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What can the West learn from Asia's coronavirus fight?

Helier Cheung

March 21, 2020 |

BBC |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Singapore

As the West continues to battle the spread of coronavirus, countries like Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan offer lessons in what's working to flatten the curve. Although some measures such as early intervention and social distancing are more difficult to implement after the spread has begun, other tactics such as contact tracing and clear communication also have proven impactful.

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Keeping the Coronavirus from Infecting Health-Care Workers

Atul Gawande

March 21, 2020 |

The New Yorker |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Hong Kong

Hong Kong and Singapore are being looked to as potential models of how to contain the coronavirus pandemic, but they also offer lessons about how to keep the frontline health care providers safe during an outbreak as well. From specific protocols about when the use of a N95 mask is necessary to a precise definition of what justifies "close contact," these two countries are showing that occupational exposure isn't necessarily a threat when dealt with properly and proactively.

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Communities Mobilize to Help Elderly Weather Coronavirus Crisis

Ruth Bender

March 20, 2020 |

Wall Street Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Belgium

Across the world, many senior citizens have been cut off from access to normal routines and ways of community due to the coronavirus pandemic, but communities and organizations are working to fill the void. In Belgium, robots are being used in retirement homes to combat isolation, while in Germany, employees of a soccer club are shopping for the elderly.

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Grocers seek to calm public during coronavirus outbreak

Jack Rooney Jim Weiker

March 19, 2020 |

The Daily Record |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Wooster, Ohio

The panic from the coronavirus pandemic has led many to stockpile groceries and household supplies, and grocers are addressing the surge in business by reallocating employees to different areas and implementing protective measures. From special store hours for senior citizens and protective barriers around cashiers to redeploying restaurant employees to other store management areas, grocers are doing what they can to respond to demand while also reassuring customers that the supply chain hasn't been interrupted.

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Elderly get ‘exclusive hour' in Australian supermarkets

Caroline Kwok

March 18, 2020 |

South China Morning Post |

Video |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: Australia

Many supermarkets spend most days overcrowded and rapidly out of stock due to the coronavirus crisis, so the major grocery retailer in Australia designated the first hour of business to serving seniors and the disabled. Although there's no guarantee that all items will have been restocked, the dedicated time allows this at-risk population to have a better chance at obtaining the necessities.

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Aggressive testing helps Italian town cut new coronavirus cases to zero

Donato Paolo Mancini Clive Cookson

March 17, 2020 |

Financial Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Italy, Vò

By testing all residents for coronavirus, a town in Italy was able to isolate both the symptomatic and asymptomatic cases which resulted in the containment of the virus. The initial round of testing indicated that three percent of the population tested positive and those residents were quarantined, as were any people who they had been in contact with. The second round of testing showed that the infected number had declined to less than half a percent.

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Bridging the red and blue divide one conversation at a time

Karen Peterson

March 17, 2020 |

Valley Journal |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Montana

Many groups have formed to reduce political polarization by applying active listening and respectful communication skills. Mission Valley Rises is a small community led group in Montana that hosts events where Republicans and Democrats come together and outline community issues and brainstorm effective responses. Better Angels is a national group that holds citizen-led workshops where, using marriage counseling techniques, people are taught, not to change their own beliefs, but how to respectfully disagree so they can work together to effectively solve common problems.

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Advocacy for LGBTQIA Children, Youth Grows in Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

Mary Margaret Stewart

March 16, 2020 |

Grady Newsource |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

The Episcopal Church advised Dioceses to be more inclusive of LGBTQIA and differently abled children and youth, particularly in light of the high numbers of LGBTQIA youth suicides. Rather than wait the years it could take for specific how-to guidance, the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta trained 30 volunteers to lead “Safeguarding” sessions where church members hear first hand accounts of the needs and concerns of LGBTQIA and differently abled youth and can form relationships with them and their families. The sessions are booked two months out and all clergy in the Diocese are being required to attend in person.

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‘It became part of life': how Haiti curbed cholera

Jacob Kushner

March 16, 2020 |

The Guardian |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Haiti

Haiti has gone an entire year without any new reported cases of cholera, which is a significant accomplishment for the country that once faced 800,000 cases of the infectious disease. Although it's too soon to declare the country cholera-free, Haiti's success thus far is largely due to collective efforts to increase education and implement preventative measures such as pop-up clinics and rapid response teams.

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They've Contained the Coronavirus. Here's How.

Benjamin J. Cowling Wey Wen Lim

March 13, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Singapore

Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong have each shown success with slowing the pace of the coronavirus outbreak due in part from learning lessons during the 2002 SARS outbreak. Combining different approaches to social distancing and quarantine, travel restrictions, and public health campaigns focused on hygiene best practices, the countries have shown that it doesn't necessarily take "China’s draconian measures" to mitigate the spread.

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