COVID-19 pandemic - how can we help?

A presentation at All The Talks by Sasha Rosenbaum

Sasha Rosenbaum Sr. Product Manager @GitHub @DivineOps

I am a human who cares

COVID-19 Pandemic

APRIL 15TH, 2020 #ALLTHETALKS

Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team Study

Flattening the curve

Effects of the pandemic (current and forecasted) — Effects of the pandemic (current and forecasted)
High mortality rate Potential Positives: Health care systems overload Air pollution reduction Economic slow down Acceptance of remote work Disruption of travel Deregulation of remote healthcare services Dramatic rise in unemployment Accelerated medical research Lack of childcare Communities, corporations and governments contributing to significant relief efforts School closures Rise in xenophobia and racism Increase in domestic violence April 15th, 2020 #AllTheTalks

Nurses and midwives from around the world tell us what it’s like to fight COVID-19

How can you help?

Take care of yourself And your family

Self care isn't selfish

If you want to be happy, practice compassion. - Dalai Lama

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Dalai Lama

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito
Dalai Lama

Health benefits of giving

You can donate — You can donate
You can donate:
Money
Time
Resources

What are the options? (Links at the end)

Volunteer in your community

Volunteer in your community — Volunteer in your community
Food banks Grocery shopping for neighbors Hospital support Phone support lines Blood donations
https://www.volunteermatch.org/covid19

Volunteer online — Volunteer online
OSS projects summary https://github.blog/2020-03-23-open-collaboration-on-covid-19/

Example open source project — Example open source project
https://github.com/jakobzhao/virus COVID-19: Novel Coronavirus Infection Map

Folding at Home — Folding at Home
Folding@home is a distributed-computing project that uses the personal computers of volunteers to model molecular dynamics for, among other things, computational drug design.
https://foldingathome.org/2020/02/27/foldinghome-takes-up-the-fight-against-covid-19-2019-ncov/

Donate to a charity focused on COVID-19 response — Donate to a charity focused on COVID-19 response
All The Talks Online conference is donating to the World Health Organization COVID-19 response fund. There are many other charities currently focused on supporting the response efforts, such as Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross, and local charities.

WHO COVID-19 response — WHO COVID-19 response
Global response coordination Millions of boxes of protective equipment Public information resources Medical research investments Crisis response capacity
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/donate

Donate to your favorite charity (not focused on COVID-19)

Charities face a fund-raising crisis — Charities face a fund-raising crisis
Most charities get a significant percentage of their donations through fundraising events, which have now been canceled. The cause you were donating to before now needs you more than ever!
Some companies also do donation matches – check if your employer does that
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/16/charities-face-cash-crisis-as-virus-fears-hit-fundraising

Encourage corporate support

Companies are making significant contributions to support the COVID-19 response — Companies are making significant contributions to support the COVID-19 response
On March 5th, Microsoft announced it would continue to pay hourly workers that support its campuses. Amazon, Expedia, Facebook, Twitter, Google and Salesforce later followed suit.
Microsoft is donating the food normally served in its cafeterias to local school children National School Lunch Program.
Donating GitHub compute capacity to help find a drug treatment
CVS delivers prescriptions for free, allows refills more than 30 days in advance
Uber Eats waves delivery fees, GrubHub delays delivery fees for independent restaurants
One example coverage article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhessekiel/2020/03/11/companies-taking-first-steps-to-support-covid-19-response-efforts/#261c3b2f6f8f

Stay Home - Save Lives — Stay Home - Save Lives
https://www.stayhomesavelives.us/home

Every generation has its moment - WHO video

Links to resources below: — Links to resources below:
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/3/18/21184992/coronavirus-covid-19-flu-comparison-chart
https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-flatten-the-curve.html
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/16/charities-face-cash-crisis-as-virus-fears-hit-fundraising
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/world-health-organization-coronavirus-response-975543/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhessekiel/2020/03/11/companies-taking-first-steps-to-support-covid-19-response-efforts/#52e145836f8f
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/volunteering-happiness-depression-live-longer_n_3804274
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-giving-is-good-for-your-health/

Links to resources below: — Links to resources below:
https://github.blog/2020-03-23-open-collaboration-on-covid-19/
https://foldingathome.org/2020/02/27/foldinghome-takes-up-the-fight-against-covid-19-2019-ncov/
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/donate
https://www.volunteermatch.org/covid19

Sasha Rosenbaum
@divineops

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The COVID-19 pandemic affects every one of us, and we are just beginning to understand the potential impact of this crisis. Today, we are a global community, interconnected in a myriad ways. How can we bond together to keep the world safe, and protect the vulnerable?