#Shortages

I have given plenty of thought regarding what should be a non-controversy: masking. This thread prompted by posts from @drmwarner https://twitter.com/drmwarner/status/1276602530710147078?s=20, demonstrators outside Queen's Park on my wa
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75 years ago this week, as history’s most calamitous war wound down, the British people undertook one of the most remarkable acts in the history of democracy. As we face
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Another evidence thread: this time, it's some of the SEND-specific written evidence that's been submitted to the @CommonsEd inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on education & children's servicesThey're still
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Latest PHE flu and surveillance report now out.Looks at 23/11 to 28/11Case rates falling, flu remains low, and as ever, big regional/age/ethnicity/deprivation variation.https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surv
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There's a nonsense argument that "British nationalists" (white supremacists) make: "the Native Americans are an example of what happens when invaders come and take your land, which is why we
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I really don't know why anyone is surprised by these revelations #COVID19 vaccine manufacturing & distribution snafus. A THREAD:https://www.wsj.com/articles/pfizer-slashed-its-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-target-after-facing-supply-chai
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The Tragedy of Ignatius Acheampong: Visionary and Kleptocrat (PT.1)Colonel (later General) Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931-1979), Chairman of the National Redemption Council (NRC) from 1972 to 1975 and of the Supreme
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Covid-19 was discovered/named in December, 2019. By November, 2020, we have preliminary data from Phase III clinical trials for two vaccines. The previous record for vaccine development was 4 years.
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“Ag tech” startups are looking to transform humans’ role in one of the oldest occupations on the planet. After at least 15 years of promises, these startups may finally be
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'Farmers Protests'. the bitter truth, probably -(COPIED from a friend's wall) I am still not clear about the issues involved in the Farmer's agitation. So, I asked a friend of
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Two ways to view European Commission decision to demand "export controls" on EU-manufactured vaccinesVaccine nationalism? (worry) or A policy to create new information to solve a problem? (hope)A short
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As an economist by trade who worked on Bay Street for years, here’s how I view Canada’s economic reckoning: a threadDue to the massive exodus of foreign investment capital in
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COVID Update December 1: Every month alive tried to give a preview of what’s ahead.The best thing about December is that it will end 2020. 1/ The FDA will meet
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The *reality* of domestic abuse during lockdown: exclusive research for tonight’s @BBCPanorama shows someone called police for help about domestic abuse every THIRTY SECONDS [thread ]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53781734 as soon as the
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I know that we’re all looking for hope as we enter this new year. So it pains me to reach out to you today with a dire message: LA is
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A farmer from Abohar - Fazilka region of Punjab has the following to say..I have been actively farming for 2 decades now & I have witnessed many things happening at
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