= Commons-oriented, P2P-driven, open source initiatives to help combat the outbreak of Covid-19

Key insights

• Physical distancing only mitigates the rate of infection, mass testing, and industrial mobilization, is the only thing that can actually really suppress it, [1]

Resources

See below in the Encyclopedia, but also:

Apps

• Covid Risk, app: "an app to collect and track risks of infection at the individual level, using Bluetooth and GPS data, while (miraculously) safeguarding privacy. [Covid19Risk.com]

Articles

• Robert Raymond in Shareable magazine, a beacon of sharing and collaboration in these trying times, monitoring Disaster Collectivism: Coronavirus catalyzes growing wave of grassroots action despite social distancing

• Brian Davey: Coronavirus, Degrowth and Self Isolation: very good, and summarizes the research linking human social systems to disease vectors

• The birth of Covid-19 mutual aid; UK: Citizen-Led Mutual Aid Groups have sprung up across the country to support those suffering from the effects and threat of the Coronavirus outbreak.

Data

• COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD 19)

Maps

• Une cartographie s'est mise en place pour recenser les initiatives de solidarité locale face à l'épidémie , https://covidentraide.gogocarto.fr/annuaire?#/carte/@45.29,3.21,4z?cat=all

Videos

• Nate Hagens on How the Coronavirus Could Affect the Economy

By Topic

Business and Labor Support

• Government Relief Programs for Small Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Education

• Estonian E-Learning Tools Available for Free During Corona Period

Mental Health Resources

• Corona virus anxiety: "Resources for anxiety and your mental health in a global climate of uncertainty". [2]

Mutual Aid

• Next Door: "I find good ol' Next Door App to be helpful if you want to offer your own services or look for help." [3]

By Country

• France: COVID-Entraide France - Pour partager et référencer vos initiatives de solidarité : https://t.me/joinchat/Kd5EW0kFszT96K7Q32Ohag

• UK: Covid-19 Mutual Aid UK

USA

• Intellihelp: "Cohesive, no-nonsense support community connecting those needing help with those who can give it."

[4]

• List of Mutual Aid Pandemic Disaster Care in the US

For particular places and communities

• Ann Arbor: the Kekere Emergency Childcare Collective has formed as a response to Coronavirus related school closures. The group is striving to organize mutual aid childcare for families

• Oakland: Disability Justice Culture Club: created a Google Doc "linking able-bodied individuals with those who have unique needs" (homeless people, etc..)

• Philadelphia: Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Philly Mutual Aid for folks Affected by Covid-19

Policy

• The Covid19 Emergency Is a Green One: A message to European finance ministers to double down on European Green Deal as the economic response to the Corona-pandemic. By Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Hunter Lovins, Kate Raworth, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. Club of Rome, 20/3/2020

By Language and Country

Dutch-language

• Hack Corona [5]: Dutch Hacking Health initiative

• Molecular Modelling Project Wetenschappelijk onderzoek (drug discovery corona) [6]

• Project Open Air NL, https://projectopenair.nl/

English-language

Australia

• COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESOURCES FOR PROGRESSIVES [7]

UK

• More than 500 @CovidAidUK community support groups spring up as neighbours offer support during Coronavirus outbreak.' [8]

• Covid 19 Mutual Aid Groups (UK), 931 listed on google doc [9]

USA

• Covid-19 Financial Solidarity, Oakland, US: " inspiring prototype out of Oakland that has facilitated hundreds of financial transactions to those disproportionately impacted: [10]

• San Diego (county-wide) COVID-19 Mutual Aid Volunteer [11]

• List of Mutual Aid Pandemic Disaster Care in the US

• How Can I Help? - SF Bay Area [12]

French-language

France

• COVID-Entraide France - Pour partager et référencer vos initiatives de solidarité : https://t.me/joinchat/Kd5EW0kFszT96K7Q32Ohag

• Une cartographie s'est mise en place pour recenser les initiatives de solidarité locale face à l'épidémie , https://covidentraide.gogocarto.fr/annuaire?#/carte/@45.29,3.21,4z?cat=all

• Code-Virus: "constitution d’un collectif de travail interdisciplinaire en sciences humaines et sociales

CODE-VIRUS (Coordination interDisciplinaire pour l’Etude de l’impact sociétal du CoronaVIRUS)

Objectif : Suivre, documenter et anticiper collectivement et de manière interdisciplinaire les conséquences de la pandémie de Coronavirus sur nos modes de vie, nos organisations et nos territoires" [13] Contact : code-virus@msh-alpes.fr

• entraide-coronavirus: une app d entraide : https://www.facebook.com/groups/lesjoyeuxtransitionneurs/permalink/2782424691848812/

"entraide-coronavirus.glideapp.io"

• Espace d'échanges proposés par des acteurs du numérique :
  • https://www.entraidecoronavirus.fr/
  • https://forum.chatons.org/
  • https://enpremiereligne.fr/

