Ways to Take Action:
The posts below talk about ways that you can take action. There is some older content below the posts which is a little more dated but still quite relevant.
Action: Ask your local government to be more strict.
Ask your government to enforce “shelter in place” more stringently and even find a democratic way to lock your community down. Wuhan China implemented a lockdown and crushed the epidemic. If we want to avoid lots of pain, we need to find a way to do something similar.
Action: Help those less fortunate than you- it’s good for them, for you, and for your community.
If you are young, not susceptible, and healthy, volunteer at a food bank or help deliver groceries to someone who is susceptible or someone whose is having difficulty practicing social isolation. If you are susceptible, donate money to projects helping those in need right now. There are many stories about how this crisis will hit those living on the edge the hardest, but in addition know that when the virus hits those communities, it will ricochet right back into your life.
Action: Ask your local government to give you the information that matters to you.
Your local government should be letting you know at what date the local hospitals will be at capacity. Your local government should be letting you know its estimates of the deaths in your community based on current trends. Your local government should be giving you feedback showing you whether the drastic actions that you are taking are making a difference.
My apologies for the messiness of the links below. My wife scooped together a number of links that she thought would be good for action for this site. I wanted to get them out there and I’ll go through and organize and cull them and put them in the right places on this site. Another night.
Understanding Exponential Growth:
Charts:
Covid-19 Projections
https://covid19.healthdata.org/?fbclid=IwAR1QSJZvz69TawhC6kL4qGYTHT0RnK1TgG3tu4_OrRF0L_J54Dbfmk-zccU
Ways to Help:
Encourage people to be counted in 2020 Census:
Chronicle Season of Sharing - COVID-19 Response - a reputable way to donate money to get essential cash to those in need in the Bay Area:
https://seasonofsharing.org/covid19/
National Blood Shortage - Give Blood
https://www.redcross.org/give-blood.html
#GiveForAGay - Blood drive on April 7 and April 30 in SF
https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/find-drive
Code: senatorwiener
Howl for Healthcare Workers Every Night at 8pm, organize your neighbors
https://www.kron4.com/health/coronavirus/howling-for-healthcare-workers-across-the-bay-area/
Make Your Own PPE Mask:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/opinion/coronavirus-n95-mask.html
Mask Template - PDF:
YouTube Tutorial for Face Mask:
DYI Instructables Tutorial:
https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Cloth-Face-Mask/
Financial Assistance
And for those IN NEED of Personal or Business Financial Assistance:
https://seasonofsharing.org/for-those-in-need/
Small Business Government Financial Assistance Resources:
https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/PPP--Fact-Sheet.pdf
Unemployment Insurance Information:
https://www.edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/Filing_a_Claim.htm
Federal Stimulus Package Overview:
https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-stimulus-package-questions-answers.html
To Wear or Not to Wear a Face Mask:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/health/coronavirus-masks-experts-debate/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/health/cdc-masks-coronavirus.html
For Your Listening Edificatoin and/or Pleasure:
Why the US is Running Out of Medical Supplies
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus-medical-supplies-shortages.html
A Kid’s Guid to Coronavirus
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/podcasts/the-daily/kids-coronavirus.html
A Historic Stimulus Bill
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus-stimulus-congress.html
Fresh Air Interview with Atlantic Author, Ed Yong. "Fighting COVID-19 Is Like “Whack-a-Mole’"