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Post by orblivion »

eezurr wrote: post #45

Please consider reaching out to your elderly neighbors and offering your time to gather groceries/supplies for them. Or posting a note near the entrance of your apartment complex with your number. This alone will have a huge impact. They have a very real chance of dying if they contract covid-19. Take a moment to imagine how you would feel if you could not safely leave your home. A lot of us have the amazing comfort…

Are there good tips for doing this safely? Should I wipe down all the items? Ideally they could do so themselves.

Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by dominotw »

idoby wrote: post #92
dominotw wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> please consider reaching out to your elderly neighbors I live in a densely packed city. I have no idea who lives in my neighborhood. I would be glad to help anyone at anytime though. I am just not clear how to go about it.

> I live in a densely packed city. I have no idea who lives in my neighborhood. This is ironic, but I hear it a lot from people living in big cities. I live in a sparsely packed city, but mostly know who lives in my neighborhood. We were unhappy with the last city government, so we replaced them, and it took a lot less people to do so, in absolute terms (which matters because the relative size of your movement only c…

not sure about others but i live in the city because i can't drive due to some personal health reasons.

I've tried to live out in the burbs but it was really hard for me without a car.

Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by T-hawk »

nsxwolf wrote: post #101
moultano wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Along with being young and healthy, the people going out in public to do things should wear gloves and a mask if possible. You might be relatively safe, but you still might take up a hospital bed, and you still might transmit it.

We're being told by the medical establishment, quite angrily, that masks are useless - unless you work in the medical establishment, then they're essential. Who is right?

A mask doesn't "work" in the sense of preventing you from catching the virus, because airborne is not its transmission method.

A mask does work in the sense of reducing your transmission to others if you are infected (and may not know it), by keeping your moisture-laden exhalations confined.

A mask can reduce your risk by reminding you not to touch your face after having contacted potentially infectious surfaces.

And there are different types of masks. Simple cotton patches aren't what the medical establishment needs, they don't filter micron-size virus particles. There are surgical-grade masks that do, and that's what medical workers need.

Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by dr_orpheus »

eezurr wrote: post #45

Please consider reaching out to your elderly neighbors and offering your time to gather groceries/supplies for them. Or posting a note near the entrance of your apartment complex with your number. This alone will have a huge impact. They have a very real chance of dying if they contract covid-19. Take a moment to imagine how you would feel if you could not safely leave your home. A lot of us have the amazing comfort…

Look around for programs in your area that already coordinate efforts like grocery delivery for the elderly on a daily basis. Volunteering through these programs may be an easier way to find who needs help and do it in a coordinated way.

Example in Colorado: https://cultivate.ngo/programs/carry-out-caravan

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Post by coronavolunteer »

eezurr wrote: post #45

Please consider reaching out to your elderly neighbors and offering your time to gather groceries/supplies for them. Or posting a note near the entrance of your apartment complex with your number. This alone will have a huge impact. They have a very real chance of dying if they contract covid-19. Take a moment to imagine how you would feel if you could not safely leave your home. A lot of us have the amazing comfort…

People have been setting up mutual aid and volunteer groups to do just this.

If you’d like to find one in your local area we’ve built a directory for them:

https://coronavolunteer.org

Helping in your local community (safely) will be one of the most important things you can do in the coming months.

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Post by tootie »

dominotw wrote: post #63
eezurr wrote: post #45

Please consider reaching out to your elderly neighbors and offering your time to gather groceries/supplies for them. Or posting a note near the entrance of your apartment complex with your number. This alone will have a huge impact. They have a very real chance of dying if they contract covid-19. Take a moment to imagine how you would feel if you could not safely leave your home. A lot of us have the amazing comfort…

> please consider reaching out to your elderly neighbors I live in a densely packed city. I have no idea who lives in my neighborhood. I would be glad to help anyone at anytime though. I am just not clear how to go about it.

Matching elderly residents with helpers is one of the projects: https://helpwithcovid.com/projects/15

Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by tootie »

I applaud the intent, but this looks like a laundry list of random ideas. There's no leadership or vetting or job descriptions. I'd love to help us build 1,000,000 ventilators, but I think the answer to that one is for governments to allocate money to manufacturers (which is starting to happen), not to crank out some javascript.

Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by ardy42 »

T-hawk wrote: post #113
nsxwolf wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're being told by the medical establishment, quite angrily, that masks are useless - unless you work in the medical establishment, then they're essential. Who is right?

A mask doesn't "work" in the sense of preventing you from catching the virus, because airborne is not its transmission method. A mask does work in the sense of reducing your transmission to others if you are infected (and may not know it), by keeping your moisture-laden exhalations confined. A mask can reduce your risk by reminding you not to touch your face after having contacted potentially infectious surfaces. And…

We really need to start distinguishing between masks and respirators.

Surgical masks are useless for protecting the wearer from infected people, however they help protect others from an infected wearer.

If used properly, a respirator will help protect the wearer from infected people, as it will block them from inhaling virus-containing droplets.

Re: Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers

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Post by BookmarkSaver »

aaron_m04 wrote: post #82
lnsru wrote: post #57

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Buying recently for 3 groups. My cart is always full and that causes extreme anger of other shoppers. And supermarket personnel complains about my volumes. Getting tired of explaining why I am buying this way. I am afraid, that grocery shopping will be limited anyway soon. Edit: printing missing equipment parts with 3D printer would be easier for me.

Print out a sign and stick it on your cart.

Double benefit in that it might encourage others to help too.

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Post by dominotw »

tootie wrote: post #116
dominotw wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> please consider reaching out to your elderly neighbors I live in a densely packed city. I have no idea who lives in my neighborhood. I would be glad to help anyone at anytime though. I am just not clear how to go about it.

Matching elderly residents with helpers is one of the projects: https://helpwithcovid.com/projects/15

i will sign up for sure. Seems like new signups are timing out, will try again later tonight.
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