COVID-19 Initiatives

This repository is a curated list of interesting and impactful projects related to COVID-19. These initiatives aim to improve air quality, track COVID-related data, and provide valuable resources for individuals and communities.

IAQ Calculation / Air Purifier reviews

• Clean Air Stars Assess indoor aerosol transmission risk / air filter recommendation tool https://cleanairstars.com/

• Spreadsheet of best air purifiers Spreadsheet of best air purifiers https://tinyurl.com/nzbdwhwb

• HouseFresh Air purifier reviews https://housefresh.com/

• Breathesafeair Air purifier / monitors / mask reviews https://breathesafeair.com/

• AirAwareness App Web app to calculate pathogen risk https://airsupportproject.com/airwareness/

• Portable Air Filters CleanAirStars Portable Air Filters https://tinyurl.com/u4xu4nkr

• Nathalie Ventilation Air purifier reviews https://medium.com/@levangelistedelaventilation

CO2 Trackers

• IndoorCo2map Native iOS/Android app for Aranet/Airvalent/Airsport/Inkbird IAM-T1 https://indoorco2map.com/

• Breathesafe Webapp for indoor CO2 risk / mask fit recommendation https://www.breathesafe.xyz/#/

• RavenApp - CleanAir Webapp for indoor CO2 risk https://www.ravenapp.org/cleanair

• CO2 Trackers The original webapp for indoor CO2 risk https://co2trackers.com/

• CO2Kuki In development Android app for CO2 risk https://co2kuki.com/

• UCritter UCritter https://www.ucritter.com/

Organizations / Mask Bloc Directory

• CovidActionMap Map of covid action groups worldwide https://covidactionmap.org/

• MaskBloc Directory of mask blocs https://maskbloc.org/

• CleanAirClub The original air purifier lending library based in Chicago https://cleanairclub.org/

• Corsi Rosenthal Foundation Nonprofit promoting clean indoor air and supplying air purifiers https://corsirosenthalfoundation.org/

• Air Support Project Nonprofit with an IAQ app / purifier in development https://airsupportproject.com/

• PublicHealthActionNetwork Organization aiming to build a collaborative global movement to improve air quality https://publichealthactionnetwork.org/

• Polybio Organization focusing on solving Long COVID and ME/CFS https://polybio.org/

• John Snow project Reliable, honest information on COVID-19 from public health, clinical, and research experts https://johnsnowproject.org/

• PLRC Patient-led research and advocacy for #LongCovid and infection-associated chronic conditions https://patientresearchcovid19.com/

• GoAQS Open Air Quality Standards (GO AQS) are here to establish a new benchmark for clean air https://goaqs.org/

• LongCovidFamilies Supporting families and raising awareness to families navigating the challenges of pediatric Long Covid. https://longcovidfamilies.org/

• WHN A global network devoted to inspire collective action through science for a safer, healthier world https://whn.global/

• CrunchME Data-informed advocacy to accelerate research on ME/CFS, Long COVID, and other infection-associated chronic conditions https://crunchme.notion.site/homepage

• ARPA-H Breathe Building Resilient Environments for Air and Total Health https://arpa-h.gov/explore-funding/programs/breathe

• AmaticaHealth A data platform for the world's most complex diseases https://amaticahealth.com/

• Renegade Research Patient led nonprofit 501c3 on MECFS and LongCovid https://www.renegade-research.org/

Forecasting | Wastewater sampling | genome/lineage sequencing

• WastewaterSCAN WW National monitoring effort to provide a comprehensive view of SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A+B, RSV, and other diseases in communities from Stanford University, Emory University and local wastewater and public health officials partner to produce actionable data. https://data.wastewaterscan.org/

• PMC19 Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative managed by Dr. Hoerger https://www.pmc19.com/data/index.php

• JWeiland https://x.com/JPWeiland

• Marc Johnson / DHO Lab Viral monitoring via wastewater deep sequencing for COVID-19 and other viruseshttps://dholab.github.io/public_viz/001-make-by-city-and-by-virus-dashboards/index.html

