Jan 2020 #TwitterArchive
⚡How food is farmed will determine the spread of pandemics
From a virus's perspective, there's been a third revolution in the spread of disease in the last 50 years or so to match urbanization & globalizationhttps://t.co/czw7XZbU37 #FactoryFarming
— #CleanEnergy (@1o5CleanEnergy) May 1, 2020
Breaking: U.S. senators plan a bipartisan bill that would sanction Chinese party officials and entities who enforce the new national-security laws in Hong Kong https://t.co/vis5Bf3Z8M
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 21, 2020
47% of U.S. adults say they — or another adult in their home — have lost employment income since March 13, a new Census Bureau survey finds.https://t.co/rTlXD6zkfh
— NPR (@NPR) May 21, 2020
Now that our Country is “Transitioning back to Greatness”, I am considering rescheduling the G-7, on the same or similar date, in Washington, D.C., at the legendary Camp David. The other members are also beginning their COMEBACK. It would be a great sign to all – normalization!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 20, 2020
Why is it that China, for decades, and with a population much bigger than ours, is paying a tiny fraction of $’s to The World Health Organization, The United Nations and, worst of all, The World Trade Organization, where they are considered a so-called “developing country” and…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2020
No surprise that Taiwan mounted one of the most successful efforts to contain COVID to date. Transparent, vibrant, and innovative democracies like Taiwan always respond faster and more effectively to pandemics than authoritarian regimes. #TweetforTaiwan
— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) May 18, 2020
https://twitter.com/Jkylebass/status/1263052602717212672
President Trump is NOT kidding around!@TrumpStudentshttps://t.co/zl2UJEdYB6
— Joshua Aminov (@realJoshAminov) May 15, 2020
US to sell Taiwan US$180 million worth of torpedoes https://t.co/QnCtPuJ3EW
— The Straits Times (@STcom) May 21, 2020
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has agreed to build an advanced chip factory in the U.S. https://t.co/fdfliPRbXP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 15, 2020
Trump Delivers Blow To China With Announcement That Taiwan Chip Maker Building $12 Billion U.S. Plant https://t.co/qv4z6lSNTf
— True Pundit (@true_pundit) May 20, 2020
Promises made, promises kept.https://t.co/vwE0hESCjf
— David J Harris Jr (@DavidJHarrisJr) May 17, 2020
"China-linked hackers are targeting US coronavirus vaccine research, FBI warns" https://t.co/PsRFgjGW4w
— John Hemmings (@JohnHemmings2) May 14, 2020
Trump has moved to cut off Huawei from its global chip suppliers, including Taiwan’s TSMC. https://t.co/pJTSw1M6Mi
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) May 15, 2020
Flip flopping does no good. The WHO has made major mistakes and flat out misled the world. Until there is some accountability and Taiwan is recognized, this is a bad idea. Trump Hints He May Reverse Course And Restore WHO Funding https://t.co/IERt02NEks
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) May 16, 2020
Taiwan says WHO has 'forgotten' neutrality by barring island https://t.co/tGj10hGGea pic.twitter.com/jeWiCfbe04
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 14, 2020
Bring it on! Donald Trump Jr. already tweeted, "U.S. should officially recognize Taiwan & who is with me". https://t.co/TLqCl7Pkoa
— Solomon Yue (@SolomonYue) May 12, 2020
Good morning to everyone except anti-Trump Leftists complaining about support for Taiwan because its "US led".
If you would support the continued oppression of a nation because Trump supports their freedom – you are no longer the good guy in this scenario. Glad Canada is backing https://t.co/HAMr6xCuXe
— Liberal, Not Lefty (@liberalnotlefty) May 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/CollinSLKoh/status/1261056935471640576
The major ways how China beating U.S. #Chinamustfall #China #Uighur #Uyghur #india #Taiwan #tibet #Kazakhstan #Uzbekistan #WuhanVirus #Trump #independenceforuyghur pic.twitter.com/drmeamVIWk
— UNN.TV (@UNNTV1) May 17, 2020
+ EU backs demand for #COVID19 probe
+ Australia wants to back Taiwan's entry into WHO
+ Trump wants to 'strip China of sovereign immunity'
+ Impact of #COVID19 on global economy https://t.co/PI3sVH4K2R— WION (@WIONews) May 1, 2020
Live from the virtual #WHA73. #COVID19 https://t.co/UGQ2wCfTUe
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 18, 2020
The WHO continues to exclude #Taiwan from the World Health Assembly. This is outrageous. Taiwan deserves a seat at the table.
Over 200 of my colleagues & I sent a letter to @DrTedros urging him to include Taiwan in the 2020 WHA.
I patiently await his response. #TweetforTaiwan pic.twitter.com/nTYBDxDR2P
— Ron Wright (@RepRonWright) May 18, 2020
HHS: "The United States is deeply disappointed by the WHO decision to exclude Taiwan from the World Health Assembly. The US and Taiwan have more than 20 years of robust public health and biomedical research cooperation."
