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Two narrowing pandemics – EU vs US. Seven-day rolling average of new coronavirus deaths, 1 Jan 2021 to 6 Jan 2022

The Graphic Truth: Two narrowing pandemics – EU vs US

As COVID vaccines started being widely rolled out in much of the developed world a little under a year ago, we documented how the EU was outpacing the US in new deaths and cases, in large part due to Brussels’ bungling of the vaccine rollout for much of the first half of 2021. But in the age of omicron, where medical systems are buckling under the weight of exploding caseloads, that gap has narrowed significantly: the US and EU are now reporting eerily similar new daily death tolls per 1 million people. We compare new COVID deaths in both places over the past year.

COVID vaccine mandates are coming; political instability in Tunisia

COVID vaccine mandates are coming; political instability in Tunisia

As COVID-19 cases rise, are vaccine mandates coming? What's happening in Tunisia and how will it affect the broader region? Are you watching the Olympics? What's your favorite event? Ian Bremmer shares his perspective on global politics this week.

Podcast: Journalist Barkha Dutt on India’s COVID calamity

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: Journalist Barkha Dutt on India’s COVID calamity

Listen: India's latest COVID explosion hits home as one Delhi-based journalist speaks with Ian Bremmer about her own father's death from the virus. Barkha Dutt has been reporting on the pandemic in India since it began, but nothing could prepare her for the catastrophic second wave that has hit her country in the last few weeks—and that has now shattered her own family.