Avi Schiffmann by Liza Fedorovskaya https://padlet.com/lizafedorovskaya4432/9tcj8vmrbxj9rxyy Website COVID-19 en-us 2020-04-20 05:18:58 UTC 2026-02-21 03:40:43 UTC hello@padlet.com lizafedorovskaya4432 https://padlet.com/lizafedorovskaya4432/9tcj8vmrbxj9rxyy/wish/516473374 World Health Organization have always been on top of informing the public about any global disasters and instructing people on how they should respond.
It is important to keep people up to date with such a dangerous situation so they know specific measures to take and realise the scale of crisis. forewarned is forearmed.

]]> 2020-04-20 05:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lizafedorovskaya4432/9tcj8vmrbxj9rxyy/wish/516473374 A pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan, China was first reported to the WHO Country Office in China on 31 December 2019. lizafedorovskaya4432 https://padlet.com/lizafedorovskaya4432/9tcj8vmrbxj9rxyy/wish/516473641
(Because the virus was specific to China at the time it was hard to find out information of statistics since all websites were in Chinese)

]]> 2020-04-20 05:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lizafedorovskaya4432/9tcj8vmrbxj9rxyy/wish/516473641 Avi Schiffmann, the 17-year-old high school student from Mercer Island, Wash., just outside Seattle, started working on his coronavirus information website — ncov2019.live — in early January. lizafedorovskaya4432 https://padlet.com/lizafedorovskaya4432/9tcj8vmrbxj9rxyy/wish/516473813
(Avi created this site with an intention to inform people and make it easy and assessable for them. The numbers from national sources of each country is gathered and translated into table on his site. Avi is currently working on making the contents of the site available in other languages. 
Avi's mother works as a physician in a hospital. When her son created this site, she used the data to inform her patience so they realise and acknowledge the problem and take measures)

]]> 2020-04-20 05:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lizafedorovskaya4432/9tcj8vmrbxj9rxyy/wish/516473813 The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020. lizafedorovskaya4432 https://padlet.com/lizafedorovskaya4432/9tcj8vmrbxj9rxyy/wish/516474298
(At this point everyone realised that this will affect everyine's life. Avi's site became even more popular since more people were looking to find out more information.)]]> 2020-04-20 05:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lizafedorovskaya4432/9tcj8vmrbxj9rxyy/wish/516474298 On 11 February 2020, WHO announced a name for the new coronavirus disease: COVID-19. lizafedorovskaya4432 https://padlet.com/lizafedorovskaya4432/9tcj8vmrbxj9rxyy/wish/516474518
(Avi is planning to change the name of the site since the name of the virus change and to make it more general so it can be aplicable to other possible crisis.)]]> 2020-04-20 05:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lizafedorovskaya4432/9tcj8vmrbxj9rxyy/wish/516474518 Avi Shiffmann added recovery rates to his website to provide a more positive outlook on the statistics and the situation in general lizafedorovskaya4432 https://padlet.com/lizafedorovskaya4432/9tcj8vmrbxj9rxyy/wish/516476722
(This addition was suggested to Avi by one of the visitors of his website. Now that the recovery statistic is added it provides a much more positive and hopeful outlook on the current situation and harsh numbers.)]]> 2020-04-20 05:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lizafedorovskaya4432/9tcj8vmrbxj9rxyy/wish/516476722