Flatten the Curve

For the latest info, please check out the CDC’s COVID-19 Coverage

Resources

This is a community maintained list of resources. We have done our best to provide guidelines to include only trusted sources, but these are NOT verified by out scientific team

If you want to contribute to this list, you can do it here.

General

Safe handling and decontamination

Guidelines for receiving food, clothes, deliveries and coming inside.

Loss of sense of smell as marker of COVID-19 infection

The professional membership body representing Ear, Nose and Throat surgery in the UK is suggesting loss of smell without other symptoms may be a sign of mild COVID-19 infection.

COVID-19 Open-Source Helpdesk

This place is for domain experts fighting COVID-19 who make use of open-source software in their work. Ask questions to get help from the authors and maintainers of the main packages open-source scientific computing stack, so that you don’t block on issues that we could fix easily.

Data Against COVID-19

You – clinicians, virologists, immunologists – are working around the clock to combat the epidemic. We – machine learners, bioinformaticians, epidemiologists, statisticians – are eager to help. This is the place to post your data and give us tasks: answer your questions, analyze your data, make predictions. Just remember that to help you, we need data. If you’re unsure where to begin,

Corona Virus – Full Fact – News checking organisation

Full Fact fights bad information. We’re a team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm it does.

Coronavirus: the science explained

Coronavirus: the science explained lays out the evidence and the facts about the virus, the disease, the epidemic, and its control.

This website will be regularly updated with the latest science information behind the coronavirus outbreak.

The following pages lay out the evidence and the facts about the virus, the disease, the epidemic, and its control. Please note, they are not intended as a source of health advice or official policy – please see the About section for more details.

COVID-19 Research Search Engine

As of March 23, our COVID-19 research database contains 1255 articles (and counting) within the 2380 references selected by the WHO in its Global Research on COVID-19 list.

COVID-19 Spread vs Healthcare Capacity

Modeling COVID-19 Spread vs Healthcare Capacity

Covid19 day by day

Symptoms of covid19 day by day.

The statistics come from this WHO report

Epidemic Calculator

This calculator implements a classical infectious disease model — SEIR (Susceptible -> Exposed -> Infected -> Removed), an idealized model of spread still used in frontlines of research

World Health Organization

World Heath Organization information on Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Statistics and Research

“We present information on the number of deaths and cases; on why we should focus on how quickly those numbers double, not on the numbers themselves; on the prevalence of testing, and why that is important for understanding the disease; and what we can and can’t know about how lethal COVID-19 really is. We’ll also explain where we get our data from and why.”

from https://ourworldindata.org/about: “Our World in Data and the SDG-Tracker are collaborative efforts between researchers at the University of Oxford, who are the scientific editors of the website content; and the non-profit organization Global Change Data Lab, who publishes and maintains the website and the data tools that make our work possible. At the University of Oxford we are based at the Oxford Martin Programme on Global Development.”

If you’d rather have visualizations only, those are on https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data

Brief video explaining why flattening the curve is important

Very nice video for lay people explaining exponential growth & #FlattenTheCurve concepts

Co-MASK

We invite you to join a global project to create fabric masks that promote hope, humanity, and hygiene practices in time of crisis. Collaborating across borders, we want to raise awareness about the risks of COVID-19 infection and the need for physical distancing and self-isolation, while advocating solidarity with the most vulnerable in our global community.

Coronavirus: the science explained

Coronavirus: the science explained’ lays out the evidence and the facts about the virus, the disease, the epidemic, and its control; regularly updated with the latest science information behind the coronavirus outbreak.

MakerMask

MakerMask is a source for science-based mask designs for community makers to combat the spread of COVID-19. It is important that we use the best information possible to help protect ourselves and our communities. The MakerMask designs use latex-free, water-resistant materials that are likely to provide improved protection over cotton and elastic. We need makers/sewists/helpers of all abilities to begin ramping up production to meet community needs.

Illustrated primer or coronavirus

This course was written to help people with low health and science literacy be more prepared for the COVID-19 epidemic.

