Happy Bassel Birthday! And, to Bassel, Happy 39th Birthday. Over at basselkhartabil.org Jon released a writing in honor of his friend as a forging of the fellowship of friends to support Bassel. Have a read now or on your long weekend.
Author: Jon Phillips
RAW DATA NOW Studies the COVID-19 Outbreak in Singapore
At the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak, after surviving two close encounters with C19 in Hong Kong and again in Italy, after arriving to safety in St. Louis, I began chatting with my long-time friend, Gloria Chiang. She too (like you) was in lock-down, but in Singapore. Even though she is from Singapore, she could not get back to her life in Beijing. Both of us were stable at home, and neither of us have idle hands. Time to use our energy to fight for humanity!
New device could reduce COVID-19 infection risk and demand for invasive ventilators
https://www.lhsc.on.ca/about-lhsc/new-device-could-reduce-covid-19-infection-risk-and-demand-for-invasive-ventilators
Glia BiPap Device: Non-invasive ventilation mask could reduce aerosolization when treating COVID-19 patients
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200513/Non-invasive-ventilation-mask-could-reduce-aerosolization-when-treating-COVID-19-patients.aspx
How Patent Abuse Could Hurt the Fight Against the Pandemic
https://slate.com/technology/2020/04/patent-abuse-government-research-coronavirus.html
Open Covid IP Pledge
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e199dc33-9310-4a0d-809a-32b946cd5d15
Open COVID Pledge Rolled Out to Make Patents and Other IP Available for COVID-19 Response
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/open-covid-pledge-rolled-out-to-make-patents-and-other-ip-available-covid-19
Tech Giants Pledge Their IP to COVID-19 Fight
https://www.law.com/therecorder/2020/04/21/tech-giants-pledge-their-ip-to-covid-19-fight/?slreturn=20210724004009
Big Tech Signs Rare Open Source Pledge to Boost Supplies During COVID-19
https://www.coindesk.com/big-tech-signs-rare-open-source-pledge-to-boost-supplies-during-covid
Tech Giants Join the CC-Supported Open COVID Pledge
https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/20/tech-giants-join-the-cc-supported-open-covid-pledge/