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Key Takeaways

Global confirmed cases passed 5.5m. China agrees to an independent investigation into the origins of the virus with conditions. A French study showed strong immunity among health workers a month after being infected.

Conditions Updates

A rundown of important global developments in markets, in business, and region-by-region, as well as statistical risk assessments by country and by US state.

Science under the Scope: Politicians vs. Scientists

The pandemic has brought to light distinct differences throughout the globe in the understanding of, and respect for, science among world leaders. The differences between countries that follow scientific advice as they move through the crisis and those who do not is larger than the number of deaths. For many living in countries with leaders that ignore or contradict scientific advisors, the mishandling of the pandemic response has led to increased anxiety, and confusion.

What is #Plandemic?

Over the last few weeks, a conspiracy theory video entitled “Plandemic” has swept the internet. The gist of the video’s argument throughout is that COVID-19 was directly engineered by US government scientists from the SARS so that government officials, including Dr. Fauci, can profit from vaccine patents. Mikovitz and Willis are not the only online movements to have capitalized on people’s fear and feeling of powerlessness in the face of a global pandemic to their own gain.

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