@KatieRoseEllena @IFES1987: "At the time of writing, elections in 47 countries are postponed, which represents nearly a quarter of the countries in the world."

Fair, from David Frum.

Forensic and specific.

from @fivethirtyeight, which has been very good on the US statistics.

He is 92. So impressive.

Wot no zygons?

@cdotcampbell: “The world as we knew it in February 2020 is gone.”

The ancient ritual centre by the Thames.

It’s a lie by Victor Davis Hanson.

Wise words from Gadi.

Photos from our village.

More detail from@fivethirtyeight.

Forensic and convincing; UK scientists got it wrong.

Good question, and the answer may be “both”.

Forensic analysis.

Fascinating summary of what happened in Malta before the 20th century.

Obvious, but worth repeating, from @APCOWorldwide colleagues.

Balanced and fair, by Max Boot.

Balanced from @IanJamesParsley.

James Baker: "Every Marine knows better than to pull a knife in a gunfight. But so far, that appears to be the federal government’s approach to battling Covid-19."

Country-by-country comparison, in case you were wondering.

Yay @rtalalay!

Something to look forward to in May.

So true, by @pennyred.

"The real mystery is not why Germany and Austria have so few deaths but why we expect answers to such questions in the early stages of a fiendishly complex global health crisis."

Fascinating long read from a few years back.

@scalzi avoided the outbreak for a couple of days longer than the rest of us.

How the planets were shaped.

Nick Timothy’s book caustically reviewed by @garvanwalshe.