Initiatives
Rapid Action Consortium
Dec 06, 2021
In addition to being a global health crisis and an economic crisis, COVID-19 is fundamentally an information problem of a size and scale the world has never seen before. As with any complex, global information problem, the solution will require intelligent use of data and technology, and the ability for the right parties to come together to create ecosystems of impact.
View Initiative#COVIDSafeZones: Sports
Aug 26, 2021
COVID Collaborative and Autonomy 5 Conferences are uniting to encourage team vaccinations, students and college sports communities to slow the spread of COVID. They have published an open letter, calling for #COVIDSafeZones on college game days, endorsed by public health experts and former officials from the past 5 presidential administrations. They have also put out a statement on #COVIDSafeZones and game day safety endorsed by the medical directors of the major college sports leagues.
View Initiative#COVIDSafeZones: Campuses
Aug 17, 2021
COVID Collaborative has mobilized dozens of public health and science experts and former officials from the Biden, Trump, Obama, Bush, and Clinton Administrations to provide leaders of Institutions of Higher Education with clear and actionable measures they can adopt to keep their students, faculty, and communities safe. We invite other IHE leaders to join this effort to beat the pandemic and restore our national vitality and way of life.
View Initiative#COVIDSafeZones: Workplaces
Aug 03, 2021
COVID Collaborative has mobilized dozens of public health and science experts and former officials from the Biden, Trump, Obama, and Bush Administrations to provide business leaders with clear and actionable measures they can adopt to keep their workers, customers, and communities safe. We invite other private sector leaders to join this effort to beat the pandemic and restore our national vitality and way of life.
View InitiativeResponding to the 2020 Winter COVID-19 Surge: What Governors Can Do
Dec 21, 2020
Recommendations for Governors to support them in taking targeted action to prevent unchecked transmission, protect hospitals, and flatten the curve.
View InitiativeA Call To Action to Defeat COVID-19 and Promote National Recovery and Renewal
Dec 10, 2020
Bipartisan Assembly of Governors Support Call to Action to Defeat COVID-19, issued by the COVID Collaborative. Recommendations Call for Concerted, Cross-State Action.
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PRESS RELEASE: New Recommendations Chart a Path Forward for Respiratory Infection Testing after End of PHE
Mar 01, 2023
This press release announces the release of the paper "Testing of Respiratory Infections: Beyond COVID-19 Public Health Emergency" on March 2, 2023.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center
Testing for Respiratory Infections: Beyond the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Mar 01, 2023
This report offers a set of recommendations to embed low-cost testing for those that need it most into national health policy and payment strategies to ensure that these diagnostic tools are accessible to the public long-term after the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ends on May 11, 2023.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center
An End in Sight: A Plan to Reduce COVID-19 Deaths to Near Zero
Dec 12, 2022
This white paper, written by COVID Collaborative's Vice President of Science and Strategy Steven Phillips, outlines a comprehensive strategy for driving down hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19.
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What does the future look like for COVID-19 and how should businesses prepare?
Apr 01, 2022
If omicron has taught us anything, it's that this pandemic is unpredictable. The waters have calmed for now, but as a society, we need to learn from what we've been through and put health and wellness measures in place to protect us from another surge. Many businesses are wondering: what now? The answer is to approach the next phase of the pandemic with an eye toward maintaining safety and being prepared with a risk-reduction toolkit.
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Pills to People: Accelerating Equitable Global Access to Oral Therapeutics for COVID-19
Mar 03, 2022
This report, released by COVID Gap, emphasizes the vital need for a “vaccination plus” strategy that expands the COVID arsenal to include oral treatments, and lays out a plan for achieving this.
