Engineering for Pandemics: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Proceedings of a Forum (2021) / Chapter Skim
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One of the most rapid prototyping of design successful short-term approaches alternatives and the mass for meeting this need was additive manufacturing of face shields manufacturing, also known as 3D and masks. printing, Walt observed.
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r It maintained connectivity with digital solutions such as augmented reality devices and smart cameras to allow technical troubleshooting sessions to be conducted vir- "The virus does not respect tually. It asked its China team to borders,… it can only be defeated with a global response involving document measures taken after the more than one company, more disease appeared and derived les- than one institution, more than sons that could be shared across its one government." global manufacturing and supply networks.
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"We were charged with providing long-term guidance, not only on the present crisis…but the next one and the one after that," said Walt. Since its creation in early March 2020, the committee has issued, on very short timeframes, rapid expert consultations on the spread of the virus on surfaces, the occur People need to perceive that rence of severe illness in young public health messages have adults, the effectiveness of social value to themselves and their distancing, the spread of the virus families for those messages to in aerosols, and other topics.
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"There are now ways to engage with people, in a very deliberate way, that come from good behavioral sciences, that encourage them to begin to take responsibility." The committee has forged a strong collaboration with the Societal Experts Action Network to draw on the social and behavioral sciences in formulating its recommendations. TRANSPORTATION NEEDS Daniel Work, associate professor in civil and environmental engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science at Vanderbilt University, discussed the transportation system as a critical consideration for the distribution of not just medical devices but diagnostics and therapeutics during a pandemic.
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"It's people resume work outside going to be really important to pay the home. attention to these numbers," Work said, "because we could be setting ourselves up for a scenario where congestion is overall worse, which will ultimately impact our ability to effectively move goods and supplies." FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION Before the pandemic, three revolutions were occurring simultaneously in transportation, said Work: the automation of the vehicle fleet; the development of shared transportation modes such as rideshare, carshare, and bikes; and the electrification of the vehicle fleet.
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Work also pointed out that the transportation system can change in ways that are hard to predict. For example, the employment status of rideshare drivers becomes an important consideration during a pandemic, since companies can have more or less leverage over their drivers in instituting public health measures depending on whether they are employees or nonemployees.
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