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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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  • ‘We're Doing What We Can': How a Makeshift Network Is Filling in the Gaps with Medical Supplies

    March 27, 2020 |

    Route Fifty |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    To address a shortage of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, community members have begun to take on the task of producing face masks for medical professionals. From sewing masks to creating face shields with a 3D printer at a local library, communities are organizing and organizations are partnering to, at least temporarily, solve the problem.

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  • Bridgewater Studio produces emergency face shields for the City of Chicago

    March 27, 2020 |

    Daily Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Personal protective gear is in short supply across the U.S., so many prototypes have been crafted to fill the gap. A design studio in Chicago has begun production on emergency face shields to help the city's first responders. A production line is already underway to produce 150,000 face shields by April 8th. The design is actually by Bednark Studio and approved by the New York State Department of Health, so the design is being replicated and adapted across the country.

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  • Portland chefs team up to feed nearly 500 homeless people daily at new county shelters

    March 27, 2020 |

    Oregon Live |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    A growing countywide effort in Oregon is serving as somewhat of a lifeline for restaurants threatened by coronavirus closures. Businesses are keeping on or rehiring some of their employees to make food for individuals experiencing homelessness.

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  • Crocs is donating 10,000 pairs of free shoes to US healthcare workers every day until stocks last

    March 26, 2020 |

    Business Insider |

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    Response Location: United States

    Crocs are ideal footwear for healthcare workers because they are easy to disinfect and easy on the feet. To do their part in the fight against the coronavirus, Crocs is donating over 10,000 pairs of shoes online to those on the front line (until supplies last). They also plan to donate an additional 100,000 pairs to various hospitals and clinics around the country.

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  • Revive: A fatal overdose, a stunning coincidence, and a mother's long quest to heal.

    March 26, 2020 |

    The Atavist Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    A mother's grief and a doctor's determination led to the first syringe-exchange center in Florida – a significant first step in increasing conversation around the merits of harm reduction policies. Since opening, the center has "collected 360,000 dirty syringes, provided medical treatment to 1,200 people, and helped 200 patients detox," while also reversing 1,450 overdoses, which has prompted five other counties to lift their syringe-exchange bans.

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  • Mutual aid is making a comeback during COVID-19 outbreak

    March 26, 2020 |

    Metromode |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Mutual aid at the grassroots level is about helping a neighbor in need, and this strategy has been spurred into action across the country in response to COVID-19. In Detroit, people rally across social media and technology to connect those in need with those looking to help. For those without social media, mutual aid forms are available online for residents to apply for help from community members in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, and more. They provide services such as picking up groceries and medicine, childcare, or monetary donations.

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  • Engineers Made a DIY Face Shield. Now It's Helping Doctors

    March 26, 2020 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

    A group of engineers in Madison, Wisconsin designed a face shield using materials and machines that were capable of producing mass quantities of the shields for hospitals. The design is now open-source and accessible to anyone on the web. They have since sent more than 1,000 face shields to the local hospital, and Ford has even picked up the design, pledging to produce more than 75,000 shields to be sent to hospitals in Detroit.

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  • Coronavirus kindness: South Bay teens create tutor network for hundreds of students

    March 26, 2020 |

    KGO-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    Upon seeing a need for educational resources to support the out of school transition due to the COVID-19 outbreak, two high school seniors in the San Jose area stepped up to fill that gap. Sarika Sriram and Uditha Velidandla coordinated 90 volunteers to offer free tutoring in a range of school subjects. So far, over 350 students have benefitted from these comprehensive online learning sessions.

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  • People Around the World Are 3D-Printing Face Shields to Battle the Coronavirus

    March 26, 2020 |

    OneZero |

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    Response Location: United States, Staten Island, New York

    Medical professionals are facing mass shortages of personal protective equipment amid the coronavirus pandemic, so people with 3D printers are helping to produce alternatives. In New York, one company is using a GoFundMe campaign to help fund the production, while the founder of a Czech 3D-printer company developed one of the most downloaded designs for the transparent disposable full-face masks.

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