494930/
The way in which it was executed, India’s lockdown itself became source of virus’s spread

By having people huddle together, infecting one another, and then having the same people travel hundreds of miles, the pandemic has been made much worse than it need have been.

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/coronavirus-lockdown-india-covid-19-cases-deaths-6494930/
Some welcome news. Please share the word.
https://twitter.com/hvgoenka/status/1282252416394555392?s=21 https://twitter.com/hvgoenka/status/1282252416394555392
Wonder if folks in #India are figuring out this math yet!

#WearADamnMask https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1282418177532723200.html
Thread by @ReneeB_DEM: How can a virus with 1% mortality shut down the United States? 1/9 There are...

Thread by @ReneeB_DEM: How can a virus with 1% mortality shut down the United States? 1/9 There are two problems with this question. 1. It nee law of large numbers 2. It assumes one of two things...

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1282418177532723200.html
Will the Big B and family’s infection wake up the country to take this seriously? https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/will-amitabh-bachchans-covid-positive-report-create-more-fear-or-help-take-away-the-stigma-that-infected-indians-have-endured/articleshow/76933190.cms
Will Amitabh Bachchan's Covid-positive report create more fear or help take away the stigma that...

The worry was that if the Big B could catch the virus, anybody could.

https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/will-amitabh-bachchans-covid-positive-report-create-more-fear-or-help-take-away-the-stigma-that-infected-indians-have-endured/articleshow/76933190.cms
Whatever you do, don’t go commando!

#WearAMask
Can Llama Pharma take on the pandemic challenge created by the Wuhan bat virus?
Some hope! https://indianexpress.com/article/coronavirus/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-llamas-6503858/
Scientists identify two antibodies from llamas that can neutralise coronavirus

The study, published in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, noted that the 'nanobodies' can prevent infection with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 by blocking its interaction with the...

https://indianexpress.com/article/coronavirus/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-llamas-6503858/
“No matter how you slice this, this is good news,” #AnthonyFauci

6 months and 6 Million cases later, here comes some hope from the free world. https://apnews.com/e4d5259bfc6c74fcb090d885737c55a6?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow
First COVID-19 vaccine tested in US poised for final testing

The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported Tuesday -- as the shots are poised to begin key final...

https://apnews.com/e4d5259bfc6c74fcb090d885737c55a6?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow
Important thread, this!

https://twitter.com/drjoyeeta/status/1283343707349987329?s=21 https://twitter.com/drjoyeeta/status/1283343707349987329
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