Person-First Safe Living in a Pandemic #1

How can laypeople find up-to-date, trustworthy answers to questions they have about living safely in an emergency, when they have them, in a useful manner? Part 1: a #personfirst approach for researchers & content creators to help people and their communities find trusted guidance to answer their questions about living safely in a #covid19 world.

What could go wrong?

All of us, from lay people to professionals — you, me and our communities — were totally unprepared for this novel virus with global and household impacts. Now, every single day we try to drink from a firehose of new information with the clean information mixed in with the suspect.

Even researchers who deal in information as their profession find it difficult to manage the deluge of information — to keep it clean, clear, current, and relevant. We all find ourselves overwhelmed, confused, anxious, and mistrustful. AND we all drink from different hoses, some more trustworthy than others. Question: How can those researching, writing and sharing information about Covid-19 help people and their communities find guidance informed by research that answers their questions on living…