Partners: Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke Margolis Center, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Covid GAP
Lessons for Advancing and Sustaining State Community Health Worker Partnerships
Jan 10, 2022
This brief, produced by our partner NASHP, highlights innovative approaches for funding, supporting, and partnering with CHWs, including pathways for financial sustainability.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, National Academy for State Health Policy, Community Health Acceleration Partnership
Health Center Resource Clearinghouse, COVID-19 Resources
Nov 09, 2021
This resource serves as a vehicle through which 21 National Training and Technical Assistance Partners (NTTAPs) collaborate and coordinate activities to support health centers.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Health Center Resource Clearing House, National Association of Community Health Centers
#COVIDSafeZones Letter: Sports
Aug 26, 2021
COVID Collaborative and Autonomy 5 Conferences published a letter calling for #COVIDSafeZones on college game days.
Partners: COVID Collaborative
Op Ed: #COVIDSafeZones on Campuses - How Higher Education Leaders Can Accelerate America’s Vaccination Push — and Keep Their Campuses Open
Aug 18, 2021
In this piece, John Bridgeland, Mark McClellan, and Andy Slavitt call on higher education leaders to adopt #COVIDSafeZones practices to keep their campuses open.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy
#COVIDSafeZones Letter: College Campuses
Aug 17, 2021
This open letter encourages colleges and universities to adopt #COVIDSafeZones practices for the the 2021-2022 school year.
Partners: American College Health Association, COVID Collaborative
Op Ed: #COVIDSafeZones in Workplaces
Aug 05, 2021
In this Op Ed, John Bridgeland, Mark McClellan, and Andy Slavitt call for American businesses to create #COVIDSafeZones.
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#COVIDSafeZones Letter: Workplaces
Aug 03, 2021
This open letter encourages businesses to adopt #COVIDSafeZones practices in their workplaces.
Partners: COVID Collaborative
Press Release: Infection Prevention and Control in Schools Initiative
Apr 28, 2021
This press released announced the work of the Infection Prevention and Control in Schools initiative, convened by COVID Collaborative, Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, and New America to bring together diverse players across health and education to publish resources supporting schools and districts in implementing CDC guidance and getting back to in-person learning.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Use of Funds Advisory Memo
Apr 27, 2021
The Use of Funds Advisory Memo outlines ways in which states can support LEAs in making strategic use of authorized funds in helping to ensure that schools are equipped to keep their students and staff healthy and safe.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Scientific Consensus Statement
Apr 27, 2021
This consensus statement, issued by a group of leading scientists from the Infection Prevention and Control in Schools Task Force, builds on the CDC guidance and provides evidence to reinforce the effectiveness of layered infection prevention and control measures inside schools.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Sample Language for an RFP Executive Summary
Apr 27, 2021
This sample language for an RFP Executive Summary, produced by members of the Infection Prevention and Control Task Force, provides a template for use by districts in seeking bidders for professional services to assess, plan, and implement improvements to educational facilities.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Roadmap to Healthy Schools
Apr 27, 2021
The Roadmap to Healthy Schools, produced by the Infection Prevention and Control Task Force, is a practical guide to infection prevention and control at the school level. It includes useful case studies of promising practices from schools and districts that have had success with resuming in-person instruction, as well as tools and recommendations that can be used to replicate some of those practices in each unique context.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, New America
Americans’ Views on At-Home Rapid Testing
Feb 24, 2021
COVID Collaborative and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health released a first-of-its-kind national poll announcing that 86 percent of Americans say they would test themselves using at-home rapid antigen tests to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Hart Research Associates
School Testing Programs
Feb 15, 2021
These materials, developed by Chiefs for Change with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, can help districts design and implement a testing program inside schools.
Partners: American College Health Association, COVID Collaborative, Hart Research Associates
Press Release: Call to Action to Defeat COVID-19
Dec 20, 2020
This press release announced the Call to Action to Defeat COVID-19, issued by Covid Collaborative and endorsed by Governors representing 1 in 3 Americans.
Partners: COVID Collaborative
Responding to the Winter 2021 COVID-19 Surge: What Governors Can Do
Dec 20, 2020
COVID Collaborative released a follow-up plan to its Call to Action outlining how Governors could address the COVID surge in Winter 2021 (December 2020 - February 2021).
