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  • Sweden's government has tried a risky coronavirus strategy. It could backfire.

    April 09, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    Where government restrictions are lax, residents adopt social distancing measures voluntarily to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Sweden, the trust between much of the country’s population and a public health system disinclined to advise for long-term shutdowns at the national level has left residents and businesses to enact social distancing and sheltering measures more gradually. In the long-term, there appears to be a relationship between Sweden’s relatively higher caseload and voluntary containment policies when compared to its neighbors.

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  • Lessons From the HIV Epidemic for the COVID-19 Pandemic

    April 08, 2020 |

    Medscape |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Both the successes and failures of the nationwide Ending the HIV Epidemic plan offers lessons for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for rural parts of the United States. One significant lesson is that of addressing health disparities linked to social determinants that prevent community members from accessing affordable or reliable health care. When "structural access to healthcare," was addressed in cities where HIV rates were higher, many saw those rates decrease, especially when the Affordable Care Act led to the expansion of Medicaid.

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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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  • Local banks step up in the fight to keep Covid-19 economic calamity at bay

    April 03, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Throughout the economic crash of 2008, banks were "vilified" for their response, but as the economy again teeters on crashing during the coronavirus pandemic, regulators have been able to be proactive in their approach. While several banks are making financial contributions to philanthropies, and public health efforts or creating relief funds, others have agreed to temporary forbearance on certain types of loans which enables "local business owners and workers to defer payments without penalty to the end of their loan terms."

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  • Taiwan's aggressive efforts are paying off in fight against COVID-19

    April 01, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Due to its proximity to China, experts forcasted that Taiwan would experience a high number of coronavirus cases, but aggressive intervention strategies have kept the overall caseload much lower than expected. New regulations, especially focused on people traveling through the airport – such as enrolling travelers in a national coronavirus database, taking their temperature in the airport, and mandating a two-week quarantine – granted the government the capability of being able to track the spread of potential incoming cases.

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  • How Taiwan has become a COVID-19 success story

    April 01, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Taiwan

    Taiwan was expected to be inundated with COVID-19 cases, but that never happened at least in part due to the swift and aggressive actions enacted by the government. Integral to the approach was enhanced transparency from the government, which included text messages to those who were quarantined, as well as using lessons learned from the SARS outbreak.

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  • A Democratic Response to Coronavirus: Lessons From South Korea

    March 30, 2020 |

    The Diplomat |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    South Korea is one of the few countries that has reported success in containing the coronavirus, and it's due to both government action and a united societal response. Even before the social distancing was imposed on the society, many in the community began to take that action themselves, businesses closed voluntarily and church services were moved online as the country took a united approach to managing the virus.

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  • 4 lessons the US should learn from Italy's coronavirus mistakes

    March 29, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Italy

    Given the failure by both the United States and Italy to contain the coronavirus spread soon enough to forestall more extreme measures, the U.S. in the early weeks of its outbreak had much to learn from Italy's mistakes, and from its eventual successes. Among the most critical mistakes: not taking the spread of the virus seriously enough soon enough, and taking half-steps toward locking down hot spots. Italy's Veneto region modeled good practices, including extensive testing and tracing, keeping all but the most critical cases out of hospitals, and strict monitoring of front-line workers.

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  • What South Korea can teach Ireland about Covid-19 fight

    March 29, 2020 |

    Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    Countries such as Ireland are looking to South Korea for lessons about best practices in containing the coronavirus outbreak. Much of South Korea's success, shaped by lessons learned from battling the MERS outbreak in 2003, comes from implementing the national infectious diseases control act that "allows for the government to track people, and for the tracking information to be posted online."

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  • Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore: Lessons for Canada in fighting Covid-19

    March 29, 2020 |

    The Suburban |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    When faced with the coronavirus pandemic, a number of countries around the world "opted for delayed containment strategies," but countries such as Taiwan and Hong Kong, which took the opposite approach, have seen more success with mitigating the spread. The governments in these countries implemented many aggressive initiatives that were aimed at widespread testing, restricted travel, and contact tracing.

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