188 countries, huh?
I wondered “out of how many?”
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+many+countries+are+there+in+2020&t=ffab&ia=web
It seems the answer varies between 193 and 197 depending
upon who’s counting, including apparently, 167 countries
that still have slavery, affecting about 46 million people.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-that-still-have-slavery
And that doesn’t appear to touch upon modern human
trafficking slavery...
The 188 number shows up several places, including wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic
that cites this source:
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
~Easy
Obviously, “188” is a reference to Bagster on Twitter...