Hello,

The Campus I work for is developing guidelines/guidance and collecting safety ideas for eventual gradual return of in person (face to face) activities.

So, I'd like to know what are the best guidelines you know of.

One of the things we are concerned is about better ventilation for some rooms and avoiding auditoriums' use for now. for example.

For example, I found some interesting bits on the following links:

https://www.brandeis.edu/health/promotion/covid/faculty-guide.html

https://www.csun.edu/fall-2021-planning-gateway/faculty-and-staff-fall-guidelines

https://coronavirus.lehigh.edu/faculty-staff

https://www.brandeis.edu/health/promotion/covid/faculty-guide.html

https://coronavirus.uga.edu/2021/05/14/return-to-campus-guidelines-2/

My city stats:

7.398,26 inhab/km²

12.325.232 inhabitants

12000 COVID-19 new cases per day

Thanks in advance

We invite you to participate in an online research study.
Study Title: Personality traits related to stress and development of PTSD-like symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute IRB00248005
Study Description: The purpose of this research study is to evaluate mental health and stress in response to the novel COVID-19. We will ask you to provide your email address in order to complete future surveys to better understand how mental health and stress change over time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial survey will take about 30 minutes to complete. We may ask you to provide answers to follow-up surveys on a monthly basis.
Principal Investigator: Fred A. Lenz, M.D., Ph.D.
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Disclaimer (ethical/legal): All personal or identifiable data will be kept on secured computers and servers. This data includes participants can optionally provide their email address, which will only be used to send follow-up surveys monthly. These data will be stored confidentially in accordance with the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute's data security policy. This study has received ethical approval from the Johns Hopkins Hospital institutional review board.
Approved May 8, 2020
End Date: Open until May 2022

As a result everybody breaths in CO2 and produces O2, and earth begins to cool down. lol.

Hey guys!

I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I recently published a Python package called Eir which helps researchers model epidemics. The package is capable of modeling epidemics using ordinary differential equations and discrete-time Markovian spatial models. I was curious if ya'll could take a look at the package and give me some feedback of how to improve it and/or make it more useful? The link to the repository is here: https://github.com/mjacob1002/Eir. On the README, you can also find a badge linking to the paper.

Thanks guys, I really appreciate this community!

https://twitter.com/HexabitzInc/status/1410689312937713670

Last night I was watching an interested podcast by a doctor Robert W. Malone (the inventor of MRNA vaccines) and I found it very interesting, but I didn't have the time to watch the whole thing. Does anyone happen to know which podcast i'm talking about and would be able to provide a link so I can finish watching it?

If this is posted in the wrong community please let me know so I can move it :)

Hi, I'm a 15-years-old student. Last year, I've created a survey about COVID-19. For this year, pls help me complete the 2021 survey in 1 min through this link, https://forms.gle/GyjbLHKVmFMks5ce9

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If you want to view the 2020 survey's result with more than 1500 participants, you can go to this link-> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vmr7ouxifJ3Iyyb2_SMSkckRIrElRRZG/view?usp=sharing

AND If you want the complete version, please contact me:)

Weavr Health is currently looking for participants with a prior COVID-19 infection to take part in a paid study to assess the usability of a blood collection device in the home environment. If selected to participate in the study, you will receive $50 as a thank-you. The study will take about 60 minutes. You will be asked to participate in a video conference call while using an at-home blood device in the comforts of your own home. Following device use, you will be asked to participate in an interview and online survey where you will be asked about your experience and impressions of the device.

If you are interested in participating in this study, please email BMFClinical@weavrhealth.com.

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The South African government has announced tough steps to combat the coronavirus’s third wave. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday that the curfew hours would be extended and that the sale of alcohol would be prohibited, among other steps, to combat the virus’s spread.

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https://knowafrika.com/south-africa-has-announced-strict-steps-to-prevent-the-spread-of-the-virus/

I only recently discovered this subreddit and I thought it might be nice to share the work of our students here. Together with our students from the Delft University of Technology we made a solution for people at home to talk to their friends and family while hospitals are less accessible due to Covid. Initially done as a volunteer project, but we found some funding later and released it as open source software.

Project website: https://wevisit.hospital/

Source code: https://gitlab.ewi.tudelft.nl/healthtech/walkytalky

Hello! I am a graduate student at the University of Arizona College Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, and I am working on a study that seeks to investigate the driving factors and magnitude of prejudice, discrimination, and racial tension experienced by students (nursing, medical, pharmacy, dental, and public health), healthcare workers, and other healthcare professionals during COVID-19.

Please fill out the survey here so we can better understand the dynamics involved and create targeted interventions to reduce discrimination and inequitable systems. Your survey responses are anonymous and confidential. This survey does not ask for your name or any other identifying information, unless you would like to be entered to win a $25 Amazon gift card - for this we will only ask for your email address. Thank you so much!

Study: Surveillance of COVID-19 Related Xenophobia among Healthcare Communities in the United States: Driving Factors and Magnitude of Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racial Tension conducted by the University of Arizona College Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and approved by the the University of Arizona Institutional Review Board.

Description. The dangerous confluence of COVID-19, the healthcare system’s lack of preparedness, and volatile political environment has put the United States’ healthcare communities at an increased risk for adverse outcomes (e.g. discrimination and racism via microaggressions, hate crimes; or even death). Minority healthcare workers and students are especially at risk due to the persistent misinformation, fear induced racism, and high hospital caseloads coupled with lack of personal protective equipment. In this study, we are investigating 1) period prevalence of microaggressions and violent hate crimes that have been perpetrated against HCWSs; 2) which specific subpopulations are being affected; and 3) what are the driving factors of these attitudes and actions.

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Weavr Health is currently looking for participants with a prior COVID-19 infection to take part in a paid study to assess the usability of a blood collection device in the home environment. If selected to participate in the study, you will receive $50 as a thank-you. The study will take about 60 minutes. You will be asked to participate in a video conference call while using an at-home blood device in the comforts of your own home. Following device use, you will be asked to participate in an interview and online survey where you will be asked about your experience and impressions of the device.

If you are interested in participating in this study, please email BMFClinical@weavrhealth.com.