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Distributed Amplification: The Plandemic Documentary
From the Webpage Overview: "'Plandemic,' a 26-minute trailer video about coronavirus conspiracy theories, went viral in May 2020 because of 'distributed amplification' [hyperlink]. In response to its high viewership, major social media platforms moderated 'Plandemic' and prepared for the full-length video. The platforms' efforts slowed the spread of 'Indoctornation,' the anticipated 75-minute movie. 'Indoctornation' failed to achieve the virality 'Plandemic' had."
Media Manipulation Casebook
Nilsen, Jennifer
2020-10-20
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China's Healthcare System: Addressing Capacity Shortfalls Before and After COVID-19
From the Introduction: "The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) views the delivery of high-quality healthcare as an important aspect of its own political legitimacy. While China's government has made significant improvements to healthcare in the past decade, the healthcare system has not kept pace with many of the changing needs of China's population. As life expectancy has increased in China, so too has the burden of chronic diseases and the need for long-term and hospice care--problems the healthcare system remains underequipped to address. These problems are compounded by persistent budget shortfalls in many of China's healthcare institutions that contribute to a widespread corruption problem. Aware of the potential for these challenges to undermine political stability in China, Chinese policymakers have prioritized reform of the healthcare system. This report reviews challenges in China's domestic healthcare system and examines the efforts of China's policymakers to address these challenges. It also examines Chinese policymakers' attempts to promote TCM [traditional Chinese medicine] both domestically and internationally. The report draws on the Commission's May 2020 hearing on 'China's Evolving Healthcare Ecosystem: Challenges and Opportunities' and open source research. It expands on topics explored in Chapter 2, Section 3 of the Commission's 2020 Annual Report, 'U.S.-China Links in Healthcare and Biotechnology.'"
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Nelson, Leyton P.
2021-03-31
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#DeplatformIcke: How Big Tech Powers and Profits from David Icke's Lies and Hate, and Why it Must Stop
From the Introduction: "For many people, David Icke is a joke, whose public life ended when he declared himself the 'son of God' live on the BBC thirty years ago. In truth that interview was the start of a new and profitable career as a professional conspiracy theorist, in which Icke has spent decades promoting bigotry and misinformation. Icke's popularity was turbocharged by social media, where he has an audience of two million followers. His website is one of the 1,000 most popular in the UK. Recent polling by Hope Not Hate revealed that more than half of the UK population have heard of Icke. The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, however, has clarified the threat David Icke poses to public safety. His conspiracy theories about COVID-19 have been viewed over 30 million times on social media, making him the leading producer of misinformation on the disease. [...] The only way to rein in Icke's hate and misinformation is to deplatform him now, before inaction on his lies and hate end up costing lives."
Center for Countering Digital Hate
2020
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COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic
From the Introduction: "The world is still in the midst of a pandemic that has spread wider and faster than any in human history. The social and economic crisis precipitated by COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] is affecting families, communities and nations across the globe. [...] The Panel has examined the state of pandemic preparedness prior to COVID-19, the circumstances of the identification of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2]) and the disease it causes, coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and responses globally, regionally and nationally, particularly in the pandemic's early months. It has also analysed the wide-ranging impact of the pandemic and the ongoing social and economic crisis that it has precipitated. This report presents the Panel's findings on what happened, the lessons to be learned from that, and our recommendations for strategic action now to end this pandemic and to ensure that any future infectious disease outbreak does not become a catastrophic pandemic."
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
2021-05
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Social Costs of the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Introduction: "The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response commissioned a background paper to guide discussions and inform recommendations on the wider impacts of the Covid-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic. [...] The paper is in three main sections: 1) Context and background data; 2) Analysis of the consequences of the pandemic on selected social dimensions; and 3) Building back through integrated and resilient systems. The analysis highlights regional differences and specific country or regional examples to illustrate the issues in the social dimensions discussed in this paper. The social dimensions of Covid-19 impacts that this background paper covers are: income losses and poverty levels; the labour market; education and gender dimensions. For many people across age groups, backgrounds and geographies the pandemic has compounded other dimensions of vulnerability, making the challenges of navigating the pandemic more acute. These overlapping vulnerabilities are highlighted throughout the paper."
