#1918

Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna

pedrohcgs

Here I go, on another #Econometrics related thread.Today, I want to talk about the "debate" related to health policies, economic growth and the 1918 Spanish flu. Everything I have to

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

A few thoughts about language and the pandemic. We are hearing a lot of talk of ‘second waves’, which I think has the capacity to seriously mislead. Talk of a

Karena Avedissian

KarenaAv

Disappointing to see ppl I respect sharing this thread as if it's insightful or sincere. It is neither. It in fact muddies waters & simplifies what Genocide constituted, implies it

✡️ Never Again Action ✡️

NeverAgainActn

"We demand that the state be charged first with providing the opportunity for a livelihood & way of life for the citizens. If it is impossible to nourish the total

✡️ Never Again Action ✡️

NeverAgainActn

Trump just paraphrased the 1920 Nazi Platform:"We demand that the state be charged 1st w/ providing the opportunity for a livelihood & way of life for citizens. If it is

Morrighan, A Sexy Haunted House

MorrighanCorbel

Okay, so as many as you know, a few years ago I picked up this book at a London antiques fair. It's a lovely book of mostly English and Scottish

Anonymous Sage 🍀

AnonymousSage1

Thread: Deconstructing the 1918 “Spanish Flu” Pandemic1) In this scathing indictment of the outrageously corrupt Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), I will methodically dismantle the highly dubious official

Vishii

Indianlyf

I am gonna tell my kids that this was the real Mr. Shaitan.Major Shaitan Singh Bhati, PVC(P) (1924-1962) I am going to tell my kids this was the guy who

Janek Lasocki

JanekLasocki

1/ Across Minsk and Belarus supporters of the opposition are hanging up and waving white-red-white flags – very different to the official state flag, which is red and green. Why

Nick Stripe

NickStripe_ONS

THREAD – Mortality 2020Today we published England & Wales mortality statistics for the w/e 25 DecNearly a full year’s data for 2020In the last 52 weeks there were:c.604k deaths registered

Paul Reed

sommecourt

#Ypres1940: Today in 1940 the fighting at Ypres was reaching its crescendo. A delaying action as the BEF pulled back to #Dunkirk, it was where #WW2 met #WW1 on the

Cary Gross

cpgYALE

THREAD: Excellent modeling study of college reopening shows weekly #Covid testing led to 37% of student body contracting Covid; with ~biweekly testing, 7.5%. Yikes. 4 major concerns. http://ja.ma/2D9bI93 @ADPaltiel @RWalensky

Anahit Ghazakhetsian

ghazakhetsian

Artsakh is Armenia — a long thread with historical facts, maps, documents and photographs #PeaceforArmenians #StopAzerbaijaniAggression #Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), as a part of Armenia, is mentioned in the works of -

Josh Olszewicz

CarpeNoctom

Seeing lots of talk about what normalcy will look like now that most of us are several weeks into quarantineHere's a 1921 cartoon on the "return to normalcy" Some events

Mark Bourrie

MarkBourrie

Seen this error on the BBC today, and earlier in other media. It concerns the relationship of Prince Philip to the Russian royal family. BBC says his "aunt Ella" was

CodesUcq

CodesUcq

1.04/23/2020 White House COVID-19 Task Force: Sunlight kills the virusPossibly a comm for the upcoming rolling out of full spectrum light therapy to the mainstream! Corona = excuse to roll