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  • Germany Has Relatively Few Deaths From Coronavirus. Why?

    March 28, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Although Germany has reported over 50,000 cases of coronavirus, the country is seeing a lesser death toll from the pandemic as compared to other countries. Like other countries working to contain the spread, Germany was quick to enact widespread testing a persistent contact tracing, but the country also implemented early measures to protect the more senior residents which has kept the infection rate low for this highly susceptible population.

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  • Med Students Aren't Sitting Out the Fight Against the Coronavirus

    March 28, 2020 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    While classes have been moved online, medical students across the country are finding ways to help in the fight against COVID-19. At schools like Rutgers in New Jersey, to the University of North Carolina’s Medical School, to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, students are pitching in. They’re undertaking things like running public health information hotlines, 3-D printing plastic face shields, and helping essential health care workers safely put on and take off their personal protective equipment.

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  • Vermont inmates released to spread out population

    March 28, 2020 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    To reduce incarcerated people’s exposure to COVID-19 behind bars before anyone had even fallen ill, Vermont officials all but stopped new admissions to state prisons and released hundreds from custody in February and March. Lowering the population by more than 200, from its late December benchmark to late March, was designed to make the prisons less crowded and to avoid introducing people to a potential virus hot spot if at all possible. The measures required coordination among prison officials, courts, prosecutors, and halfway houses.

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  • Lockdown living: how Europeans are avoiding going stir crazy

    March 28, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Italy

    As governments order lockdowns of cities and countries due to coronavirus concerns, many people are at risk for experiencing mental health issues such as loneliness and anxiety. To combat this, people are turning to telemedicine for counseling consultations and to keep in touch with loved ones, as well as activities such as exercise to improve moods.

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  • How South Korea flattened the curve

    March 27, 2020 |

    Prospect |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    The South Korean mantra "bbali-bbali" or "fast, fast" helps to describe the country's response to the coronavirus. The government quickly enacted technology and disinfectant methods to address the public health threat.

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  • Makers are rushing to fight coronavirus with 3D printed face shields and test swabs

    March 27, 2020 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States

    Across the country, 3D manufacturers sprang into action in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to create a medical supply chain to fill gaps in hospitals' access to needed products like face shields and nasal swabs. Through networking and crowdsourcing, small manufacturers with 3D printers linked with shipping and product assembly teams that formed to meet the emergency need. The focus was on products that did not need elaborate testing to be proven safe and effective.

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  • Wie Schwangere während Corona im Netz Hilfe finden

    March 27, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Online-Sprechstunden, Facebookgruppen, Instagram-Tagebücher unterstützen unsichere schwangere Frauen in Zeiten, in denen der persönliche Ausstausch fehlt. Die Zahl der Follower: steigend.

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  • Photos: The Contradictory Flaw In The City's Underwhelming Open Streets Plan

    March 27, 2020 |

    Gothamist |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In an effort to prevent overcrowding in public spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic, New York City has closed a few streets in four out of five boroughs. This density reduction plan, though, doesn’t seem to be getting put to use, and some say is just wasting city resources having police stationed at these closed streets.

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  • With An Election On The Horizon, Older Adults Get Help Spotting Fake News

    March 27, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Senior centers in Maryland are offering media literacy courses to discuss fact-checking and how to spot fake news stories online. A recent study by researchers at Princeton and NYU found that Facebook users over 65 are seven times more likely to post articles from fake news websites as are adults under 29, so digital literacy classes provide tools to help identify fake news sites. Many participants report feeling empowered by the class because they did not grow up online. Despite the interest, these courses are more difficult to integrate widely in senior centers than they would be in a school setting.

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  • As pandemic spreads, nonprofit is on a mission to clear out Twin Cities jails, one bail bond at a time

    March 27, 2020 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The Minnesota Freedom Fund has ramped up its spending to pay bail for people with low-level charges. The COVID-19 threat has added urgency to this increasingly popular response to the cash bail system. With jails and prisons posing a great threat to inmates during a pandemic, there have been increased calls to release non-violent inmates to slow the spread and protect those experiencing incarceration.

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