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  • Kansas City's WWI Museum is avoiding layoffs by giving employees thousands of pages from its archives to digitize

    By assigning employees to digitization projects, the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, continues to operate even while day-to-day visitors stay home. To prevent staff from losing their jobs, the Museum has assigned teams to transcribe documents and letters. By shifting their priority, from interacting with visitors to processing collections, the Museum is able to make of its materials accessible to the public and researchers online.

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  • USC community uses 3D printing to combat medical equipment shortage during COVID-19 pandemic

    Hospitals throughout the United States are facing a shortage of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, but communities are trying to help fill the gap. One solution being piloted at universities such as USC is the use of 3D printers to create 3D-printed masks as back-ups at healthcare facilities.

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  • Allina Health's Tablet Stands Could Help Preserve PPE Supplies

    In Minnesota, hospitals in the Allina Health system are using tablets and stands for doctors to speak with their patients in an effort to cut down on the need to use various kinds of personal protective equipment like masks and gloves. With the tablets, doctors and nurses can virtually check in on patients nearby from the safety of a kiosk.

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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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  • 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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  • In COVID-19 economy, Southwest Florida farms, restaurants band together to offer solutions

    Farms in Southwest Florida are facing a decline in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic forcing restaurants and farmer's markets to close and social distancing to be mandated. To stay afloat, some farmers are "adding onsite markets to their fields and teaming with restaurants-cum-grocery-services," while others are joining together to offer grocery delivery or grab-and-go-vegetable boxes direct from the farms.

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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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  • Covid-19: Virus-stricken cities go digital to boost solidarity, wellbeing

    Within weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak in cities around the world, online communities flourished as places people used to combat feelings of isolation and to promote community spirits. Virtual parties, educational seminars, and online cultural events connected people across borders and within neighborhoods. In Spain, an early virus hotspot, Nextdoor users created 10 times more neighborhood groups than usual. In Berlin, the city’s vibrant nightlife went digital with about 250 clubs combining to livestream DJ sets every evening.

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  • ‘There Will Be Enough for Everyone': Berlin Distributes €500 Million to Artists and Freelancers Within Four Days of Launching Its Grant Program

    In Berlin, Germany, the local government acted rapidly to deploy 500 million euros worth of grant money to freelancers and small businesses within days of setting up the fund. Despite a rocky launch and some residual concerns over data breaches, the grants, ranging from 5,000 euros to 15,000, have kept the local economy afloat for now.

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  • Travel the great indoors for a glimpse of your city's natural world

    Across India, as people are spending more time at home because of restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals in increasing numbers are turning to new ways to connect to nature and each other. They are using their time at home to observe nature out their windows, and in doing so, they are sharing their findings on places like eBird, which “depend on public contribution of data for scientific research.”

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