#1918

Aled Morgan Hughes

AledMorganH

ABERYSTWYTH & 1918/19 SPANISH FLU* A thread *I've been for my daily allocated walk, so what better way of easing some boredom than documenting the outbreak of the 1918/9 Spanish

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SooyoungieP1

we're not sleeping today fam- lolJAPANESE URBAN LEGENDS (Top 5)WARNING: some pics may be scary for some of you, so like i said if you get scared easily don't read...

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

Flu pandemics recur reliably but unpredictably every decade or so, and their extent and intensity varies. With COVID19, we may be in midst of a once-every-50-years event, perhaps similar to

Stay Home

LebanonRih

So Donald Trump today criticized the World Health Organization for the #COVID19 pandemic getting out of hand and said it didn't do enough in warning countries about it. And said

Mike Bechthold

mike_bechthold

#OTD in 1917, the Canadian Corps advanced into battle together for the first time and captured #VimyRidge. This decisive victory changed the course of the war and transformed Canada from

satan's unpaid intern

sara_grayyy

“Like the tap root of the common dandelion, racism's roots extend deep below the surface of Canadian society. They extend far back into our history, where they are intertwined with

Bill Hayton

bill_hayton

China establishes two districts to manage the South China Sea - a little thread to explain why this decision exposes the nonsense of China's territorial claimshttps://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1186004.shtml "Xisha District is set

Rebecca Kennison

rrkennison

What I'm going to say is not directed toward immigrants to the United States nor its naturalized citizens. While we do not have a good metaphor (e.g., melting pot, fruit

Karl Dockstader

KarlDockstader

On November 4th, 1924, Deskaheh presented an official proclamation explaining the sovereignty and independence of the Haudenosaunee people to the League of Nations. This sovereignty is recognized and affirmed in

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

In an article, Max Du Preez claimed that the ANC, and by extension Africans can "learn something" from "the way the Afrikaner nationalists approached the upliftment and economic advancement of

Crisis Kumar

motumus

1. Karnataka's Kodagu (aka Coorg) district was a separate Indian state at the time of independence in 1947. It was later merged into the neighbouring Mysore state in 1956. Mysore

Keith Williams

keithwms

Courtesy of @Healthline, here is an informative review of the worst epidemics in the US, from smallpox to typhoid Mary, polio and beyond. You might want to add something stiff

JT

JTurelinckx

It seems like a lot of people are upset with @aoc's Instagram story about statues in the US Congress. Specifically, it seems they have an issue with the part where

Reuters Institute

risj_oxford

Here's a thread with a selection of great journalism on #COVIDー19 published this week worldwide. Please share and feel free to add suggestions at the end #Covid_191. @OhTimehin explains

Dr. Safa Mote

SafaMote

Thread: "How to predict #coronavirus trends with Kinematics of Epidemics?"On Apr 4, I made a spot-on prediction for US #COVID deaths by Apr 12 (~20k). https://twitter.com/SafaMote/status/1249391715951300609?s=20My prediction on Apr 12

BestOfJLThread

BestOfJLThread

[ THREAD ] LA BATAILLE DE VERDUN Le lundi 21 février 1916 à 7h30 du matin, les fantassins allemands commandés par le chef d'état-major Erich von Falkenhayn, se lancent à