COVID-19 is notoriously hard to control, and political leaders are only part of the calculus when it comes to pandemic management. But some current and former world leaders have made little effort to combat outbreaks in their country, whether by downplaying the pandemic’s severity, disregarding science or ignoring critical health interventions like social distancing and masks. All of the men on this list committed at least one of those mistakes, and some committed all of them – with deadly consequences.
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Covid-19 was actually gaining strength in India and worldwide – but his government made no preparations for possible contingencies, such as the emergence of a deadlier and more contagious Covid-19 variant.
Even as significant pockets of the country had not fully suppressed the virus, Modi and other members of his party held jampacked outdoor campaign rallies before the April elections. Few attendees wore masks. Modi also allowed a religious festival that draws millions to proceed from January to March. Public health officials now believe the festival may have been a superspreader event and was “an enormous mistake.”
As Modi touted his successes last year, India – the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer – sent over 10 million vaccine doses to neighbouring countries. Yet just 1.9% of India’s 1.3 billion people had been fully inoculated against Covid-19 by early May.
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Our bodies respond to daily light-dark cycles to maintain our circadian rhythms: our internal clocks that tell us we should be awake during the day and asleep at night. Researchers at the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) are investigating ways to maintain those rhythms in submariners, who cannot rely on natural sunlight or external environmental cues to stay on track.
When we wake up, when we go to sleep, when we are hungry, when we fall into a daily afternoon slumpâ¦all these processes are regulated by our circadian rhythms (also called circadian clocks). Sometimes, these rhythms fall out of sync with our actual lifestyles; think of the feeling of being jet lagged after travelling across several time zones. Jet lag is typically a short term problem that can be reset within a day or two. For Sailors going underway on submarines, maintaining or resetting their circadian rhythms can be far more difficult. Without being able to respond to the sun r
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1 Our bodies respond to daily light-dark cycles to maintain our circadian rhythms: our internal clocks that tell us we should be awake during the day and asleep at night. Researchers at the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) are investigating ways to maintain those rhythms in submariners, who cannot rely on natural sunlight or external environmental cues to stay on track.
When we wake up, when we go to sleep, when we are hungry, when we fall into a daily afternoon slump…all these processes are regulated by our circadian rhythms (also called circadian clocks). Sometimes, these rhythms fall out of sync with our actual lifestyles; think of the feeling of being jet lagged after travelling across several time zones. Jet lag is typically a short term problem that can be reset within a day or two. For Sailors going underway on submarines, maintaining or resetting their circadian rhythms can be far more difficult. Without being able to respond to the sun