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response; Overseas Development Institute (London, England)
Pereznieto, Paola; Oehler, Ilse
2021-05
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From Science to Policy: Provision of Technical and Strategic Guidance Based on Evidence by WHO
From the Document: "This paper includes an overview and analysis of the role of WHO [World Health Organization] in evidence curation and conveying during the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic and an assessment of the adequacy and timeliness of mechanisms used. It is based on a comprehensive document and literature review, experts' consultations and a roundtable discussion on 'From Science to Policy' held by The Independent Panel on January 14, 2021. In addition, in-depth analysis on temporary recommendations, with a focus on travel-related measures and on community face masks have been included."
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
2021-05?
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Impact on Essential Health Services
From the Introduction: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic has led to disruptions in essential health services in countries around the world with discontinuation occurring on both the demand and supply side. Factors include cancelation of elective and preventive procedures, personnel and supply shortages, and reductions in care-seeking driven by fear of contagion and pandemic-related movement restrictions. This paper reviews the impact of COVID-19 on essential health services and health systems, including on human resources for health, and recommends strategies for improving continuity of care during health emergencies."
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
2021-05
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Building on the Past
From the Summary: "All of the previous panels and commissions included in this analysis have identified similar gaps and challenges in the outbreak / pandemic preparedness, alert and response system, both on the international and national level. Their recommendations can be categorized in four key areas: WHO [World Health Organization], International Health Regulations (IHR), Global Health Security and Global Health Governance. The reports of most of the panels concluded that 'WHO needs to strengthen its role as the leading and coordinating organization' in the field of health, focusing both on its normative work, but also by building up unified, effective operational capacity for health emergencies. [...] Improving government transparency and accountability, empowering citizens and strengthening civil society as well as addressing and taking into account the gender dimensions within outbreak preparedness and response efforts, are 'additional key recommendations' made by various of the panels included in this short analysis. [...] COVID19 [coronavirus disease 2019] should be the final reason for the global community to strengthen the global and national pandemic preparedness and response systems, to increase resources for their implementation and for establishing well-functioning monitoring, evaluating and accountability mechanisms."
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
2021-05
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Centering Communities in Pandemic Preparedness and Response
From the Introduction: "Communities are defined by a common set of social relationships that formulate a shared identity amongst members of a community. There is no specific checklist for what defines a community, and communities may or may not be identified by shared geographic space such as a village or an urban neighborhood, in contrast to an ethnic group that may not have a specific geographic boundary. [...] The term community engagement is often used to describe the 'process of developing relationships that enable people of a community and organizations to work together to address health-related issues and promote well-being to achieve positive health impact and outcomes'. There is ample evidence that community engagement is vital for containing disease outbreaks as the recent Ebola outbreak showcased. Inadequate community engagement in designing, planning, and implementing interventions can lead to fear, mistrust, and lack of compliance to public health measures by communities. This paper reviews existing evidence on community engagement in the context of disease outbreaks, examples of community engagement during the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, successes and challenges of these efforts, and the lessons learned to strengthen community resilience during future outbreaks."
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
2021-05
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Social and Economic Impact of COVID-19
From the Introduction: "'This paper presents a succinct summary of the existing economic literature on the economic and fiscal impact of the pandemic, and a preliminary estimate of the associated economic cost.' It documents the incidence of initial conditions (with a particular focus on the role of the labour market channel) on the transmission of the shock and the speed and extent of the expected recovery, summarizes how countries attempted to attenuate the economic consequences and the international financial institutions assisted countries, reports preliminary accounts of medium-term COVID [coronavirus disease]-related losses, and concludes with some forward-looking considerations based on the lessons learned in 2020."
