Trial, trial again: the race for covid-19 treatments

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🗓️ 24 March 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The world’s scientists are swiftly identifying drugs that may help with the pandemic, and setting out on the long road toward a vaccine. Ethiopia’s prime minister has been hailed as a peacemaker—so why is a violent crackdown plaguing the country’s most populous state? And a look at the epidemiology hidden in Instagram posts. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer

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1:02.1	Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.
1:05.8	I'm your host, Jason Palmer.
1:08.0	Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
1:16.5	Ethiopia's newish prime minister was supposed to be a champion of peace. In fact, he got last year's
1:22.7	Nobel Peace Prize. But in Aromia, the country's most populous state, our correspondent sees evidence of a violent and indiscriminate crackdown.
1:35.3	And amid COVID-19, there are fewer glitzy holiday pictures on Instagram, but people still talk about where they are.
1:43.3	Our data team dug into hundreds of thousands of posts,
1:47.0	finding that they might be useful for tracking the progression of the disease.
1:55.0	But first...
1:59.0	Today, Britain joins much of the rest of Europe in imposing strict rules on socialization
2:04.7	meant to curb the spread of coronavirus.
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