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How Rhode Island Reopened Schools

Physical Education class has been reorganized around no-contact sports. Some students play tossing rings while others play a modified version of dodge ball called gaga ball in the background. How Rhode Island Reopened Schools During a Pandemic For the New York Times At LaPerche Elementary School Principal Julie Dorsey takes a student’s temperature as students […]

Filed Under: Photography, Sketchbook Tagged With: Covid-19, education, elementary school, Rhode Island

Professor Ali Mohamed Zaki and the Corona Virus

A portrait of Professor Ali Mohamed Zaki in his office in CAIRO, EGYPT on March 15 . Dr. Zaki diagnosed the first patient with a strain of the Corona Virus in Saudi Arabia. He was then fired for announcing it himself, but the information was later used to help diagnose another patient in the UK.

Filed Under: Photography, Sketchbook Tagged With: Covid-19, Egypt, research

Chelsea, A Covid-19 Hotspot

Ambulance Ride-Along in a Covid-19 Hotspot Chelsea, Massachusetts was designated as a Covid-19 hotspot with the highest infection ratio in the state. For weeks the local ambulance services and fire-fighters work circling the Boston suburb picking up suspected cases, transferring them between hospitals and trying not to get infected themselves. These photos are from a […]

Filed Under: Photography, Sketchbook Tagged With: Covid-19, health, Massachusetts

Behind the scenes of a contact tracing study

Proximity Pilot Contact Tracing App A video produced for Julie Shah’s team and their study of a contact tracing app, Proximity Pilot. It is long and descriptive because it was designed for the longform TEDxMIT. This talk describes the launch of a study on the effectiveness of digital contact tracing and aims to mature new […]

Filed Under: Sketchbook, Video Tagged With: bluetooth, Covid-19, MIT, research, technology