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  • After April's election difficulties, would a vote-at-home system make more sense for Wisconsin?

    May 20, 2020 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States

    States that use universal voting by mail can be models for all states to protect voters amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Voting by mail can also increase voter turnout. After sending 2020 primary ballots to all registered voters, two Wisconsin districts had voter turnout about twice that of the statewide turnout. States also report that, after high startup costs, voting by mail is cheaper over the long term. Colorado successfully uses intelligent bar codes to track ballots and avoid fraud. Setting up the system before the November 2020 election would be difficult, as is reaching those without a permanent address.

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  • #PourEux : cuisiner un « bon petit plat » pour les SDF de sa ville

    May 20, 2020 |

    Médiacités |

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    Response Location: France, Lille

    Né au début du confinement à Lyon, Lille et Paris, le mouvement #PourEux s’est étendu petit à petit dans plusieurs villes de France et d’ailleurs. Le principe est simple et sans engagement : des bénévoles cuisinent une part de plus, des livreurs viennent chercher le panier repas et l’offrent à un sans-abri ou une personne précaire.

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  • Just a click away: Apps bring doctors to your home

    May 20, 2020 |

    Nation Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kyambeke

    Since 2015, telemedicine has been helping connect doctors with people in rural parts of Kenya, which has proven to be crucial during the coronavirus pandemic. Although not all insurance companies have made the process easy and some residents don't trust the use of technology to keep their data safe, the practice has seen a significant increase in people with chronic diseases utilizing the system as a means of limiting their exposure to situations where they could be exposed to the virus.

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  • Beyond the checkpoints: How a Native American tribe is protecting its people from COVID-19

    May 20, 2020 |

    South Dakota News Watch |

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    Response Location: Cheyenne River Reservation, United States, Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, South Dakota

    While many Native American reservations are dealing with the spread of coronavirus, the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe in South Dakota has managed to prevent the virus from taking hold in their community. Tribal leaders researched successful methods being implemented elsewhere and preemptively executed a plan that included several approaches to contain and prevent the spread of the virus. The plan was put into place prior to President Trump declaring a national emergency and was done without any guidance or assistance from local and state officials despite multiple requests for aid.

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  • Sweden's Coronavirus Strategy Should Not Be the World's

    May 20, 2020 |

    Foreign Affairs |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    Others can learn from the so-called Swedish model for managing the pandemic, while at the same time should be wary of adopting its undeclared mission to achieve herd immunity. From the start of the crisis, Sweden has placed the responsibility for risk reduction on individuals and businesses rather than through government mandates. The gamble appears to have paid off, as people for the most part behaved responsibly and cautiously, suggesting a less damaging approach for the long haul. But whatever progress the country has made toward widespread immunity carries a big health cost.

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  • As Europe comes out of lockdown, what lessons can be learned from Sweden?

    May 20, 2020 |

    The Local |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    Sweden’s refusal to enact strict lockdown rules turned out to be far from an unqualified success, but in both its failures and modest benefits it offers lessons on managing through a pandemic while minimizing economic harm. The country’s responses were more nuanced and detailed than a simple hands-off approach. Its economy has not been spared a severe downturn, nor is its death toll anything to brag about. But, in numerous ways, Sweden’s softer approach lives up to its billing as more sustainable than many other countries’.

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  • How Louisiana cities are using the CARES Act to save small businesses, keep people in homes

    May 19, 2020 |

    The Current (Louisiana) |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisiana

    The Cares Act is a federal program providing $46.6 million dollars of emergency aid which cities in Louisiana are spending on a combination of a mortgage and rent relief or on the needs of small businesses. For most cities throughout the state, the first priority is keeping residents in their homes as the stay on evictions approaches, at which point landlords will expect rent as well as backpay. Louisiana faces the triple threat of a pandemic, the economic fallout from it, and a series of tornados. Keeping people in their homes has been the foremost priority to stop the spread of the virus.

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  • Sanar en la distancia

    May 19, 2020 |

    Historias que laten |

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    Response Location: Venezuela

    Tres iniciativas digitales de "telemedicina" han brindado atención médica gratuita a más de 70,000 venezolanos durante la crisis de COVID-19, en un país donde el 70% de los hospitales reciben servicio de agua solo dos veces por semana, y donde el 96% de la población informa que tiene problemas con el servicio de agua. El artículo explora cómo funcionan como una solución digital en medio de la pandemia.

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  • Quarantine campuses: With dorms shut and class online, students DIY college life

    May 18, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    Colleges across the nation suspended in-person classes due to the coronavirus, but it also meant suspending campus life—a classic staple of the American college experience. Students innovated by creating their own version of dorm life and activities by setting up "satellite dorms,” either close to campus or places they could quarantine and study together, and staying in contact through various different social apps. But the biggest lesson for students and faculty was “The powerful role incidental and impromptu interactions play in the college experience—and how hard it is to replace them.”

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  • Louisiana cities are doing what they can to both save small businesses and keep people in their homes

    May 18, 2020 |

    The Current (Louisiana) |

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    Response Location: United States, Lafayette, Louisiana

    Several large cities in Lousiana used federal funds for small businesses and housing. Cities like Monroe, Shreveport, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans balanced the needs of small businesses with the needs of families who were provided rent and mortgage assistance. Fayette, however, is opting to focus almost entirely on small businesses. Most cities are prioritizing the need to keep residents in their homes to stop the spread of coronavirus.

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