• Biobot Public health analytics powered by wastewater https://biobot.io/data/

• Verily Wastewater Verily provides quality, fast turnaround wastewater monitoring results for a broad array of pathogens to hundreds of sites across the United States. https://verily.com/solutions/public-health/wastewater

• CDC National Wasterwater CDC's wastewater trends https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID19-nationaltrend.html

• COVID-19 Genomes https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes

• COV-lineages https://github.com/cov-lineages

• SARSCoV2 Variant Landscape https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/raj.rajnarayanan/viz/ConvergentLineages-VariantSoup-World/G20

Positivity rates / case counts

• Urgent Care Positivity Rates https://www.experityhealth.com/urgent-care-visit-data/

• Worldometer https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

• COVID hospitalization data https://www.cdc.gov/covid/php/surveillance/index.html

• COVID-19 Greece https://covid19-greece.tk/

Literature/Study collections

• LitCOVID LitCovid is the most comprehensive resource on the subject, providing a central access to 467,702 (and growing ) relevant articles in PubMed https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/

• Covid-Studies Curated timeline of COVID-19 studies https://covid-studies.org/

• C19life Visual overview of COVID-19 studies with topic specific links https://www.c19.life/

• What COVID does to the body Comprehensive yearly round-up of COVID-19 studies https://www.panaccindex.info/p/what-covid-19-does-to-the-body-eighth

• You have to life your life Question/answer based guide for COVID-19 https://youhavetoliveyour.life/

• I've read 3,000 studies about COVID: Here's what you're ignoring that could (still) harm you or a loved one https://medium.com/@augieray_66704/ive-read-3-000-studies-about-covid-here-s-what-you-re-ignoring-that-could-still-harm-you-or-a-accafe0f7c66

• COVID Research & implications Topic based COVID-19 round-up https://tinyurl.com/yme4ed5j

• For Doctors Presentation on COVID for doctors by Dr. Nancy Malek https://covidfordoctors.org/

• What Covid Does Compilation of reputed sources for COVID-19 https://sites.google.com/view/c-19resources/home?authuser=0

• Sam Rhode Frequently updated topic-based COVID-19 study posts by Sam Rhode http://instagram.com/sam_rhode

• Aquarius16 - Pandemic Info A raindrop collection of studies by Aquarius16 https://raindrop.io/Aquarius16/covid-information-37136152

• JW_Lists - COVID Lists A raindrop collection of studies by JW https://raindrop.io/JW_Lists/covid-lists-30427555

• Lauraallee A raindrop collection of studies by Lauraallee https://raindrop.io/laurieallee

• Coronawahrheit A german collection of studies https://coronawahrheit.com/

• AvoidThePlague An easy-to-use roundup of resources pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic https://avoid-plague.info/

• COVID-19 Research https://krombopulosmichael.github.io/Covid-19-research/

• COVID History https://covidhistory.org/

• COVID Safety resource list https://www.patreon.com/posts/huge-free-covid-86871700

• Covidnow https://covidnow.info/

• long-covid.org https://www.long-covid.org/

Youtube/Videos

• Al Haddrell Al Haddrell's youtube channel featuring aerosol content https://m.youtube.com/@AlHaddrell/videos

• Lolagerms https://www.youtube.com/@LolaGerms

• PacoOnPause https://www.instagram.com/pacoonpause/#

• Covid safety for schools https://www.youtube.com/@covidsafetyforschools

Trials

• LongCovidStudies A list of the most recent long covid studies https://longcovidstudies.net/

• C19Early COVID-19 treatment: real-time analysis of 6,138 studies https://c19early.org/

Contact Tracing

• AfterParty19 COVID Contact Tracing for events https://afterparty19.info/

Calculators

• CoRiCal Long COVID calculator https://corical.immunisationcoalition.org.au/longcovid

