{"id":18407,"date":"2020-04-06T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T01:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/?p=18407"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:42:05","slug":"citizen-science-needs-you-help-fight-covid-19","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/citizen-science-needs-you-help-fight-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizen Science Needs You! Help Fight COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

During Citizen Science Month, NNLM PNR is featuring simple, health-related citizen science projects \"\"that you can lead as either a virtual library program event; share through your library\u2019s social media; or for you to do as a private citizen. NLM has partnered with SciStarter.org<\/a> to bring you these important projects. This week, we feature a vitally important project called \u201cThe COVID-19 Citizen Science Project<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret we\u2019ve all been touched by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of us are sheltering in place while continuing to support our communities: We\u2019re expanding access to online library resources and offering virtual programming as we work remotely or from within our closed libraries. \u201dStressful\u201d is an understatement. Yet while we work, thoughts of COVID-19 are never far from mind.<\/p>\n

This is where the collective impact of citizen science provides a tangible way to help. The COVID-19 Citizen Science (CCS)<\/a> \u00a0project has just been launched by physician-scientists at the University of California San Francisco, offering a way for people from every walk of life to help in the battle against this virus. The project seeks ordinary people age 18 or over to help advance scientists\u2019 understanding of the disease. All that\u2019s needed to participate is a smartphone and the ability to download the app.<\/p>\n

The project\u2019s goal is to learn what behaviors slow the spread of the virus and what factors increase or lessen the long-term health impacts of COVID-19. Through the project\u2019s app, participants self-report their symptoms daily (healthy or not) and complete simple surveys. People have the option to provide their location, allowing researchers to determine how geography may affect the spread of infection.<\/p>\n

In return, researchers will share updates, create and post maps related to reported behaviors and symptoms, and inform participants of what they discover. The more who participate, the better and more reliable the data, so scientists encourage participants to share the project with at least five other individuals. Libraries are perfectly positioned to help spread the word. \u00a0To host a virtual library event, share on social media or participate, visit: SciStarter\u2019s COVID-19 Citizen Science<\/a> or the COVID-19 Citizen Science Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Important note: In deciding to participate myself, I learned it\u2019s best to request the App directly from either SciStarter\u2019s website<\/a> or from the COVID-19 Citizen Science Project\u2019s website<\/a> via your Smartphone rather than through the Apple Store or Google Play.<\/p>\n

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During Citizen Science Month, NNLM PNR is featuring simple, health-related citizen science projects that you can lead as either a virtual library program event; share through your library\u2019s social media; or for you to do as a private citizen. NLM has partnered with SciStarter.org to bring you these important projects. This week, we feature a… Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,52,236,9,4,11],"tags":[95,230,157,57,124],"class_list":["post-18407","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-all-of-us","category-blog","category-citizen-science","category-health-literacy","category-regional-news","category-public-libraries","tag-all-of-us","tag-citizen-science","tag-disease-outbreak","tag-health-literacy","tag-public-library"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18409,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18407\/revisions\/18409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}