- This Is What Life’s Like in the World’s Strictest Covid Zero City https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-09-23/is-china-s-covid-zero-strategy-permanent-locked-down-city-shows-the-fallout 5 comments china
- What would happen if the world reacted to climate change like it’s reacting to the coronavirus? https://www.fastcompany.com/90473758/what-would-happen-if-the-world-reacted-to-climate-change-like-its-reacting-to-the-coronavirus 28 comments politics
- What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures https://ca.news.yahoo.com/world-coronavirus-four-possible-futures-102656364.html 3 comments worldnews
- 40% to 70% of world's population likely to contract coronavirus in 2020: US epidemiologist https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3882198 18 comments india
- If world handles climate like coronavirus, UN chief says: 'I fear the worst' https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/25/if-world-handles-climate-like-coronavirus-un-chief-says-i-fear-the-worst.html 4 comments politics
- Covid pandemic leaves Europeans more likely to believe conspiracy theories – study | World news https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/22/covid-pandemic-leaves-europeans-more-likely-to-believe-conspiracy-theories-study 6 comments europe
- By 2021, as many as 150 million people likely to be in extreme poverty due to COVID-19: World Bank https://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/indicators/by-2021-as-many-as-150-million-people-likely-to-be-in-extreme-poverty-due-to-covid-19-world-bank/articleshow/78529271.cms 3 comments worldnews
- By 2021, as many as 150 million people likely to be in extreme poverty due to COVID-19: World Bank https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/by-2021-as-many-as-150-million-people-likely-to-be-in-extreme-poverty-due-to-covid-19-world-bank/articleshow/78529271.cms 154 comments worldnews
- Top economist: US coronavirus response is like 'third world' country | Business https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/22/top-economist-us-coronavirus-response-like-third-world-country-joseph-stiglitz-donald-trump 3 comments business
- Coronavirus: UN Chief "Salutes" Nations Like India For Helping World Fight COVID-19 https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-un-chief-antonio-guterres-salutes-nations-like-india-for-helping-world-fight-covid-19-2213914 8 comments india
- 'Just one case': fears coronavirus may spread like wildfire in world's refugee camps https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-refugees-iduskbn21f0ow?taid=5e7fb2c2e370aa0001623657&utm_campaign=trueanthem%3A+trending+content&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter 4 comments worldnews
- 'Just one case': fears coronavirus may spread like wildfire in world's refugee camps https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-refugees/just-one-case-fears-coronavirus-may-spread-like-wildfire-in-worlds-refugee-camps-iduskbn21f0ow 5 comments worldnews
- Buy puts because World of Warcraft showed us in 2005 what COVID-19 is going to look like in 2020. https://wowwiki.fandom.com/wiki/Corrupted_Blood 33 comments wallstreetbets
- The World Health Organization says it appears likely that the novel coronavirus (NCoV) can be passed between people in close contact. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22502143 4 comments worldnews
- 'It doesn't seem like COVID's here at all': British fans arrive in Porto for Champions League final | World News https://news.sky.com/story/it-doesnt-seem-like-covids-here-at-all-british-fans-arrive-in-porto-for-champions-league-final-12319595 9 comments worldnews
- Top economist says Trump's handling of coronavirus 'like a third world country' https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-us-economy-donald-trump-joseph-stiglitz-a9478736.html 12 comments worldnews
- COVID-19: World economy will go into recession with likely exception of India, China: UN | Deccan Herald https://www.deccanherald.com/business/covid-19-world-economy-will-go-into-recession-with-likely-exception-of-india-china-un-819544.html 5 comments india
- As out-of-state visitors flock to Disney World, experts worry it will cause coronavirus to 'spread like a cancer' https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/as-outofstate-vistors-flock-to-disney-world-experts-worry-it-will-cause-coronavirus-to-spread-like-a-cancer-231340625.html 338 comments politics
- Coronavirus Pandemic: World economy will go into recession with likely exception of India, China: United Nations https://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/indicators/world-economy-will-go-into-recession-with-likely-exception-of-india-china-united-nations/amp_articleshow/74905696.cms 28 comments worldnews
- In late Spring 2020 several researchers around the world found traces of COVID in samples of things like sewage that were taken before the outbreak. Have any studies followed up on this? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/lgywrv/in_late_spring_2020_several_researchers_around/ 25 comments askscience
- 'It's like night and day': Trudeau's and Trump's Covid-19 responses fuel wildly different outcomes | World news https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/09/canada-coronavirus-us-justin-trudeau-donald-trump?cmp=share_btn_tw 34 comments worldnews
- Bill Gates warns that the world is entering 'uncharted territory' due to a lack of preparedness for a pandemic like COVID-19 https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-warns-world-is-entering-uncharted-territory-coronavirus-2020-4 373 comments worldnews
- Global CO2 levels have temporarily stopped rising, likely due to the industry slowdown as the world battles the new Coronavirus https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/covid-19-global-co2-slowdown-climate-fa/?fbclid=iwar1vdonc0homgeicgtxiazumhpyym6tkehpv3ua0qr_lsw-fmctubnvi_9s 3 comments worldnews