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Filippini, Federico
2021-05
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Scaling-Up Vaccine Production Capacity: Legal Challenges and Recommendations
From the Introduction: "This briefing paper aims to contribute to the evidence-based assessment of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response, in particular in its work to ensure equitable access to vaccines and increased manufacturing capacity. 'The world has a normal capacity of production of 3.5 billion doses of vaccines and we now seek to manufacture 10 billion doses,' 'said Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala' [hyperlink], the new World Trade Organization Director General, on her first day in office. This represents an unprecedented and urgent need for scale-up, which is especially true given that most recommended vaccines require two doses, and that it is not clear how long immunity lasts. It may well be that the ramp up in vaccine production is not a one-off, but rather a new annual need. The threat posed by a pandemic outbreak has long been appreciated; pandemic preparedness plans have been discussed and, to some extent, put into practice. One concrete step was the foundation of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) in 2017. CEPI has provided a 'running start' in responding to the Covid-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, in particular with its rapid funding support for Covid-19 vaccine development. Another development specific for Covid-19 has been the creation of COVAX, an initiative that supports the development and manufacture, procurement and equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. Further, the research and development of Covid-19 vaccines has been largely de-risked by 'vast amounts of public financing from governments' [hyperlink]. But it is already clear that these initiatives, however valuable, will not be enough to ensure global vaccine production scale up."
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Hoen, Ellen F. M. 't; Garrison, Christopher; Boulet, Pascale . . .
2021-05
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Access to Essential Supplies
From the Document: "During the initial stages of the pandemic, the world experienced a serious shortage of essential supplies. The situation was referred to by WHO [World Health Organization] Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as 'one of the most urgent threats to our collective ability to save lives'. This global supply shortage was caused by factors such as lack of access provisions; poor stockpiling; overdependence on a few supplier countries; hoarding, panic buying and protectionism; travel cargo capacity restrictions; and a lack of immediate funding for procurement by LMICs [low- and middle-income countries]. The dynamics and key drivers of supply shortages varied by type of essential supply. The WHO and other institutions established the UN COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Supply Chain System (CSCS) in response to the shortage. Survey results showed it provided ~50% of PPE [personal protective equipment], diagnostics, and biomedical supplies procured by LMICs. Even so it left an enormous gap in supply, as the system was only operationalized in May 2020 - months into the pandemic. Other major channels such as the World Bank did not sufficiently address the huge gap due to operational delays. This led to some positive changes as well- e.g., building of regional procurement capacity (e.g., in Africa) and manufacturing capacity for PPE in India. [...] This paper reviews how essential supplies such as personal protective equipment (PPE), test kits, and oxygen equipment were produced, allocated and delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic. It proposes ways in which the supply system can be managed differently to ensure equitable and effective access to these essential supplies."
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
2021-05
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Financing Pandemic Preparedness and Response
From the Introduction: "While COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] has raised many new questions about global health functions and how they are delivered, it has removed any doubt surrounding our readiness for a public health emergency with pandemic potential. The international community systematically underinvested in preparedness for decades and delayed financing for response when the outbreak hit, investments and actions that could have saved millions of lives and trillions of dollars in economic output. A new approach is needed. In this paper we briefly discuss the reasons for underinvestment in pandemic preparedness and response and review the performance of recent attempts to finance readiness capabilities and early actions that could contain outbreaks with pandemic potential. We argue that the international system lacks the financing architecture required to coordinate and accelerate investment in the global public goods required to contain outbreaks, and we derive a set of principles towards which reforms to the financing architecture should be oriented. Finally, we present a proposal for an international financing facility for pandemic preparedness and response, which embodies these principles."
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Radin, Elizabeth; Eleftheriades, Chris
2021-05?
