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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • #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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  • Need a Quran teacher? There's an AI for that

    May 20, 2020 |

    Religion News Service |

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    Response Location: United States

    An AI app is potentially eliminating the need for Quran teachers by offering precise feedback to those who are learning to recite or memorize the holy book of Islam. Tarteel uses machine learning technology to enable speech recognition, allowing it to test users' knowledge of the Quran and to receive feedback on recitation without a teacher. The tool can identify mistakes and has a memorization mode, only revealing words as they are recited. Building such an accurate tool "requires a vast data set to train a deep neural network" so users who opt in are crowdsourcing the data set needed to power Tarteel.

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  • Co-Op City Succeeds With Census While Much of NYC Struggles. What's Its Secret?

    May 19, 2020 |

    The City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In New York City, where the average census response rate is only 49 percent, the city's largest co-operative housing complex achieved over a 70 percent response rate, well above the 40 percent rate typical in the co-op's neighborhood of the Bronx. Co-op City, as it is known, has a strong sense of community and promoted the census through its internal TV station, robo-calls, and community newspaper.

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  • Chile's greenest town? What Finland can learn from La Pintana

    May 19, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Chile, La Pintana

    The Chilean town of La Pintana recycles and reuses everything in a circular economy which repurposes items that otherwise go to waste. La Pintana has reduced carbon emissions by 80 percent and is committed to minimizing waste despite the high costs of the programs.

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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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  • Helping Tenants and Landlords Resolve Issues — Before Going to Court

    May 19, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The city of Philadelphia piloted a mediation program that showed how landlord-tenant disputes could be resolved short of an eviction lawsuit. Though the program only lasted two months and heard just a handful of cases, it demonstrated that landlords will participate voluntarily in a system that can equalize a power imbalance and resolve disputes in ways that prove less damaging to both parties. Demand for the mediation program could ramp up if an expected wave of evictions hits because of the pandemic's effects on the economy.

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