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Indiscriminate laziness

Nadia Nadim

Posted on 2022/01/20 by Carl Robitaille

Nadia Nadim est l'une des footballeuses les plus décorées de l'histoire. Son père, général dans l'armée afghane, fut exécuté par les talibans en 2000. Elle a fui au Danemark à l'âge de 11 ans. Elle parle 9 langues.

Elle est aujourd'hui médecin.

Une femme inspirante. pic.twitter.com/6hnyjc6KQp
— S. E. Fortin (@S_EFortin) January 19, 2022

Child mortality: an everyday tragedy of enormous scale that we can make progress against

Posted on 2022/01/20 by Carl Robitaille

Child mortality: an everyday tragedy of enormous scale that we can make progress against

One of humanity's most impressive achievements.

The reduction in child mortality across the world.

It used to be the case that one-in-three (if not more) died before their 5th birthday.

Now all countries have made massive progress against it.https://t.co/k0dgNannJm pic.twitter.com/IV4VfZWtbT
— Hannah Ritchie (@_HannahRitchie) January 20, 2022

Passeports vaccinaux frauduleux

Posted on 2022/01/20 by Carl Robitaille

Passeports vaccinaux frauduleux

Pas un, pas deux, mais bien des milliers de faux passeports vaccinaux ont été fabriqués par des employés du réseau de la santé d’un peu partout au Québec, selon ⁦@LP_LaPresse⁩. https://t.co/6ZIAz1tfMO
— Hadi Hassin (@hassinhadi) January 19, 2022

Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich countries?

Posted on 2022/01/20 by Carl Robitaille

Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich countries?

Higher costs & shorter lives: What do you think we're doing wrong here in the US? https://t.co/bVIhZ5mIIC
— Max Tegmark (@tegmark) January 18, 2022

Vaccines are an incredible gift

Posted on 2022/01/20 by Carl Robitaille

I use this photo in a talk I give to medical students on childhood vaccinations. Five siblings killed in one week from diphtheria. Vaccines are an incredible gift. pic.twitter.com/sazXtQ6eM1
— Lauren Wilson MD (@DrLaurenWilson) January 16, 2022

North American Life Expectancy by Province/State/Territory/Unitary Government

Posted on 2022/01/20 by Carl Robitaille

North American Life Expectancy by Province/State/Territory/Unitary Government

Map shows the life expectancy across North America. Being Canadian almost guarantees you a long life – unless you are an Indigenous Canadian… Much like in Australia… Source: https://t.co/wYDacACn7z pic.twitter.com/WltvIkyjTb
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) January 14, 2022

Why billions of people won’t eat pork (or why we don’t know)

Posted on 2022/01/12 by Carl Robitaille

Where are the world’s unvaccinated people?

Posted on 2022/01/12 by Carl Robitaille

Where are the world’s unvaccinated people?

Where are the world's unvaccinated people?

🇮🇳 India 504 million people
🇳🇬 Nigeria 201M
🇨🇳 China 182M
🇵🇰 Pakistan 126M
🇪🇹 Ethiopia 108M
🇮🇩 Indonesia 106M
🇧🇩 Bangladesh 88M
🇺🇸 United States 85M
🇨🇩 DR Congo 77M
🇷🇺 Russia 72M
🇪🇬 Egypt 68M
🇹🇿 Tanzania 59Mhttps://t.co/mR1CmwPzZt pic.twitter.com/YLFKoMkFhr
— Edouard Mathieu (@redouad) January 11, 2022

Les pandémie les plus meurtrières de l’Histoire

Posted on 2022/01/12 by Carl Robitaille

Virus et bactéries n'ont pas épargné l'humanité depuis ses débuts. Si les risques de #pandémie ont augmenté avec les activités humaines, leur impact s'est toutefois atténué avec les progrès de la science. Retour sur le bilan de quelques-unes des pandémies les plus meurtrières.
— Statista FR (@statista_fr) January 11, 2022

Rise and fall of SARS-CoV-2 dynasties

Posted on 2022/01/12 by Carl Robitaille

Rise and fall of SARS-CoV-2 dynasties pic.twitter.com/PBzqgv4Ug5
— Theo Sanderson (@theosanderson) January 10, 2022