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Food Insecurity in a Low-Income, Predominantly African American Cohort Following the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Document: "The disease burden of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] has disproportionately fallen on racial/ ethnic minority groups and marginalized populations in the United States. Food insecurity--a lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life-- is a fundamental social determinant of health linked to poor nutrition, obesity, and chronic disease. Food insecurity is projected to grow across the United States and globally in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and is likely to exacerbate existing racial inequities, as African Americans experienced disproportionate rates of food insecurity even before the pandemic. Structural racism has been identified as an upstream determinant of these inequities as well as a critical determinant of population health. To date, no longitudinal investigations of which we are aware have assessed changes in food insecurity in response to COVID-19 in at-risk, low-income communities. We examined the impact of COVID-19 and shutdowns on food insecurity in a cohort of low-income, primarily African American residents of 2 food deserts (neighborhoods without access to healthy, fresh foods) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We assessed longitudinal trends in food insecurity over 9 years, before and during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, in this sample relative to the US population."
American journal of public health (New York, N.Y. : 1971)
Dubowitz, Tamara; Ghosh-Dastidar, Bonnie; Troxel, Wendy M. . . .
2021-03
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How an Outbreak Became a Pandemic: The Defining Moments of the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Document: "This report is a companion to the main report, 'COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]: Make it the Last Pandemic,' of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response. It is an evidence-based narrative, providing in-depth analysis of 13 defining moments of the evolution and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic."
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
2021-05?
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International Health Law in Perspective
From the Summary: "Any reset of the international system will require reform to existing international governance for pandemic preparedness and response. This includes adopting new international legal instruments and/or reforming existing international instruments. Reform using legal instruments is an opportunity to address gaps identified in the international response and clarify responsibilities between States and international organizations, establish and reinforce legal obligations and norms, and institute new governance structures (such as a global health security taskforce and mechanisms for financing, research and development, technology transfer, and capacity building). This background paper sets out the range of options available. However, a Framework Convention - Protocol approach has the potential to capitalize on political will and facilitate the necessary governance reforms. This can be done in coherence with the broader international legal system, including under, or separate to, the auspices of the World Health Organization and with, or without, reforms to existing global health law, such as the International Health Regulations (2005)."
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Phelan, Alexandra L.; Pillai, Priya
2021-05
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World Health Organization: An Institutional Review
From the Summary: "WHO [World Health Organization] 'is at the center of the international system' for prevention, preparedness, and response to a global health emergency. The work of WHO during the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic has been at a substantively different scale and level compared to the initial time of the EVD [Ebola Virus Disease] outbreak in West Africa 2014. WHO's capacity and competence as it responds to one of the largest health crises in modern time is laudable. But there is always room for improvement and there are aspects of WHO's performance that render reflection and change. In analyzing WHO's performance, the Independent Panel considered what its leadership role entails, what kind of a coordinating mandate WHO should have, how operational the organization should be and what authority it holds to ensure transparency of information and decision-making. The analysis has been based in a series of interviews with experts within and outside WHO, roundtable discussion and literature reviews."
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
2021-05
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COVID-19: The Authoritative Chronology, December 2019-March 2020
This document provides a chronology of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, which includes key events along side national and international responses.
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
2021-05
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Update: COVID-19-Related Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
From the Introduction: "The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] outbreak an international pandemic in March 2020. Since then, the pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on peoples' lives around the world. Countries have responded by imposing a variety of public health measures, and implementing stimulus programmes to help protect individuals and companies. These measures have evolved over the last six months, in response to the changing situation in different countries. Changes in behaviour as a result of the pandemic - whether the behaviour of individuals, companies or governments - have in turn presented criminals with new opportunities to commit crimes and launder the proceeds. The FATF [Financial Action Task Force] has been monitoring these changes in criminal activity, their impact on anti-money-laundering/counter-terrorist-financing (AML/CFT) regimes, and the measures that governments have implemented to respond to the different types of challenges presented. This has included the publication of a paper in May on COVID-19 risks and policy responses, supplemented by a series of webinars with participants from both the public and private sectors. Since May, the FATF has continued to collect and assess relevant information on the impact of the pandemic. [...] The purpose of this paper is to provide reporting entities, other private sector entities, and other stakeholders with additional information on COVID19 related money laundering and terrorist financing risks. This paper addresses both changes in predicate offences and changes in money laundering and terrorist financing activity."
