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  • Knox County ahead of the curve on manufacturing-healthcare alliance to fight COVID-19

    April 08, 2020 |

    Knox Pages |

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    Response Location: United States, Mount Vernon, Ohio

    Early and rapid collaboration to create new supply chains improves emergency response times. In Knox County, Ohio, manufacturers began working with the Knox Community Hospital to mobilize 3-D printers and offer a short-term solution to the availability of masks, gloves, and other protective equipment. If the surge in demand for devices continues, companies may also scale up injection mold production.

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  • Los Angeles Launches Massive Effort to Get Homeless Into Hotels

    April 08, 2020 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In response to the social distancing required to stop the spread of the coronavirus, Los Angeles is offering hotel rooms to 15,000 people facing homelessness. The city's fast actions, intended to protect older individuals and those with underlying conditions, are being largely covered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is paying for 75% of the cost of leasing the hotels.

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  • Students Start Nonprofit to Help Vulnerable Individuals During Quarantine

    April 08, 2020 |

    Pepperdine University Graphic |

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    Response Location: United States, Malibu, California

    SQD, Ink. (short for Self-Quarantined Delivery) is a student initiative at Pepperdine University that provides a free grocery delivery service to those who cannot do it themselves, i.e. the elderly or people with autoimmune disorders. Since its founding it has been picked up by student volunteers across the country and now has over 80 volunteers in cities like Denver, Chicago, and Los Angeles. The group relies on technology—social media, Venmo, and Factime—to conduct their business. The student founders are now looking to formalize their business model to become more efficient and scalable.

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  • Daniel Goldberg's Zoomers to Boomers Spreads Across Country

    April 07, 2020 |

    Noozhawk |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Barbara, California

    Zoomers to Boomers, a Santa Barbara-based services offering grocery delivery to senior citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic, has grown. What started as a local service, has grown to serve more than 10 cities across the United States. It’s also changed how it operates – creating relationships with local vendors to directly buy produce, protein, and dairy, to limit the needed grocery store visits.

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  • How South Korea is running a nationwide election in the midst of a pandemic

    April 07, 2020 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    While countries around the world have delayed elections due to lockdown measures and fear of further infections, South Korea plans to go ahead with its nationwide elections, and the country does not have to rely on mail-in ballots to pull it off. Thanks to stringent testing, contact tracing, and isolation, the infection rate is currently low. The government also plans to disinfect polling stations, provide hand sanitizer, check temperatures of voters, and encourage mask-wearing and social distancing.

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  • ‘Dial-A-Priest': Episcopal Clergy Offering Final Prayers Remotely

    April 07, 2020 |

    WRC-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Alexandria, Virginia

    Connecting to a priest—by video or telephone—can offer relief to those dying alone. The Virginia Theological Seminary and General Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia, recently launched Dial-A-Priest, a service that allows patients to pray with Episcopal priests. The hotline connects callers to a network of priests on duty to offer final prayer services, 24-hours a day.

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  • Volunteers fixed 20,000 N95 masks for Memphis hospital in a weekend

    April 07, 2020 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    By recruiting friends and community members, volunteers were able to repair thousands of protective masks. Having been in storage, a large collection of N95 masks had had the elastic dry rot while the filters remained usable. The volunteers sewed new straps onto the masks, intended for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in Tennessee.

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  • New Zealand isn't just flattening the curve. It's squashing it.

    April 07, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: New Zealand

    New Zealand has managed to not just flatten the curve, but has shown signs of eliminating the coronavirus thanks to rapid interventions taken by the government. Heeding the outcomes in the U.S. and Italy, the country used a comprehensive and aggressive approach which included shutting their borders down to tourists, mandating a 4-week lockdown, and announcing a coronavirus response alert plan.

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  • A Bookstore That Closed During the Pandemic Started a Literature Hotline. Now People Are Calling in for Life Advice.

    April 07, 2020 |

    Texas Monthly |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    When the coronavirus pandemic forced a local bookstore in Texas to shut its doors for safety concerns, the owner launched a hotline for readers to call into for book recommendations. Although the instant success has seen a slight decrease in callers as the pandemic has continued, it's still retaining a steady number with many callers turning into patrons.

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  • 12 Ways Communities Are Taking Care of Each Other During the Pandemic

    April 07, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    With a crisis as ubiquitous as the COVID-19 pandemic, silver bullets simply do not exist. Fortunately, many grassroots initiatives have sprung up around the United States, like Pass the Lettuce, which encourages people to donate their stimulus checks if they are able, the Coronavirus Relief Fund, which provides relief to domestic workers forced to stay home, and the Sex Worker Relief Fund, which gives aid to sex workers who are outside of the system.

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