A team of faculty and graduate students (Dr. Debarchana Ghosh, Dr. Xiang (Peter) Chen, Richard Mrozinski, Adam Gallaher, Aaron Adams, Ashley Benitez Ou) in the Department of Geography at UCONN, created a COVID-19 tracker per town for Connecticut. The team is in the process of adding more maps such as testing locations and accessibility, charts showing … Read more
Connecticut State’s Official Mapping of the Covid-19 Pandemic. https://maps.ct.gov/portal/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/48d54b859c8b4a8e87a0376af3513140
One of the earliest updated maps. Global numbers, then breakdowns by most countries. Updated several times daily. https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 For how the map was created: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30120-1/fulltext
One way to be creative while shut indoors . . .
The New York Times article titled “Waiving Rent and Making Masks, Afghans Meet Coronavirus With Kindness” discusses the global COVID-19 pandemic from the Afghan perspective. The Afghan perspective is unique because the government is reallocating its national resources from fighting an insurgency to combatting the Coronavirus. Interestingly, part of their response consists of dispelling the … Read more
A telling quotation from this article: “I think what people will want to know about this crazy time is what everyday life was like, what it was like to live through.”
The above news is about how Sweden’s measure, different from other nations that encourages social distancing, rather encourages to live a normal life without any lock downs. The Korean public has shown the following reactions: The Swedish government’s measure would massacre its old population. The government would have taken those measures to alleviate the burden … Read more
Helen Branswell’s work is worth following regularly. In this piece, Branswell poses the question, “What does it look like to be on the front lines of that response — and what can we expect to happen in facilities across the country in the weeks to come?” and answers with interviews with three clinicians in New … Read more
This article uses the concept of ‘moral injury’ to provide insight into the mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify approaches to help prevent negative impacts on their mental health.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/27/health/domestic-violence-coronavirus-wellness-trnd/index.html The CNN article covers how globally, domestic violence is on the rise as families and partners are forced to be home with abusers. Communities with stay-at-home orders in the US are already seeing increased reports of domestic violence. Gun sales are rising in the country. In a time where staying at home is critical … Read more
