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  • Singapore Wins Praise For Its COVID-19 Strategy. The U.S. Does Not

    March 12, 2020 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Singapore

    As countries respond in different ways to the COVID19 pandemic, those with systematic government approaches have proven to be strongest thus far. Places like Hong Kong and Singapore created immediate systems for testing and quarantining, putting quick pressure on stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus. On the opposite end, places like Iran and the United States have fared worse because of a lack of immediate response and capacity for testing.

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  • Tom Hanks Got Sick in Australia, Where Coronavirus Testing Isn't Such a Hassle

    March 12, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Sydney

    As the United States struggles to test all citizens exhibiting symptoms of coronavirus, Australia and Canada are offering lessons about best practices for preparing for a pandemic. Having learned from previous outbreaks, these countries implemented protocols such as a national hotline, easy-access to information about testing sites, and "an agency to coordinate and help finance testing and treatment during any kind of viral or disease outbreak" – all of which help make testing more efficient.

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  • Confronting a Pandemic

    March 12, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: China

    The United States and Italy have been playing catch up in the mitigation of the coronavirus pandemic and were resistant to implementing social distancing, while other countries took more aggressive approaches. Now both countries are looking to China and South Korea to learn how sweeping actions and industrialized scaling of measures such as fever clinics, temperature check points, portable CAT scanning, and social isolation, have helped to contain the pandemic.

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  • This chart of the 1918 Spanish flu shows why social distancing works Audio icon

    March 11, 2020 |

    Quartz |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    As coronavirus continues to spread around the world, social distancing is being implemented due to its proven success with helping to drastically slow the spread of the Spanish flu in St. Louis Missouri. In a comparison of St. Louis and Philadelphia – a city that did not institute social distancing practices – limiting the time in public spaces helped to keep per capita flu-related deaths in St. Louis "to less than half of those in Philadelphia."

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  • Why are Korea's Covid-19 death rates so low?

    March 11, 2020 |

    Asia Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: South Korea, Daegu

    After an initial sharp spike in positive COVID-19 cases, South Korea kept the number of deaths low and stopped the virus from spreading dramatically, without resorting to the same draconian isolation measures in other countries like China. To do so, the government of South Korea relied on its strong national health service, learned from prior virus outbreaks, executed an aggressive strategy of testing, and enforced social distancing and treatment protocols.

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  • South Korea's coronavirus infection rate falls without citywide lockdowns

    March 10, 2020 |

    South China Morning Post |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    After an initial explosion of patients who tested positive for COVID-19, the South Korean government has successfully and sharply reduced the number of new transmissions through mass testing, improved public communications, and the use of technology. In Seoul, the government had to try these methods as opposed to methods used in more closed societies, like citywide lockdowns in China.

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  • What the U.S. Can Learn From Taiwan's Response to Coronavirus

    March 10, 2020 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

    After being caught off-guard during the 2003 SARS epidemic, Taiwan developed a public health infrastructure to help prepare them for another. With the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, their number of cases have stayed low because of heightened surveillance for those who travel, the linking of insurance and immigration databases, combating misinformation through an educational campaign, and early plans for child care, businesses, and schools.

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  • Taiwan has millions of visitors from China and only 45 coronavirus cases. Here's how.

    March 10, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Taiwan

    Situated less than 90 miles from China, the coronavirus outbreak could have been critical in Taiwan, but the country's proactive measures helped to stave off the worst of the disease. Having learned from SARS epidemic, Taiwan had prepared for future situations by creating a comprehensive command center and implementing a transparent communication strategy both of which have helped slow the spread of Covid-19.

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  • What Taiwan can teach the world on fighting the coronavirus

    March 10, 2020 |

    NBC News |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

    After learning valuable lessons from the 2003 SARS outbreak, Taiwan has managed to keep its coronavirus cases to a minimum, far below neighboring China and other countries around the world. To accomplish this, the government remained alert and proactive, established a centralized command center, took quick and decisive action, and leveraged technology to track cases.

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  • In Baltimore, parents owe hundreds of millions in child support. Here's how other states have made changes for the better.

    March 09, 2020 |

    The Baltimore Sun |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Maryland's punitive child-support policies, which have piled $233 million in largely uncollectable debt on the state's poorest residents and destabilized families and neighborhoods, could be improved by adopting reforms other states have used to increase payment compliance. In Colorado, for example, more support payments have meant healthier families and communities, after the state stopped offsetting welfare payments by whatever child support had been paid. Other states have stopped revoking driver's licenses and work permits as a non-payment penalty, in order to make steady employment more attainable.

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