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Your Zoom Interrogation Is About To Start

Eli Hager

July 20, 2020 |

The Marshall Project |

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Response Location: United States

Traditional police interrogation tactics that emphasize invading someone’s personal space to increase anxiety, read body language, and prompt confessions have had to undergo changes during the pandemic, some of which offer new advantages. While police say they lose some needed leverage to do their jobs when interviews are conducted through masks, outdoors in public, or via teleconferencing screens, the workarounds encourage taping of all interviews and more transparency when the public can observe how police work.

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What the Coronavirus Proved About Homelessness

Yasmeen Serhan

July 18, 2020 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, England

Britain's response to curbing the spread of coronavirus included the "Bring everyone in" operation which brought people experiencing homelessness off the streets and into accommodation - typically empty hotel rooms. Temporary shelter proved effective with only 16 deaths among those who were brought indoors. People were also given services that could lead to a life off the streets. The success demonstrated the ability of the government to quickly house people when political will and money were put toward solving the problem.

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South Korea's Key Weapon to Stop the Pandemic? Smartphones

Dasl Yoon

July 16, 2020 |

Wall Street Journal |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: South Korea

In South Korea, the government is using smartphone technology, including various independent apps and text messaging, to implement contact tracing. This has enabled the country's economy to avoid a full shutdown. Early results comparing South Korea to other countries shows that this digital strategy is just as successful as implementing complete lockdowns.

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Why Rwanda Is Doing Better Than Ohio When It Comes To Controlling COVID-19

Jason Beaubien

July 15, 2020 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Rwanda

Rwanda, a country with the same population of Ohio, has emerged as an example of how to slow the spread of coronavirus, with only 1,500 cases reported so far. Besides initiating a lockdown, implementing free testing, and recruiting community health care workers, police, and college students to be contact tracers, officials also used "the same structure, same people, same infrastructure and laboratory diagnostics" that had been working to contain the spread of HIV.

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How Taiwan beat the coronavirus

Christina Farr

July 15, 2020 |

CNBC |

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Response Location: Taiwan

Since the outbreak of Covid-19, Taiwan – a country of nearly 24 million people – has reported less than 500 cases and only seven deaths, largely due to the rapid implementation of a public health emergency response plan. By successfully using a combination of quarantine measures, social pressure, technology, and consistent communication, the country was able to begin reopening in May.

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It's still hard for some to access COVID-19 testing; are pop-up test sites the answer?

Conor Morris

July 14, 2020 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

A new initiative in Cleveland, Ohio aims to increase Covid-19 testing access in communities where social determinants of health pose a barrier to accessing testing sites. The initiative, which complements other city-wide efforts to increase testing, is facilitated by a partnership between 17 local churches and the County Board of Health.

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How to Get Contact Tracing Right

Ellie Vance

July 14, 2020 |

Washington Monthly |

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Response Location: United States, New York

During the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, early efforts at contact tracing by different states in the U.S. proved successful when they relied on people instead of applications or software, which showed high rates of failure since people didn't seem to want to participate or download the applications. New York state relied on human contact tracers, specifically those who lived in the neighborhoods they track. "The city’s initiative has shown early success: As of June 16, it had reached 94% of all new positive cases."

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Wine Country's Farmworkers Are Staying Healthy Against All Odds

Hannah Wallace

July 13, 2020 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Willamette Valley, Oregon

¡Salud! mobile clinics were a vital factor in keeping farm workers in Oregon vineyards safe during the national health crisis. The nonprofit is supported by the state's wine industry and has provided primary care wellness checks, vaccinations, and more for decades to workers, the majority of whom do not have any other access to health care. ¡Salud! provided testing and masks early on in addition to information about the importance of masks and social distancing. Translated CDC updates were also sent to the mostly spanish-speaking workers about the constantly-changing guidelines and precautions.

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The US has a lot to learn from Taiwan's Covid fight

Lanhee Chen

July 10, 2020 |

CNN |

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Response Location: Taiwan

When reports of a coronavirus were reported in China, officials in Taiwan wasted no time implementing a plan of action to control the spread within their own region. Having learned from the SARS outbreak of 2003, authorities were prepared to respond to a public health crisis and quickly implemented a transparent and coordinated effort that prioritized testing, contact tracing and isolation.

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How did New Zealand become Covid-19 free?

Anna Jones

July 10, 2020 |

BBC |

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Response Location: New Zealand

When China first reported its first death from Covid-19 New Zealand made the proactive move to restrict entry to anyone coming from or through China. This coupled with an early lockdown and an effective communication plan helped the country to eliminate the virus.

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