Partners: COVID Collaborative
A Call to Action to Defeat COVID-19 and Promote National Recovery and Renewal
Dec 10, 2020
COVID Collaborative issued these recommendations for concerted, cross-state action on COVID-19 that were endorsed by Governors representing 1 in 3 Americans.
Partners: COVID Collaborative
Brief on Monoclonal Antibody Therapies For COVID-19
Nov 02, 2020
This resource, put out by COVID Collaborative along with members Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and the National Governors Association, provides Governors with critical information about monoclonal antibody therapies as they receive Emergency Use Authorization
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, National Governors Association
Resolve to Save Lives Mask Guidance Playbook
Aug 27, 2020
COVID Collaborative member Resolve to Save Lives published a comprehensive playbook for public health officials and leaders to take a data- and research-driven approach to promoting mask wearing.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, Prevent Epidemics, Resolve To Save Lives
Presentation on Facial Masking and COVID-19: Reducing Transmission and Severity of Disease
Apr 01, 2020
Representatives from COVID Collaborative member UCSF prepared a presentation on masking for over 300 mayors, reviewing the science and providing mayors with insights on how to promote mask wearing.
Partners: COVID Collaborative, University of California San Francisco
Press
Can you tell me how to get, how to get my COVID vaccine: Elmo does PSA encouraging shots for younger kids
Elmo is showing off his “super duper bandage” after getting his first COVID-19 vaccine shot. The “Sesame Street” monster appeared in a public service announcement (PSA) released Tuesday to promote vaccinations for children ages 5 and younger.
Sesame Street’s Elmo gets Covid-19 vaccine in PSA explaining jabs for kids
The Muppets of Sesame Street – Louie and his son Elmo – are urging more parents to get their kids under five years old vaccinated. Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organization behind Sesame Street, in collaboration with the Ad Council and Covid Collaborative’s Covid-19 Vaccine Education Initiative, has released a spot starring Elmo, the three-and-a-half-year-old Muppet, after receiving his Covid-19 vaccine.
Ted Cruz Targets 'Sesame Street' for Not Citing Science in Elmo Vaccination
Sesame Street's lovable red monster, Elmo, told kids that the COVID-19 vaccine was "OK" when he got vaccinated, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz targeted the show on his Twitter for not citing "scientific evidence."
Elmo Gets His First COVID Vaccination Shot
Elmo just got a COVID-19 vaccine shot — in a new public service announcement from Sesame Workshop aimed at persuading human parents to get their young kids COVID shots, too. The beloved red Muppet is three-and-a-half-years-old, according to Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind “Sesame Street.” That means he recently became eligible for a COVID shot, now that the vaccines have been approved for children 5 and under.
Elmo Gets Vaccinated for Covid, as Kids Under 5 Are Now Eligible
Muppet stars in new Ad Council PSA; With the CDC now recommending Covid-19 vaccines for kids as young as 6 months old, who better to spread the word that everyone's favorite 3 ½-year-old, Elmo?
‘Sesame Street’ characters Elmo and his dad star in new COVID-19 vaccine ad
The Ad Council has released a new public service announcement to encourage parents and caregivers “to get informed about the COVID-19 vaccines following the recent FDA emergency use authorization and CDC recommendation of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for children aged 6 months and older.” The new ad features Elmo and his dad, Louie, from “Sesame Street.” The father and son discuss Elmo getting his COVID-19 vaccine.
Elmo Gets COVID-19 Vaccine in Sesame Street PSA
‘There was a little pinch, but it was okay,’ Elmo said in the PSA after receiving his first Covid vaccination
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Lindsay Polega’s two-year odyssey with long covid shows how the medical system fails many patients
The Key Policy We Need to End the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Being Ignored
The goal is clearly articulated in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address: Test to Treat. He challenged America to “get back to work and fill our great downtowns again.” He was no longer declaring independence from the virus, adding, “I cannot promise you a new variant won’t come. But I can promise you we’ll do everything within our power to be ready if it does.”
‘Living With Covid’ Report Calls For National Testing Infrastructure
The post-pandemic roadmap estimates that getting the US ready for further spikes of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses would cost $100bn in the first year.
