Covid Act Now, started in March 2020, is built by a team of data scientists, engineers, designers, and epidemiologists, in partnership with public health officials. We've built a tool [
https://covidactnow.org/] designed to spur state and local governments into action to arrest the spread of the coronavirus, and provide actionable, timely, well-presented data.
This tool was created to enable political leaders to quickly make decisions in their COVID-19 response informed by best available data and modeling. It is now being used by government and covid response leaders to answer critically important questions such as:
- What will the impact be in my region be and when can I expect it?
- How long until my hospital system is under severe pressure?
- What is my menu of interventions, and how will they address the spread of COVID?
We are requesting help from folks in a wide variety of disciplines.