COVID-19 Resource Guide

Below are some useful links (in bold) to resources our team has collected to help our colleagues’ friends and families through these difficult times. We hope you find these helpful as well!

What do we know about SARS-CoV-2?

- SARS-CoV-2 is the virus causing COVID-19, a respiratory illness spread from person to person. Visit the CDC's site here for more information

- Johns Hopkins University's COVID-19 tracker breaks down current case numbers by geographic location

- SARS-CoV-2 also persists on surfaces we touch: on plastics for up to 72 hours, steel and cardboard for 48 hours, and the air for up to 3 hours

- View symptoms and other information about COVID-19 at this site by Johns Hopkins Medicine

Helping our community

- Ways you can help support healthcare workers on the frontlines of this pandemic

- Ways you can help support your elderly neighbors and loved ones to stay safe

- Stay connected to your community through applications such as Skype, Zoom, and FaceTime, as well as with online games and discussion groups

Health equity implications

- Health inequity's role in spreading COVID-19

- Occupational groups most affected by the ongoing pandemic and a guide to ways you can help

- Low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic

Coping with social distancing

- Learn how to effectively manage social distancing to flatten the curve

- Learn from WHO how to care for those in your household with COVID-19

- Learn how to support businesses while staying at home

- See which major U.S. food chains offer free delivery to your door

Handling food

- Commonly asked questions about food and coronavirus: Is it safe to eat at restaurants? Can coronavirus spread through food?

- Guide to washing hands and using gloves

- Guide to bringing in groceries or takeout food into the home

- What do the expiration labels on your food mean?

Creative public health responses

- Song from Vietnam highlighting proper coronavirus prevention techniques and the corresponding dance that went viral on proper hand-washing technique

- DIY solutions being proposed to help combat COVID-19

- Tutorial on how to sew your own face mask

- A list of handshake alternatives, for greeting other colleagues

Things to do at home

- Making the transition to working remotely

- Coping strategies to maintain your mental health, including the National Alliance on Mental Illness' COVID-19 resource guide and free virtual yoga activities for home

- At-home entertainment, including online concerts, virtual museums, and environmental activities, along with guides to free streaming services and Rotten Tomatoes' guide to the best free movies

- Some free classes and educational tools such as Khan Academy, Duolingo, Coursera, and Codecademy

- At-home activities for children, along with a guide for parents during the ongoing crisis

- Virtual travel opportunities, from the Smithsonian live zoo-cam and virtual National Parks tour to other historic sites and zoos

- A guide to remaking your space while at home

Learn more about what we do here at the IDEA Initiative by watching this short video.