Heroes of the Pandemic

Erica,
I'm not sure what to call this project... nor what to enter in google to find these heroes. Most of the sites I have looked at don't list specific people, Many sites have quotes by people from different places that are working on vaccines or cures, so don't know if they are to be included.

Also, since they are living, will they be visible in Geni???

We’d make MPs. How about “heroes of the Pandemic” as a title?

I’m going to ask my brother, who has an interest in infectious diseases, for a list, but already coming to mind are categories:

- Community response, such as the people of Italy making music together from their balconies (tearing up). How did this brilliance happen?

- Smart government. Including Gov’s Inslee, Cuomo, Newsome, the Pres of Ireland ...

- Public health officials, such as Falci.

- Innovative reporting. There’s a gal called Caroline (Chen, I think) who’s doing great work.

- “the race for the cure” (the vaccine chasers)

....

Erica, is this what you are looking for??? It will be a work in progress once it becomes a project & hopefully others will add to it. If this is what you want, I will go ahead and make it a project. Please add anything you feel it needs, esp. the "Intro". Please make any modifications you feel are necessary.

Heroes of the COVID-19 Pandemic

==Please add people, events, actions, etc. to this evolving project==

Health care experts and scientists, governments are working around the clock to try to deal with this pandemic. Many are working on vaccines, cures. Please add those who would be appropriate for these areas. For those living, their profiles can be made MP.

If any other titles appropriate for this heading, please feel free to add it to this project. Heroes come in many ways and forms. As this disease progresses more ideas for categories may come to mind.

===Community response, such as:===
* The people of Italy making music together from their balconies (tearing up). How did this brilliance happen?

===Smart government===
* [Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington Jay R Inslee, Washington Governor]. See: https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/news-media

* [Andrew Cuomo, 56th Governor of New York Governor Andrew M Cuomo] Governor Cuomo announces New York City, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk schools will close this week in an effort to limit the spread of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. See:
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news

* [Gavin Newsom, 40th Governor of California Governor Gavin C Newsome] Called for all bars, wineries, nightclubs and brewpubs to close in the nation's most populous state and urged seniors and people with chronic conditions to isolate themselves at home in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus. See: https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/mar/15/gov-newsom-speak-about-califo...

* [Michael D. Higgins, 9th President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland] The government announced an unprecedented shutdown of schools, colleges and public facilities until at least 29 March. St Patrick’s celebrations in Ireland and elsewhere have been cancelled in response to the spread of Covid-19. See: https://www.thejournal.ie/michael-d-higgins-st-patrick-message-coro...

* On March 8, 2020, the Italian Government implemented extraordinary measures to limit viral transmission—including restricting movement in the region of Lombardy—that intended to minimize the likelihood that people who are not infected come into contact with people who are infected. See: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)...

From: https://www.ft.com/content/64d54c97-6c8d-31e3-848c-be0e93cadc52 Financial Times - Coronavirus: Hundreds of scientists question UK outbreak strategy-as it happened. 14 Mar 2020]

** Rita Tamasuniene, Lithuania's interior minister. Lithuania became the latest EU country to close its borders to foreigners in an attempt to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The reintroduction of border controls follows similar measures on Friday night by neighboring Poland as well as Denmark and the Czech Republic. (See also: [https://vrm.lrv.lt/en/news/what-you-need-to-know-about-coronavirus-... Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania – What you need to know about coronavirus (COVID-19)]

** [Erna Solberg Erna Solberg, Prime minister of Norway]. Norway advised against all non-essential travel on Saturday.

** The Spanish cabinet is on Saturday due to formally impose a state of alert - which will allow the government to take control of factories and impose restrictions on the freedom of movement - after which Pedro Sánchez, prime minister is set to outline what steps he will take with the new powers. The regions of Madrid, Catalonia and Galicia have already ordered almost all commerce to close other than shops selling food and pharmaceuticals. (By Tony Tassell. 14 Mar 2020 ) ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_S%C3%A1nchez Wikipedia - Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón])

** Vietnam Airlines is to begin flying empty planes from three cities in Europe, taking passengers only in the opposite direction, in a move the state-owned carrier said it was taking to slow the spread of coronavirus and protect public health. (By John Reed. 14 Mar 2020)

** Jerome Adams, US Surgeon General, has called on hospitals and healthcare centers to halt elective procedures as the country deals with the worsening Covid-19 outbreak. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Adams Wikipedia – Jerome Adams])

===Public health officials, such as===
* Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy & infectious Disease ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci Wikipedia – Anthony Fauci])

===Innovative reporting===
* There’s a gal called Caroline (Chen, I think) who’s doing great work.

=== “The race for the cure” (the vaccine chasers)===

Health care experts and scientists are working around the clock to try to find a vaccine or cure.

