CounterCorona: Make Your Effort Count

Promoting "Solidarity of Commitment" through a robust chatbot and live visuals.

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Promoting “Solidarity of Commitment” through a robust chatbot and live visuals.

Inspiration

CounterCorona was inspired by the worldwide initiative to practice social distancing measures and healthy habits to contain and eliminate COVID-19. We believe that each individual prevention effort is essential to the collective success of battling Coronavirus. We are asking everyone to join us in the “Solidarity of Commitment” Initiative set by the CDC Taskforce, and make their efforts count!

What it does

We aim to be the premier source of truth regarding Coronavirus prevention efforts across the nation. CounterCorona is a digital assistant linked through Facebook that administers an interactive survey to users on whether they have practiced the CDC’s Top 5 Containment Strategies that day. When a participant passes the survey, they have successfully “made their effort count” and are added to a national counter tracking prevention efforts across the country. The national counter is visually displayed as a heat map on our webpage. We also display the levels of diagnosed cases of COVID-19 across the nation, and we hope that through advocacy and action, the number of people who have joined the effort will outnumber the cases of Coronavirus.

What's next for CounterCorona: Make Your Effort Count

CounterCorona is looking to continue expanding its message of “Solidarity in Action” globally, to effectively eliminate COVID-19 around the world. We will also implement a 14-day challenge, in which participants can track their healthy habits with our digital assistant for two weeks, in accordance with the incubation period guidelines. Our sincere hope is to combine everyone’s individual efforts to provide a collective solution to address this virus as we continue on the road to recovery.

In the future, we hope to provide incentives for people to take the survey and participate in the social distancing measures. We would love to partner with any companies who are also passionate about furthering this cause.

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A great experience in working on this project and bringing strategy, technology and experts together in getting this prototype done in just two days. I have a great confidence in this idea, and the potential of this team. With adequate financial resources I'm sure this project can make a real change in the world.

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CounterCorona is an innovative initiative using digital technology, social media and proven public health practices to reduce the burden of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection worldwide. Our message is that best ways to prevent spread of this virus is when everyone learns about the "modes of transmission of this deadly virus, understand the proven techniques of prevention and practice them for the minimum of 14 days (incubation period of this virus). Also SHARE this message with at least ONE person known to them (EACH ONE REACH ONE). It is our hope that ALL OF US will integrate such basic proven prevention message to prevent not only SARS-CoV-2 infection but other viruses transmitted via Respiratory Route. We would have liked to integrate some form of "Financial Incentives" to encourage such behaviour modification but time contrainment has not allowed us to do so for this pilot project. I have retired after servicing the State Public Health Department as a Public Health Physician and Epidemiologist for 32 years. During the course o employment I was funded 100% by Centers ;for Disease Control and Prevention. My ultimate goal is to develop a "SEAMLESS DIGITAL SOLUTION that would include, Relevant and pertaining Local Epidemiological Data to the user, Essential Prevention and Care assessment tools, Referral to local resources for the cousening, testing and care services and Telemedicine consultation and Care using the digital interface for the COVID-19 diseases, if financial resources are made available. Since there is a lack of integration between local, county, state and federal government, such critical system can be used in future for many other pandemics as an independent system. Would appreciate cooperation from those like minded individuals around the world. You can reach me at myhealthyamerica@gmail.com Thank! Dr. Raj Patel

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