Five years after onset of COVID, global political freedom keeps declining
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15-Apr-2025
DEMOCRACY PULSE: FIVE YEARS AFTER ONSET OF COVID, GLOBAL POLITICAL FREEDOM KEEPS DECLINING - The World Health Organization officially declared COVID a global pandemic on March 13, 2020. Just over five years since this declaration, Will Mortenson uses the Freedom and Prosperity Indexes to examine the pandemic's impact on political freedom across the world.
ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 04/15/24
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