- COVID-19 Failure if Populists Like Trump and Netanyahu Hardly a Coincidence....The world's worst-perfoming countries against the pandemic are all led by self-centered authoritarians https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.highlight-covid-19-failure-of-right-wing-populists-like-trump-netanyahu-hardly-a-coincidence-1.9188711 16 comments worldnews
- COVID-19 to hit South Asia very hard, likely to wipe out gains made in poverty alleviation:World Bank | India News - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/covid-19-to-hit-s-asia-very-hard-likely-to-wipe-out-gains-made-in-poverty-alleviationwb/articleshow/75103952.cms 6 comments india
- The World Health Organization will likely deem the coronavirus a global pandemic once sustained person-to-person spread takes hold outside China, a CDC official told Congress https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/top-cdc-official-tells-congress-coronavirus-almost-qualifies-as-a-global-pandemic.html 27 comments worldnews
- Total deaths across Europe from Covid-19 are likely to exceed 2 million by March next year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, adding that the pandemic had become the number one cause of death in the region. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/23/covid-deaths-in-europe-to-top-2-million-by-march-says-who 5 comments worldnews
- Australian Prime Minister is lobbying world leaders to build an international coalition to give the WHO— or another body — powers equivalent to those of a weapons inspector to avoid another catastrophic pandemic like COVID-19 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-22/morrison-to-push-for-anti-pandemic-inspection-powers/12173806 1772 comments worldnews
- Fox Hosts Hit Peak Bizarro World: Tucker Lies, Says Fauci 'Created' Covid. Cavuto Calls Him a 'Good Doctor,' 'Vilified' Like 'Lex Luthor' https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/fox-news-tucker-carlson-fauci-created-covid-1204131/ 161 comments politics
- Brazilian COVID-19 variant likely to be able to evade immunity and be more transmissible. P.1-variant could pose a bigger threat than assumed, although the researchers underliner that they 'have to caution extrapolating these results to be applicable elsewhere in the world.' (Science, April 2021) https://healthsciences.ku.dk/newsfaculty-news/2021/04/brazilian-coronavirus-variant-likely-to-be-more-transmissible-and-able-to-evade-immunity/ 44 comments science
- Top economist: US coronavirus response is like 'third world' country - “Fighting global pandemics and climate change require global cooperation. It’s just that the president of the United States doesn’t understand that." https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/22/top-economist-us-coronavirus-response-like-third-world-country-joseph-stiglitz-donald-trump 7 comments worldnews
- A virus diagnosis device that gives lab-quality results within just 3 minutes has been invented by engineers, who describe it as the ‘world’s fastest Covid test’, and it could easily be adapted to detect other pathogens such as bacteria – or even conditions like cancer https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/lab-on-a-chip-genetic-test-device-can-identify-viruses-within-three-minutes-with-highest-accuracy/ 131 comments science
- Scottish Government urged to agree coronavirus 'ceasefire' on Christmas Day: "A 24-hour lifting of restrictions on gatherings and celebrations, a break in the war on Covid, just like the pause in the First World War on the Western Front in 1914" https://www.scotsman.com/health/coronavirus/scottish-government-urged-agree-coronavirus-ceasefire-christmas-day-3014420 41 comments nottheonion
- Big pharma rejected EU plan to fast-track vaccines in 2017: world’s top drug firms turned down proposals for work on pathogens like coronavirus. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/25/exclusive-big-pharma-rejected-eu-plan-to-fast-track-vaccines-in-2017 46 comments worldnews
- Coronavirus: Top economist says Trump’s handling of virus ‘like a third world country’ | ‘If you leave it to Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell we will have a Great Depression’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-us-economy-donald-trump-joseph-stiglitz-a9478736.html 421 comments politics
- China did not initially handle the coronavirus outbreak properly and this likely cost the world two months when it could have prepared and dramatically curtailed the outbreak, U.S. National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said on Wednesday. https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/iduskbn20y29r 971 comments worldnews
- Blood plasma effective treatment for COVID-19 when used correctly. Patients given plasma with high levels of COVID-19 antibodies were up to 70% more likely to meet the World Health Organization's criteria for clinical improvement within 28 days compared to those given the placebo https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2021/12/13/COVID-19-plasma-blood-early-treatment-study/1061639404356/?u3L=1 6 comments science
- Rich countries like the US, China, the UK, and Israel are hoarding Covid-19 vaccines: "More than 80 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been distributed around the world so far. Only 55 — 55! — have gone to people in low-income countries. In fact, just one country: Guinea" https://www.vox.com/2021/1/29/22253908/rich-countries-hoarding-covid-19-vaccines 72 comments europe
- Voter Purges in an Increasingly Vote-by-Mail World - In response to the likely increase in mail voting due to Covid-19, the Brennan Center has created guidelines to ensure voter purges don’t disenfranchise eligible voters https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voter-purges-increasingly-vote-mail-world 3 comments politics
- In recent weeks, rare leatherback turtles have been found nesting in numbers not seen for decades on beaches in Florida and Thailand. And experts say the resurgence of the vulnerable leatherback is likely closely linked to the desertion of beaches across the world due to the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/coronavirus-turtles-beaches-leatherback-tourists-nests-florida-thailand-a9474371.html 99 comments worldnews