* Jeremy Smith – governor’s chair at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and director of the University of Tennessee Oak Ridge National Laboratory Center for Molecular Biophysics. ([https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/molecular-biophys... Rolling Stone – How some molecular biophysicists are trying to find a cure for COVID-19. BY EJ Dickson])
* Kelvin Droegemeier (b. 23 Sep 1958)– White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In an open letter, the advisers asked the publishers to make data available through PubMed Central, a free archive of medical and life science research, or through other sources such as the World Health Organization's Covid database. The other countries whose officials signed the letter are: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, and the UK. ([https://www.wired.com/story/global-officials-call-free-access-covid... Wired – Global Officials Call for Free Access to Covid-19 Research. By: Klint Finley. 3 Mar 2020])
* Dr Alessandro Sette - a professor in the Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research at LJI. “Right now, we have limited information about which pieces of the virus elicit a solid human response. Knowing the immunogenicity of certain viral regions, or in other words, which parts of the virus the immune system reacts to and how strongly, is of immediate relevance for the design of promising vaccine candidates and their evaluation.” ([https://www.drugtargetreview.com/news/57328/researchers-work-to-cre... Drug Target Review – Researchers work to create a Covid-19 viral epitope map])
* Dr. Alan Rudolph, vice president for bio-science research at Colorado State University. ([https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/coronavirus/research... The Denver Cannel.com – Researchers working to develop COVID-19 vaccine at Colorado State University. By: Russell Haythorn. 9 Mar 2020])

===Resources & Additional Reading:===
* [https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/molecular-biophys... Rolling Stone – How some molecular biophysicists are trying to find a cure for COVID-19. BY EJ Dickson]
* [https://www.livescience.com/can-coronavirus-be-cured.html Live Science – Is there a cure for the new coronavirus? By: Stephanie Pappas. Updated 14 Mar 2020]
* [https://www.wired.com/story/global-officials-call-free-access-covid... Wired – Global Officials Call for Free Access to Covid-19 Research. By: Klint Finley. 3 Mar 2020]

Excellent, let’s do it.

I don't know where to put the projects for: Heroes of the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.geni.com/projects/Heroes-of-the-COVID-19-Pandemic/1311369

And I don't know which discussion to put it in so others will be aware of it.

Need a photo for it also...

Sorry to be so needy with this project. I am sure you are very busy with other Geni issues.

Infectious Diseases. Medical portal. I’m sure others will come up to relate the project to. I’ll look for images also.

Thank you Erica and Pat. Always hard at work. Will join for sure. Getting bad here in South Africa now as well.

J

Pat I will try and get something on South Africa. The President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced SA's Covid as a pandeminc last night to the nation. School will be closing on Wednesday instead of Friday and will only reopen the 14 week in April instead of the 31st Of March. All major sport events i.e. The Two Oceans Marathon (World wide participants), Cape Cycling race and all events and gathering exceeding 100 people.
All but 2 of our Universities is still open today. Classes will be offered via internet until further notice.

Horrible situation.

Judi

Erica Howton, Private,
Thanks for all of your help. This was a challenging project to create for me, so any help is appreciated!!!

Erica, I like the photo you found.

Can we find the articles on the Italian impromptu community “concerts?”

Patricia Ann Scoggin I am including a few links to articles relating SA. This morning all schools closed for a month and also all the Universities. Students have until 10 am on Thursday morning to evacuate their room.
This morning also an announcement that all no events of more than 50 people allowed.

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-16-covid-19-a-guide...

http://www.nicd.ac.za/covid-19-update-17/

http://www.nicd.ac.za/our-services/proficiency-testing-schemes/

And then there is this one on World Wide.
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/glo...

Will see what I can find further. Also keep you posted on people who die.

Judi

A state of emergency was just declared in Ontario, Canada. This allows the government to put together emergency funding without passing a budget bill.

* From: [https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Israeli-scientists-In-three-we... The Jerusalem Post - Israeli scientists: “In a few weeks, we will have coronavirus vaccine”. By: Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, 15 Mar 2020]

** Israeli scientists are on the cusp of developing the first vaccine against the novel coronavirus, according to Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis. If all goes as planned, the vaccine could be ready within a few weeks and available in 90 days, according to a release.
** “Congratulations to MIGAL [The Galilee Research Institute] on this exciting breakthrough,” Akunis said. “I am confident there will be further rapid progress, enabling us to provide a needed response to the grave global COVID-19 threat,” Akunis said, referring to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
** Once the vaccine is developed, it will take at least 90 days to complete the regulatory process and potentially more to enter the marketplace.

I have added the above to the Heroes project. I hope you will read the whole article as it is very interesting. I wonder how long it will take to be available world wide???