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  • Coronavirus: Groups reopen 805 Undocufund to help undocumented immigrants during pandemic

    The collaborators behind a relief fund that is normally used for natural disasters is pivoting its purpose to be redistributed to undocumented immigrants who have been financially impacted by the coronavirus. Although the application is not yet live and will not solve systemic problems such as barriers to receiving unemployment insurance, the program has in the past proven helpful to thousands of families by providing short-term financial stability.

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  • Pastured Meat Producers are Facing Catastrophic Losses. These Efforts Could Help Them Weather the Pandemic. Audio icon

    Small-scale livestock producers and farmers are facing dire economic consequences from the coronavirus pandemic, so many are turning to a collective approach to help one another out. From home-delivery services to pivoting to online sales, farmers across the nation are testing out different models to survive the economic downturn.

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  • Auto repair shop offers touchless pickup and delivery

    In Cumming, Georgia, the Christian Brothers Automotive company is letting customers opt for a no-touch service in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. Employees at the car shop will pick up, sanitize, and drop off cars, with zero in-person interactions. While they’ve still seen a decline in business, this has been one way – along with expanding their services – to keep everyone employed.

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  • Holmes County manufacturers partner with Amish to produce protective equipment

    While adhering to social distancing, seamstresses in Ohio's Amish County are producing medical protective gear to distribute to frontline workers in the region. The approach is also employing people who may be at risk of losing income as a result of the economic impacts of COVID-19.

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  • They were supposed to build stages for Coachella. Now they're building coronavirus triage tents

    When coronavirus began spreading throughout the United States, one of the earliest actions taken was to cancel large events, which meant that production firms also lost work. In Los Angeles, the firm that is typically responsible for building the tents, staging, and facilities for such events have now turned their efforts to helping construct medical villages.

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  • Food waste and food insecurity rising amid coronavirus panic

    With restaurants closing and people panic-buying groceries, food waste is inevitably going to rise. There are many initiatives going on throughout the United States to address this very issue. For example, nonprofit Rethink in New York City pays restaurant staff to create meals out of the surplus ingredients that other restaurants have, which are then sold to the public with a $3 donation. For individuals, there are even ways to shift your behavior with preserving and consuming the food you buy that will allow them to last longer and be eaten in entirety.

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  • A Democratic Response to Coronavirus: Lessons From 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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  • No more vodka and gin. OC distillery now makes hand sanitizer to fight coronavirus

    Two LA companies, Blinking Owl Distillery and La La Production and Design, have repurposed their production facilities to produce personal protective equipment for medical workers. La La Production used to produce luxury leather goods, but it now produces face masks and single-use gowns. It now is producing 5,000 units of masks and 6,000 gowns a day but still growing. Blinking Owl Distillery used to produce luxury alcohol, but is now making the switch to producing hand sanitizer. They are quickly ramping up production to produce 2,000-4,000 gallons a week.

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  • Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data Suggest

    Kinsa thermometers connect wirelessly to a central database that has been used to track fevers across the United States during the COVID19 pandemic. The data that has been collected has shown that strict orders like business closures and stay-at-home restrictions are working. With public health measures that seek prevention rather than treatment, proof of success can be hard to identify, but these thermometers and their tracking are doing it.

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  • Bend it like the Bay Area: Doctors see flatter curve after 2 weeks of social isolation

    As the coronavirus outbreak began to show signs of spreading the United States, six counties in the Bay Area of California quickly instituted stay at home and shelter-in-place orders. Although the virus is still spreading in much of the country, the early and aggressive measures taken in this region are believed to have contributed to the lower-than-expected caseload reported by hospitals in these counties.

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