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  • For those frustrated with vaccine system, a crew of volunteers is ready to help

    March 02, 2021 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    A community effort is underway in Massachusetts to help people secure Covid-19 vaccination appointments, despite a confusing government roll-out system. The Massachusetts COVID Vaccination Help volunteer group is composed of volunteers from across the state, who are using their free time to help individuals schedule appointments. Although there are concerns about privacy, users thus far have commended the group's persistence and success in booking appointments.

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  • ‘There's so much gratitude': engineer who created viral vaccine site for $50

    March 01, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Frustrated with the Covid-19 vaccination system in New York, a local software engineer created a "much-needed vaccination appointment-finding bot" that shares available times and locations on a website and Twitter. Although the website was not built "in the way that modern websites are supposed to be built," it has still been extremely popular and users have reported successfully booking appointments because of it.

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  • Baking Homemade Bread Becomes a Public Good

    February 25, 2021 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Kirkland, Washington

    A community effort to help provide food to those who are food insecure during the pandemic has brought together local bakers to bake bread for food banks. The initiative, known as Community Loaves, has amassed 700 volunteers and donated 15,000 loaves to 11 food pantries across the Seattle area, and is now also gaining momentum in Oregon.

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  • An Evanston Teen Saw How Hard It Was For The Elderly To Find Vaccines, So He Built A Website To Help

    February 21, 2021 |

    WBEZ |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Evanston, Illinois

    When a teenager in Evanston, Illinois realized that senior citizens were facing difficulties securing Covid vaccination appointments due to technology barriers, he created a website to help eliminate some of the technological barriers. The site aggregates available appointments in the area so seniors don't have to go searching for them, which has consequently helped reduce stress for users of the website.

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  • How some frustrated COVID-19 vaccine hunters are trying to fix a broken system

    February 17, 2021 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Retired software engineers in Washington have joined together and created a website that aggregates all available COVID vaccine appointments by using "screen scrapers." Although the site doesn't allow the visitor to book an appointment, it has routinely averaged "10,000 visits a day from anxious shot hunters."

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  • A Vienne, les cafés rouvrent leurs portes pour les étudiants confinés

    February 10, 2021 |

    Libération |

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    Response Location: Austria, Vienna

    Afin de réduire le mal-être des étudiants et leur permettre de travailler en toute sécurité, en pleine crise sanitaire, des cafés Viennois ouvrent leur porte aux jeunes. Entre décembre 2020 et février 2021, plus d’un millier de tables a été réservé.

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  • PPE for the People

    February 10, 2021 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Belarus

    During the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, volunteers across Belarus worked together to collect and deliver personal protective equipment to frontline workers, despite the Belarusian government denying the spread of the coronavirus. Using social media to organize, the volunteers "served as a kind of SWAT team able to bypass the bureaucracy to obtain the necessary equipment."

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  • N.Y.'s Vaccine Websites Weren't Working. He Built a New One for $50.

    February 09, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Online volunteer assistance efforts in New York have played a crucial role in the dissemination of the COVID-19 vaccine, while city and state appointment systems have caused confusion or created barriers for many. Although these efforts can't address all barriers, such as lack of computer access or literacy, they have been used by thousands of people each day to find available appointment times.

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  • When church goes online: Battle Creek congregation finds opportunity in pandemic imposed alternative

    January 28, 2021 |

    Second Wave Michigan |

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    Response Location: United States, Battle Creek, Michigan

    In Battle Creek, Michigan, a church has turned to holding online Sunday service during the pandemic, and in doing so, has gained a larger congregation. While there are limitations to attending online services, and some don't feel like "Internet-based connections" are real, around 200 people still attend each online service, including some individuals from overseas.

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  • How Promotoras De Salud Are Fighting Vaccine Conspiracies In Chicago's Latino Communities

    January 26, 2021 |

    WBEZ |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Promotoras de salud, also known as community health workers, are helping to connect Latino immigrants with reliable and factual information about COVID-19. Using a peer-to-peer outreach model, a team of seven promotoras de salud from Centro San Bonifacio have "interacted with more than 4,000 Spanish speakers in Chicago."

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