• Vapor Warehouse - Risk Estimator Assess the risk of viral transmission in indoor spaces using the Wells-Riley model. https://thememeticist.github.io/VaporWarehouse/

• microCOVID Estimate COVID risk for customizable situations https://www.microcovid.org/

• COVIDRiskTool COVID-19 Airborne Aerosol Transmission Estimator https://www.covidairbornerisk.com/

• OSPE Air Quality Calculator Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Air Quality Calculator https://ospe-calc.herokuapp.com/Air_Changes_-_Ventilation

• COVID-19 Aerosol Transmission Estimator Prof. Jose L Jimenez & Dr. Zhe Peng Univ. Colorado-Boulder's COVID-19 Aerosol Transmission Estimator https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16K1OQkLD4BjgBdO8ePj6ytf-RpPMlJ6aXFg3PrIQBbQ/edit?gid=519189277#gid=519189277

Funding

• Balvi Fund A scientific investment and direct gifting fund for deploying quickly to high-value COVID projects https://www.balvi.io/

Connections

• Refresh Connections Find COVID-safe friendships, romance, virtual connections, jobs, housing, families Refresh Connections

• CovidChemistry https://www.covid-chemistry.org/

Testing

• Virussucks Pluslife analyzer https://virus.sucks/

Providers

• HelpForLong COVID Find care providers who understand Long COVID https://helpforlongcovid.com/

Masks

• An essay on how masks can end COVID-19 An essay on how masks can end COVID-19 https://aatishb.com/maskmath/

• The Astounding Physics of Masks The astounding physics of masks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAdanPfQdCA&t=10s

• Why we mask COVID-19 zines/informational graphics https://laurellynnleake.com/WhyWeMask/

• Respirator fit testing Respirator fit testing https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCIh6HRdQGVy7VR4Lq22xbng

• Patient Knowhow Patient Knowhow https://patientknowhow.com

• Aaron Collins Top Mask Pick of 2023 Aaron Collins Top Mask Pick of 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=TAa5zjcTtZYVulKc&v=s3-Hf6wnPds&feature=youtu.be

• Mask size guide for youth and small adults Mask size guide for youth and small adults https://bsky.app/profile/parentmishmash.bsky.social/post/3l6qtmoacnq26

CO2 Sensors

• Aircoda A pocket CO2 sensor https://www.aircoda.com/

• Airlab Airlab air quality monitor https://networkedartifacts.com/airlab/

• Airspot Health The smallest CO2 monitor with an Android/iOS app https://airspothealth.com/

• Airgradient Indoor/outdoor air quality monitors https://www.airgradient.com/

• Aranet The famous and reliable indoor CO2 monitor https://aranet.com/en/home

• CO2Click An affordable CO2 monitor using Sensirion's miniature CO2 sensor https://co2.click/

• Airthings Indoor air quality monitors https://www.airthings.com/

• DYI CO2 monitors primarily for schools https://github.com/oseiler2/CO2Monitor

• Airvalent Indoor air quality monitors https://airvalent.com/

Air Purifiers/Filters

• How to build a Corsi Rosenthal box https://cleanaircrew.org/box-fan-filters/

• Cleanairkits Next-Gen Corsi-Rosenthal Box & Double-Barrel HEPA https://www.cleanairkits.com/

• SmarterHepa Durable, heavy duty air purifiers https://www.smarterhepa.com/

• Airthings Airthings air purifiers https://www.airthings.com/

• Levoitt Levoitt air purifiers https://levoit.com/collections/air-purifiers

• Medify Medify air purfiers https://medifyair.com/collections/all-products

Blogs

• LetsAir News, infographics and scientific mediation on indoor air renewal. https://letsair.org/
• See the Air Blog about the dangers of bad indoor/outdoor air https://seetheair.org/
• PeerToPublic Interactive, visual articles dedicated to informing the public and guiding policymakers by deepening understanding of today's health and science landscape. https://www.peertopublic.com/
• The Gauntlet COVID Information, Updates, and Commentary https://www.thegauntlet.news/
• Sick Times Chronicling the Long COVID crisis https://thesicktimes.org/
• Weekly COVID news https://drruth.substack.com/