— Emel Akan (@mlakan) May 19, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasted the head of the WHO for bowing to Chinese pressure and not inviting Taiwan to its health assembly, saying the organization kept out "scientific expertise on pandemic disease."https://t.co/QlKT44Bm3U
— NPR (@NPR) May 18, 2020
New from @MOFA_Taiwan ➡️ #Taiwan is donating 10,000 N-95 masks to Colorado. I am grateful to our friends in Taiwan and the strong relationship with Colorado that allows us to work together to beat this pandemic. #TaiwanCanHelp
— Cory Gardner (@SenCoryGardner) May 20, 2020
“The analysis indicates that while Florida’s politicians debated beach closings and stay-at-home orders, residents took matters into their own hands. Cell phone data shows those in the worst-hit counties stayed home weeks before DeSantis’ order went out.” https://t.co/4tFJZCCbUe
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 15, 2020
I appreciate @CaptMarkKelly's service to our country, but the last thing we need in the U.S. Senate is someone who took the yuan and ran. He should fully account for his business ties with China. https://t.co/geWmu0A3iD
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) May 16, 2020
The state of Georgia made it look like its covid cases were going down ***by putting the dates out of order on its chart*** May 5 was followed by April 25, then back to May again, whatever made it look like a downslope. https://t.co/H8pSvY6rxn
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 17, 2020
If you read one piece today: Trump has been a great president for China. For America amid coronavirus, not so much. https://t.co/nAiMnIsfkN
— Antony Blinken (@ABlinken) May 17, 2020
The interaction between Tilman Fertitta and President Donald Trump about #Rockets GM Daryl Morey
Fertitta: “You know, it’s funny you brought up about China. I should have realized it was gonna be a bad year for China when my general manager tweeted out “Freedom for Hong Kong.” pic.twitter.com/oywIGoDgsW
— Alykhan Bijani (@Rockets_Insider) May 18, 2020
Trump Takes ‘Historic’ Action To Move Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Out Of China, Back To U.S. https://t.co/ArR5Dv4U4U pic.twitter.com/kCcc0hDYXX
— The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) May 19, 2020
Donald Trump has tweeted a copy of a letter threatening to permanently halt U.S. funding for the World Health Organization unless it takes steps to increase independence from China within 30 days. https://t.co/vnGPyuZyaA
— CBC News (@CBCNews) May 19, 2020
https://twitter.com/theworldindex/status/1260756077769043968
"I see China as the strategic opponent for Europe, that wants to expand its power and replace the United States as the leading force. We have to take the country seriously as a world power, show respect, but above all we have to be vigilant." https://t.co/YhXgbNJbuc
— Manfred Weber (@ManfredWeber) May 18, 2020
Whether it is that low or a bit higher, #covid19 clearly clusters a lot. Here is an example of what transmission of #sarscov2 actually looks like (from an investigation in Austria): pic.twitter.com/YOcFCVaDbw
— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) May 19, 2020
Taiwan has always been a sovereign nation and bought their own defense supplies so why is China interfering? China does not order other nations around so why would it be allowed to order Taiwan around. France has supplied Taiwan before, why not now? https://t.co/BQW2rVrvTn
— Shirly (@dalj_k) May 14, 2020
White House Trade Advisor #PeterNavarro explains what the Trump administration is doing to put Americans back to work and how bipartisan effort is needed to hold China accountable. pic.twitter.com/VSYZr5xHgn
— Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) May 17, 2020
India, Japan, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Indonesia, Russia, and all 27 EU member states are backing Australia's push for a probe into the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/i0quPMfFOr
— SBS News (@SBSNews) May 17, 2020
"The reason we have this pandemic is because the Chinese communist government unleashed it on the world," said Hawley. "The victims of this disease in our country ought to be able to go to our courts & sue the Chinese government to hold them accountable." https://t.co/5rrTD4qZIP
— Senator Hawley Press Office (@SenHawleyPress) May 19, 2020
Sen. Hawley spoke with @EricShawnTV about his legislation to hold China accountable for silencing whistleblowers & withholding critical information about #coronavirus
China is responsible for the pandemic. Americans should be able to sue the Chinese Communist Party. pic.twitter.com/KULOc4RDrh
— Senator Hawley Press Office (@SenHawleyPress) May 19, 2020
Taiwan president hits back at China amid Covid-19 success https://t.co/y5VTTe66DL
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 20, 2020
Germany's Heiko Maas says authoritiarians are using coronavirus
Maas listed repressive measures taken against journalists in Russia, Venezuela, Iran, Turkey and China as examples of responses to the pandemic, all of which are designed to repress freedoms.https://t.co/UhjCYesRPZ— Farideh Karimi (@KarimiFarideh) May 15, 2020
NEWS: Taiwan has been excluded from the WHA & the U.S. condemns this decision, considering Taiwan has mounted 1 of the world’s most successful efforts to contain the pandemic to date, despite its close proximity to the original outbreak in Wuhan, China. https://t.co/sCSeIcaT0c pic.twitter.com/Gzw2TvhbJM
— U.S. Asia Pacific Media Hub (@eAsiaMediaHub) May 19, 2020
Today the UK passed 60,000 #COVID19 deaths (FT). We're at 891 deaths per million pop. Compared with Germany 93, Denmark 92, Finland 51, Norway 42, Greece 15, S Korea 5, Japan 5, Australia/NZ 4, China 3, HK 0.5. https://t.co/yvxJNgEbLL pic.twitter.com/qYP5kUd4Iw
— Anthony Costello (@globalhlthtwit) May 13, 2020
White House adviser Peter Navarro came out swinging against Barack Obama, Joe Biden and China in a vigorous defense of the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus crisishttps://t.co/SsPZLx2U1I
— POLITICO (@politico) May 17, 2020
A top WHO official warned against expecting a coronavirus vaccine to provide a quick, complete end to the pandemic. "We have some perfectly effective vaccines on this planet that we have not used effectively," he said. "This virus may never go away."https://t.co/6QAfziEto6 pic.twitter.com/XkmVACDxXK
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 13, 2020
One other metric for whether a country handled its Covid crisis well is how many regions suffer bad outbreaks.
