Community efforts

TUcsON, ARIZONA

ECV has advocated actively in Pima County and Tucson, Arizona. Our continued outreach work has led us to meeting with several key local politicians and policy influencers as well as burgeoning inroads into the Tucson non Profit sector and healthcare sectors. ECV has created a data analysis map visualization of Arizona by zip code to facilitate a greater understanding of where Covid-19 is transmitting at the highest or lowest rates in the state. ECV hopes to guide Arizona decision makers to take known actions that rapidly take control of explosive outbreaks, and implement a plan to trace, contain, isolate, and eradicate the disease. Communities, states, and countries across the world have demonstrated that Tucson and Arizona can change their course by taking ACTIONS TODAY.

SOUTH CAROLINA

ECV has collaborated with many community, religious, and business leaders to combat Coronavirus in South Carolina. The advocacy includes outreach to statewide and local officials including delivering a letter of ECV recommendations to our state's governor. ECV also provides consultation for restaurant owners about the safe practices for employees and customers. With the guidance of ECV, the Fairfield County community has secured a CT scanning testing site along with a monitoring team to refer symptomatic people to get Covid-19 screening. The long term plan includes securing isolation spaces to voluntary isolation and a reliable food source for communities. South Carolinians are able to take action because ECV has provided a blueprint to get to zero Coronavirus cases!

Israel

“Bennett announces 'civil coronavirus cabinet' comprised of experts New Right leader says that the think tank was established due to the government's lingering response to the spread of the virus and the lacking treatment of its ramifications.”

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“Among the think tank's roster is the former head of the IDF's Operations Directorate and Planning Directorate – Maj. Gen. Giora Eiland, former Finance Ministry adviser – Prof. Omer Moav, former Finance Ministry chief economist and director of state revenue, research and international affairs – Dr. Michael Sarel, epidemiologists - Prof. Nurit Kalderon and Prof. Yaneer Bar-Yam, physics professor Doron Gazit, Kohelet Forum Executive Director - Attorney Meir Rubin, and independent workers' representative Abir Kara.”

Stopping COVID in Israel using Green Zones (English)

Stopping COVID in Israel using Green Zones (Hebrew)

News articles:
https://www.makorrishon.co.il/opinion/247661/
https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001336012
English version: https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-we-can-eradicate-covid-19-within-weeks-1001336377
https://newmedia.calcalist.co.il/magazine-23-04-20/m02.html

Costa Rica

Our efforts in Costa Rica are led by a volunteer at EndCoronavirus.org, Tomás. Tomás is from Costa Rica & joined our platform back in April. Tomás began his outreach efforts by reaching out to his network - family, friends, and former university lecturers. He also reached out to two well known Costa Rican scientists active on Twitter. Within a week he’d arranged a call between his small network and a few representatives from ECV. This meeting became a regular weekly occurrence and still exists today, where it has transformed into a public forum.

In mid-July Tomás’ brother created a simple website, fueracoronavirus.com, displaying information about this burgeoning ‘action team’, how people could get involved and events that people could join. New volunteers joined the regular weekly meetings, which discussed efforts for tackling COVID-19 from both a communications and science angle. 
In August one of the original scientists Tomás had approached on Twitter was interviewed on a popular national news channel. This ignited a wider community conversation and influx of more volunteers to the movement.

Currently Tomas is helping Costa Rica solve a contact tracing need with a fellow ECV project, Zerobase.