New covid era seen in ideas for virus fight
Mistrust of CDC named as issue; A team of former Biden covid advisers and dozens of other outside experts issued Monday more than 250 discrete recommendations to combat the coronavirus with the goal of avoiding the societal disruptions that have characterized the past two years.
White House unveils new Covid strategy for next phase of pandemic
The Biden administration released the National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan, a road map to help people get back to their pre-pandemic routines.
Laws Stripping Public Health Powers a 'Terrifying Step Back,' Says Former HHS Chief
— But some laws and proposed laws are not all bad, argues public health expert
We Urgently Need a New National COVID-19 Response Plan
The recent Chicago public school crisis, collapse of Broadway theater in New York City, ongoing changes in NBA and NFL screening protocols for players, and extreme scarcity of rapid tests throughout the nation all serve as a deafening wake-up call for urgent revision of our national COVID-19 response plan.
The COVID crisis: Past, present, and future
Since the late winter of 2019, the world has been consumed and transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the rise and waning of variants and successive waves of infection, together with the rollout of vaccines around the world and some associated hesitancy related to them, now is a good time to take stock of what we’ve experienced, what we’ve gotten right and wrong about the virus, and what the future might hold.
Coronavirus Briefing: Boosting older teens
The Covid Collaborative is asking President Biden to initiate a national campaign to identify these children and take steps to improve their emotional and economic well-being. In a report released today, the group recommended offering them mental health care and creating a “Covid-19 Bereaved Children’s Fund,” similar to a fund established after the Sept. 11 attacks, to provide up to $10,000 to families in need.
A renewed call for more rapid COVID-19 tests
The U.S. needs far more rapid COVID-19 tests than are currently available to help curb the spread of disease during the Delta surge and beyond, according to a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health expert.
Rapid Tests Are the Answer to Living With Covid-19
Accessing a rapid test around the world has proven to be easy, except in the United States.
The U.S. Needs an Operation Warp Speed for Rapid COVID-19 Testing
The Delta variant has caused a resurgence in COVID-19 cases and deaths, threatening earlier gains made by the Biden Administration in tackling the pandemic. President Biden on Thursday laid out an ambitious comprehensive six-point COVID Action Plan to respond to the variant challenge.
Why the CDC is again turning to masks to help stop COVID-19
The expert physicians and scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are recommending that Americans—even those who are fully immunized with one of the three safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines available in this country—wear masks in indoor public spaces if they live in areas with high or substantial rates of virus transmission.
Our Eyes on the Virus: Why We Still Need Widespread Rapid Testing Even With Vaccines
The vaccines are here. Why do we still need testing? Testing is our eye on the virus. Without testing, we can’t see where it is or where it is going. As fall and winter set in, outbreaks will again occur, sparked by the unvaccinated. And most people become infectious before they know they are infected.
A program that boosted rapid testing in Canada will try to do the same in the U.S.
A team of Canadian researchers who brought together some of that country’s largest businesses to scale up a rapid coronavirus testing program is now trying to replicate its success in the United States, with the aim of reviving the economy and getting thousands of Americans back to work.
New poll finds strong support for idea of rapid, at-home coronavirus tests
Eighty-six percent of Americans say they would test themselves using at-home rapid coronavirus tests, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the COVID Collaborative, a coalition of experts on the pandemic.
"No Safe Place:' Christie Urges Masking After COVID-19 Battle "
"I want to save as many people from going through what I went through," the former New Jersey governor told Patch.
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Christie Urges Skeptics to Wear Masks in New COVID PSA
Chris Christie Urges Americans To Wear A Mask
Former GOP NJ Gov. Chris Christie has released a new PSA urging Americans to help stop the spread of coronavirus by wearing a mask. Aired on 12/17/2020.
Chris Christie Urges Americans To Wear A Mask
Former GOP NJ Gov. Chris Christie has released a new PSA urging Americans to help stop the spread of coronavirus by wearing a mask. Aired on 12/17/2020.