• La Plateforme de Microbiologie Mutualisée (P2M) est ouverte à l’ensemble des laboratoires de référence de l’Institut Pasteur, à Paris et dans le Réseau International. Dans un esprit de mutualisation technologique, P2M regroupe les demandes et permet ainsi l’utilisation en routine, jusqu’ici impossible du séquençage à haut débit multi-pathogènes (NGS par les technologies illumina et Ion Torrent). [14]

• OpenCOVID19-fr: Organisation informelle issue de la société civile dont l'objet est de consolider des données et de proposer des outils de visualisation concernant l'épidémie de COVID19 en France. [15]

• Afficher un mot dans son immeuble pour proposer un reseau d'entraide (courses et autres services) : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1426110274273709/permalink/2533499770201415/?comment_id=2533500980201294

• Une cartographie collaborative des initiatives d'entraide
  • la carte https://covidentraide.gogocarto.fr/
  • et le groupe FB associé : https://www.facebook.com/groups/208192820288100/

Initiatives limitees a un lieu particulier :

(via Pierre PP)

1. Paris : https://www.facebook.com/notes/transition-paris-20/situation-epidemique-infos-et-initiatives-dans-paris/2533493596868699/

Reseaux Sociaux :

1. Covid-entraide infos France a des groupes facebook et telegram : https://www.facebook.com/pg/coronavirusentraide/about/?ref=page_internal
2. Dont le groupe Coronavirus - Infos pratiques : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1979446748866204/
3. Marie covid 19 infos : https://www.facebook.com/groups/195816401648291/

Canada

• Covid-19 aide communautaire Montreal fb ; [Covid-19 aide communautaire Montreal [16]

Italian-langague

Italy

• open data formats for corona (in Italian, for Italy ?): http://blog.ondata.it/coronavirus-abbiamo-trasformato-i-dati-ufficiali-in-formato-machine-readable-ma-chiediamo-alle-istituzioni-di-farlo-da-sole/

• Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale des Communs Émergents d'Italie ont partagé leur situation et l'état de leur mobilisation face à la crise du Covid-19 au cours de l'Appel en commun: https://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php/Mobilisation_des_commoners_italiens_dans_le_contexte_du_COVID-19

Spanish Language

• Frenalacurva.net Peer/citizen produced guides to cope with the virus. Social innovation and civic resilience for pandemic times. [17]

• The super-neighborhood (supervecina.com/#/yaquevas/en) app Is working overtime during the Corona crisis in Spain and Portugal

Tools

See the overview maintained by Appropedia at https://www.appropedia.org/Collaborative_COVID-19_initiatives?

• Coronavirus Tech Handbook

• Summary of Open Source Designs and Projects To Fight the Covid-19 Outbreak

• List of Covid Engineering Groups and Projects

• Wuhan2020

3D Printing

• 3D Printer and Talent Crowdsourcing for COVID-19
• 3D Printer Crowdsourcing for COVID-19

Maps

• Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps: "a Creative Commons licenced mapping and analysis tool for evaluating personal and social resilience"

Masks

• Anti-Corona DIY Mask Initiatives

• From the Appropedia: https://www.appropedia.org/Simple_masks? ; https://www.appropedia.org/DIY_masks?

• Open Source Face Mask Challenge

By Country

1. Belgium: Maak Je Mond Masker ; Faites Votre Masque Buccal
2. Hong Kong: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3052135/polytechnic-university-lab-3d-printing-face

Medical Supplies

• Makers Hospital Support Projects
• Open Source COVID19 Medical Supplies
• Open-Source DIY Coronavirus Detection Test
• OpenCovid19 Initiative

Testing Kits

• Coronavirus / COVID-19 Testing For Everyone - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8wnPkC0wQU

Ventilators

See: Open Source Ventilator

• Low-Cost Open-Source Ventilator Device

• Specifications for Simple Open Source Mechanical Ventilator

• The 1 Million Ventilators project of the Help With Covid initiative: "We need to develop a strategic reserve of 1,000,000+ emergency ventilators ASAP. The CDC Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) has only ~10,000 ventilators." See also: Producing and Distributing 1M Ventilators Roster

• Project Open Air : https://www.projectopenair.org

• guidelines for ventilators : https://www.appropedia.org/Open_source_ventilator

• many technical details and requirements in this recent google doc: [18]

By country

• Ireland : OpenSource collaborative ventilatore initiative : https://opensourceventilator.ie/register/ [19]

Valves

• DIY attempts to counter COVID-19 : Vice, 17-03-2020 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dm4mb/people-are-trying-to-make-diy-ventilators-to-meet-coronavirus-demand

By Country

• Italy: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-valves/italian-start-up-3d-prints-valves-to-help-coronavirus-patients-idUSKBN2133D2