Financial Action Task Force
2020
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, May 14, 2021: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' Interim Recommendation for Use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents Aged 12-15 Years -- United States, May 2021
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' Interim Recommendation for Use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Vaccine in Adolescents Aged 12-15 Years -- United States, May 2021." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from MMWR can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-05-14
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Disinformation Dozen: The Sequel: How Big Tech is Failing to Act on Leading Anti-Vaxxers Despite Bipartisan Calls from Congress
From the Introduction: "In March 2021, CCDH [Center for Countering Digital Hate] and Anti-Vax Watch identified the top 12 spreaders of anti-vaccine disinformation on social media in our report, The Disinformation Dozen [hyperlink]. The CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google responded by pledging to strengthen and better enforce their policies; crack down on vaccine disinformation on their platforms; and protect public health - but they have not kept their promises. Despite continued violations of community standards, the majority of the Disinformation Dozen remain online and active in their disinformation-spreading campaigns on at least one platform. [...] We know the most effective way to disrupt the dissemination of harmful misinformation is to stop providing services to the most egregious repeat offenders. Each day the Disinformation Dozen's accounts remain active is another day that their lies cost lives. It's time to finish the job."
Center for Countering Digital Hate
2021-04-28
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Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response [website]
From the "About" section: "The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response was established by the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General in response to the 'World Health Assembly resolution 73.1' [hyperlink]. The mission of the Independent Panel is to provide an evidence-based path for the future, grounded in lessons of the present and the past to ensure countries and global institutions, including specifically WHO, effectively address health threats. It will do so by providing a fresh assessment of the challenges ahead, based on insights and lessons learned from the health response to COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] as coordinated by WHO as well as previous health emergencies. The Independent Panel began its impartial, independent and comprehensive review in September 2020. It will present a report to the 74th World Health Assembly scheduled for May 2021."
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
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Reaching the Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Science-Driven Approach to Swiftly and Safely Ending the Pandemic, Hearing Before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session, April 15, 2021
This is the April 15, 2021 hearing on "Reaching the Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Science-Driven Approach to Swiftly and Safely Ending the Pandemic," held before the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis of the Committee on Oversight and Reform. From the Opening Statement of James E. Clyburn: "This pandemic has taken a heavy toll on our Nation. More than 550,000 of our fellow Americans have died, more than in any other nation on Earth. Nearly one in 10 has been infected and millions have faced hardships like job loss, mental health struggles, and the loss of a loved one. But today, more than a year into the pandemic, there is reason for hope. Our government's response to the coronavirus crisis is now driven by science and fact, not politics and wishful thinking." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Anthony S. Fauci, Rochelle P. Walensky, and David Kessler.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2021
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How COVID-19 is Impacting Small Businesses Across the Food System, Hearing Before the Committee on Small Business, United States House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Second Session, September 30, 2020
This is the September 30, 2020 hearing on "How COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] is Impacting Small Businesses Across the Food System," held before the U.S. House Committee on Small Business. From the opening statement of Nydia Velazquez: "Over the last few months, the outbreak of COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented public health crisis and created a dire economic crisis for small firms. Three out of four businesses are experiencing a decrease in revenue since March, and over half of small businesses are concerned about being forced to close. Small businesses across the food supply chain system have been impacted." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Jimmy Wright, Kimberly Gorton, Rob Larew, and Collin Castore.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2021
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Public Law 117-13: COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
From the Document: "An Act to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] hate crimes, and for other purposes. [...] The Attorney General shall issue guidance for State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies, pursuant to this Act and other applicable law, on how to-- (1) establish online reporting of hate crimes or incidents, and to have online reporting that is equally effective for people with disabilities as for people without disabilities available in multiple languages as determined by the Attorney General; (2) collect data disaggregated by the protected characteristics described in section 249 of title 18, United States Code; and (3) expand public education campaigns aimed at raising awareness of hate crimes and reaching victims, that are equally effective for people with disabilities as for people without disabilities."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2021-05-20
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Alleged Deficiencies in the Management of Staff Exposure to a Patient with COVID-19 at the VA Portland Health Care System in Oregon
From the Executive Summary: "The VA [Department of Veterans Affairs] Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection in response to a request from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel to determine the validity of allegations related to staff's failure to use proper safety measures in the management of a patient with a confirmed case of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] and leaders' failure to take action following staff exposure to a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 in early March 2020 at the VA Portland Health Care System (facility) in Oregon. The allegations focused on staff's possible exposure during this patient's care and facility leaders' actions[.]"