Here’s Italy’s data at region level, sorted north to south.
Lombardy was hit hard, and two other northern regions saw excess deaths of 50%+, so that’s 3/19 regions pic.twitter.com/Q3iAJIvBCg
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) May 12, 2020
Britain is 'too dependent on China for vital imports including ingredients for painkillers, antibiotics and anti-viral drugs' https://t.co/3RmCiEhGBe
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) May 14, 2020
China brands Britain's handling of coronavirus as a 'mess' https://t.co/8VDIWEvLja
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) May 14, 2020
"…recent history at its finest." The Caravan by @Hegghammer reviewed @guardian https://t.co/JS6GYoJpjv
— Cambridge University Press – Academic (@CUPAcademic) May 18, 2020
Job loss resulting from coronavirus is a model for what artificial intelligence, self-driving commercial vehicles and robotics have in store for American workers the next 20 years. Universal basic income is the solution: https://t.co/LtmKRD7QsK #UBI
— CollectiveConsulting (@C2Strategy) May 8, 2020
BREAKING: Justice Department is dropping criminal case against ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn, according to court filing obtained by AP. The prosecution has been a rallying cry for the president in attacking FBI Russia investigation. https://t.co/sllejeG2Gh
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 7, 2020
From 'coronavirus' hairstyles to dog grooming, salons reopen with caution in countries where lockdown measures are being eased. pic.twitter.com/VdfXh1AG7n
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 5, 2020
Wilfy, a young Westie dog, before his first haircut in quite a while. Valentina Bacchin reopened the Bottega di Zula pet grooming shop in Rome this week when Italy began stirring again after a two-month coronavirus shutdown. This is our photo of the day: https://t.co/WlEzDfWDap pic.twitter.com/nFRB7Bok9x
— The Christian Science Monitor (@csmonitor) May 7, 2020
Owners tie dogs to poles and walk away as coronavirus rumours swirl in India https://t.co/2okES4PkIf
— ABC News (@abcnews) May 13, 2020
Coronavirus causes dog and cat meat sales ‘to surge’ in Vietnam and Cambodia https://t.co/ZGzmws8B7i
— The Independent (@Independent) May 7, 2020
Dog who lost her owners to coronavirus finds a new home https://t.co/azSU6DbZFc pic.twitter.com/VvIrU5rCvH
— New York Post (@nypost) May 4, 2020
Every dog has its day. The coronavirus pandemic has given rise to canine adoptions in Moscow and volunteer walkers who help out elderly residents in the Russian capital. Full story: https://t.co/sK0Y0beW9c pic.twitter.com/2uNFKmIhF7
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) May 4, 2020
Cats of Cyprus 'bored' during coronavirus lockdown #caturday pic.twitter.com/M8TszKAr7s
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) May 9, 2020
Lion King: Egyptian lion trainer Ashraf el-Helw has turned his living room into a stage to make big cat videos amid restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus. He posts videos on social media, but some have criticized his treatment of the lions. https://t.co/KZ9KEYhrX1
— AP Middle East (@APMiddleEast) May 1, 2020
a harmless ad of 3 guys cooking a chicken has recruited the whole of EDL under this post https://t.co/hLlgkIOoFx
— asma (@itnotasma) May 17, 2020
Such beauty. https://t.co/wNHZFTkjYX
— Philip Morris (@phil500) May 18, 2020
If you open your streets, they will come.
It really is as simple (and cheap) as that!~Paris, Rue de Rivoli, May 2020 (by @Diego_cdc)pic.twitter.com/1iKwX280FR
— Cycling Professor (@fietsprofessor) May 18, 2020