Brief19

Brief19 is a daily roundup of covid-19 research and policy, curated, written, and edited by medical and science experts working on the frontlines. It was created to help other frontline doctors, who are especially time-deficient, stay up to date on relevant news without having to sift through numerous resources. We’re primarily Twitter-based but the website continues to evolve.

Children’s storybook about covid19

A dragon, Ario, explains how children can protect themselves, their families and friends from coronavirus and how to manage difficult emotions when confronted with a new and rapidly changing reality.

WHO myth busters for COVID-19

This is the general myth busters from the WHO.

Argentina

Ministerio de Salud de la Nación

Información, recomendaciones del Ministerio de Salud de la Nación y medidas de prevención.

Global

COVID-19 Tracking and Projections

Allowing non technical users to compare their country with other situations around the world. We present configurable cumulative graph curves. We compare your countries current status with other countries who have already been at your level and show you where they’ve ended up. We are working on extending the comparison to work for regions within one country. The data is provided via JHU.

Genomic Epidemiology of Novel Coronavirus

Phylogenetic map tracking real time changes in the nCoV genome. Provides insight into geographic spread.

Greece

Νέος κορωνοϊός Covid-19 – Οδηγίες

National guidelines for the Greek general public and medical professionals

USA

COVID Tracking Project

The COVID Tracking Project collects information from 50 US states, the District of Columbia, and 5 other US territories to provide the most comprehensive testing data.

Official Covid-19 NJ Info Hub

This hub page for NJ keeps track of all new cases separated by counties, latest orders signed by the governor and what residents and businesses should do to keep safe.

COVID-19 Collective Care

general resources & mutual aid groups

COVID-19 Resources for Students

COVID-19 Resources for Students

US COVID-19 Mutual Aid Resources

Google folders by state

Why you must act now – By State

CovidActNow.org was created by a team of data scientists, engineers, and designers in partnership with epidemiologists, public health officials, and political leaders to help understand how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect their region.

This tool is built to enable political leaders to quickly make decisions in their Coronavirus response informed by best available data and modeling.

We built this tool to answer critically important questions such as:

What will the impact be in my region be and when can I expect it? How long until my hospital system is under severe pressure? What is my menu of interventions, and how will they address the spread of Coronavirus?

The COVID Tracking Project

The COVID Tracking Project collects and publishes the most complete testing data available for US states and territories.

Where to Safely Shop during Covid-19

A group of Cambridge residents have come together to help people decide where they can safely shop. The goal is to encourage businesses to comply with containment policies to minimize the spread of COVID-19 virus in our community, and help keep their customers and employees safe. See best practices, and better yet, sign this petition to get more PPE to grocery stores.

IHME’s COVID-19 projections

These projections show demand for hospital services in each state and show the expected progress of the epidemic in US states.

Intubation Box

The Intubation Box works by sitting over the head and shoulders of a patient as they are intubated by a provider. The box acts as a protective shield between the patient and medical staff, thereby hopefully minimizing the medical staff’s exposure to Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Health Map

The map above shows you how much influenza-like illness above the normal expected levels we have detected since March 1.

AARP Mutual Aid Group Finder

AARP’s new Community Connections website helps people find local mutual aid groups. Across the country, people are organizing online mutual aid groups to stay connected, share ideas, and help those in need. Whether you want to start a group, find a group, or even request a friendly call from one of our volunteers, we can help you connect with people in your community.

Mutual Aid Hub Map and Finder

The Town Hall Project, a US 501C3, created the Mutual Aid Hub (a map and finder) to highlight the incredible work of mutual aid organizers around the country, and to facilitate connections and shared strategies in this growing movement of community support.

Coronavirus Statistics You Need to Know

This guide covers helpful information and data points about testing, symptoms, and recovery for COVID-19.

United Kingdom

COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care in adults

The purpose of this guideline is to maximise the safety of patients who need critical care during the COVID-19 pandemic, while protecting staff from infection. It will also enable services to make the best use of NHS resources.