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Office of Inspector General
Etherage, Joseph; Broach, Jennifer; De La Cerda, Kimberly . . .
2020-08-27
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MDBs to the Rescue? The Evidence on COVID-19 Response
From the Document: "The world is now more than a year into the second global crisis of the century. Both the current [COVID-19 (coronavirus 2019)] pandemic and the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) more than 10 years ago tested the capacity of international financial institutions to respond with speed and scale. This time, the IMF [International Monetary Fund] has stepped up, first with emergency finance facilities, and later this year with a massive injection of global liquidity through a Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation of $650 billion. But what about the multilateral development banks (MDBs)? One of their central roles is to expand the fiscal space of middle- and low-income countries (MICs and LICs) for development spending, exactly what is needed now, and to catalyze finance from the private sector, especially when private finance pulls back. Have they done so? As the 2020 data on MDB finance become available, what can we conclude about how MDBs are performing when the developing world needs them most?"
Center for Global Development
Lee, Nancy; Aboneaaj, Rakan
2021-05
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COVID-19: OWCP Should Continue to Closely Monitor Impact on Claims Processing
From the Document: "On January 31, 2020, the Secretary for Health and Human Services declared a nationwide public health emergency in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As of June 22, 2020, there have been over 2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, and social distancing mandates have caused mass disruption to the economy and peoples' lives in every state. As part of Phase 1 of the OIG's [Office of Inspector General] Pandemic Oversight Response Plan, this report presents the results of our audit of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs' (OWCP) initial response to the pandemic."
United States. Department of Labor. Office of the Inspector General
2020-07-06
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Monitor and Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19 on Public Safety, 'Literature Review, Final Report'
From the Executive Summary: "The ongoing COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic has imposed human and financial costs on the country's first responders, who risk exposure in their jobs and must maintain operations to ensure the safety of the communities they serve. Given the ongoing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, this literature review is part of a larger multi-phase project to provide first responders short-term guidance based on the current state of knowledge while offering improved and more in-depth analysis over time. This review is focused on scholarly research that informs our understanding of how first responder organizations are being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, how they have responded to or were impacted by similar events in the past, and how they can provide services during pandemics in the future. It includes research from government and non-government sources, and ranges from observational studies that describe the impacts on personnel to evaluations of interventions designed to protect staff of maintain service delivery at the organizational level."
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (U.S.); Second Sight Training Systems
Meehan, Nathan; Garinther, Alexander; Chesnos, Maria . . .
2021-03-07
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Impact of Digital Infrastructure on the Consequences of COVID-19 and on the Mitigation of Future Effects
From the Abstract: "The appearance and spread of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] have accentuated the connectivity and digitization lag in Latin American and Caribbean countries. The lockdowns imposed to reduce the spread of the virus increased the demand for digital tools that would allow economic, educational, and social activities to continue remotely. Despite the significant increase in the coverage of broadband networks in the region, there are still few activities that can be carried out remotely. This may be due to a lack of connectivity for a significant number of people, or to the difficulty for various actors in accelerating their digital transformation. This paper intends to assist policymakers in determining what measure might best assist countries given their circumstances."
Inter-American Development Bank
Zaballos, Antonio Garcia; Iglesias, Enrique; Cave, Martin . . .
2020-11
