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The coronavirus pandemic is showing the world what true leadership looks like (THREAD)
1. Captain Brett Crozier, who was relieved of his command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, has left the carrier to the thunderous applause of all 5,000 sailors.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-04/us-navy-coronavirus-captain-cheered-by-aircraft-carrier-crew/12122184
1. Captain Brett Crozier, who was relieved of his command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, has left the carrier to the thunderous applause of all 5,000 sailors.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-04/us-navy-coronavirus-captain-cheered-by-aircraft-carrier-crew/12122184
2. Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, used to be a doctor before becoming a politician. He has now re-registered and will work one shift a week to assist during the outbreak. https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-irish-pm-re-registers-as-doctor-to-help-tackle-outbreak-11969029
3. Oprah Winfrey has donated $10 million to coronavirus relief efforts. $1 million will go toward food relief, the rest to other groups helping Americans during the pandemic. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/05/us/oprah-winfrey-coronavirus-relief-donation-trnd/index.html
4. Experts say that coronavirus may lead to a 5% reduction in global carbon emissions in 2020, the biggest fall since World War Two. https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/virus-biggest-emissions-drop-world-war-ii-200403062419822.html
5. The curve is slowly flattening in a number of the worst hit countries. Italy reported its lowest daily rise in COVID-19 deaths in nearly two weeks and said the number of patients in intensive care has fallen for the first time. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-idUSKBN21M0NW
6. China has sent 1,000 ventilators to New York. “This is a big deal, which is I can tell you just astonishing and unexpected, and it's going to make a significant difference for us,” said the governor, Andrew Cuomo. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/04/china-is-donating-1000-ventilators-to-help-new-york-in-coronavirus-fight.html
7. Ukraine has sent a team of surgeons, neurosurgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses to central Italy, to assist their colleagues and gain field experience. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-ukraine/ukrainian-doctors-fly-to-italy-to-help-combat-coronavirus-idUSKBN21M0NQ
8. There are now 79 treatments and 49 vaccines in development for COVID19 in over 200 clinical trials in the United States, China and Europe. https://milkeninstitute.org/Mobilizing-for-Action-in-the-Time-of-COVID-19
9. The largest of these is being run by Oxford University. Almost 1,000 patients from 132 different hospitals across the UK have been recruited in just 15 days and thousands more are expected to join. https://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2020/04/03/worlds-largest-trial-of-potential-coronavirus-treatments-rolled-out-across-the-uk/
10. A new study has shown that an anti-parasitic drug called Ivermectin, already available around the world, can kill the virus within 48 hours. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200403115115.htm
11. Biotech giant Gilead is donating 1.5 million doses of its experimental anti-coronavirus drug remdesivir for compassionate use, expanded access and clinical trials. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-04/gilead-to-donate-experimental-coronavirus-drug-for-140-000-cases
12. The Gates Foundation is building seven factories for each of the top seven vaccine candidates. “Even though we’ll end up picking at most two of them, we’re going to fund factories for all seven, so we don’t waste time.” https://www.businessinsider.com.au/bill-gates-factories-7-different-vaccines-to-fight-coronavirus-2020-4?r=US&IR=T