School Initiatives

• CleanAirAllies CA nonprofit dedicated to improving indoor air quality (IAQ) in PK-12 schoolshttps://cleanairallies.org/

• Clean Air For Kids Campaign to bring better air quality to the children of Bristol and beyond! Run by @erbrooker and others https://www.cleanairforkids.co.uk/

• School District IAQ Map A map of school districts and IAQ programs they use https://schools.co2kuki.com/map

• COVID Safety for Schools A 90-minute Primer on COVID Safety For Schools https://www.covidsafetyforschools.org/primer

• SafeAirSchools A parent-led organisation, supported by experts, working to improve air quality in classrooms. Founded in Hampshire https://www.safeairschools.org/

Linktree/Beacons

• https://beacons.ai/wanderingkayli
• https://linktr.ee/learnaboutlongcovid

Misc

• Why should we care about a virus with a "99.8% survival rate"? Why should we care about a virus with a 99.8% survival rate? https://tinyurl.com/COVIDrealImpact

• First 12 months of COVID timeline First 12 months of COVID timeline https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-021-00522-1

• LongCovidCampaign LongCovidCampaign https://www.longcovidcampaign.org/

• Its Airborne Hepa Filters / Clean Air Delivery Rates https://itsairborne.com/

• PeoplesCDC People's CDC https://peoplescdc.org/

• CleanAirCrew CleanAirCrew https://cleanaircrew.org/

• Zine COVIDzine https://newlevant.com/COVIDzine

• What therapists need to know: COVID-19 What therapists need to know: COVID-19 https://covid-for-therapists.my.canva.site/

• What therapists need to know: COVID-19 (Slideshow) What therapists need to know: COVID-19 (Slideshow) https://tinyurl.com/3fvzwp4a

• Lola Germs Reference List Lola Germs Reference List

• Julie Sullivan's Long COVID Google Drive Julie Sullivan's Long COVID Google Drive https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dnXRQEhqrEYSvMwhfxPEgEdHMRQozBaG

• NotRecovered NotRecovered https://notrecovered.org/

• Covid posters COVID posters COVID Posters

• Safeinside Safeinside https://safeinside.co.uk/

• CovidSociety COVID Society https://covidsociety.ca/

• Data Report Data Report https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabkYozJ7EPxvvWtIvJbIDg?app=desktop

• React19 React19 https://react19.org/

• COVID19resources COVID19resources https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index/

• BerlinBuyersClub Berlin Buyers Club https://www.berlinbuyersclub.com/

• Your Immune System isn't a muscle Your Immune System isn't a muscle https://rachel.fast.ai/posts/2024-08-13-crowds-vs-friends/

• Clean Indoor Air Toronto Clean Indoor Air Toronto https://cleanindoorairto.ca/

• FRED - Civilian labor force with a disability, 16 years or over FRED - civilian labor force with a disability, 16 years or over https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU01074597

• Spreadsheet of IAQ/UVC Companies Spreadsheet of IAQ/UVC Companies https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10VNZbZw6DEOK635SBmZNXXHHc3N7NtNgIGtICKqeEIU/edit?gid=0#gid=0

• Harvard healthy buildings Harvard Healthy Buildings https://healthybuildings.hsph.harvard.edu/research/indoor-air-quality/

• Maryland Indoor Air Quality Advocates Maryland Indoor Air Quality Advocates https://www.facebook.com/groups/marylandindoorairqualityadvocates/

• OliviaBelknapTherapy OliviaBelknapTherapy https://www.oliviabelknaptherapy.com/covid-resources

• Covid Conscious Therapists Covid Conscious Therapists https://www.covidconscioustherapists.com/

• IACI Provider Manual IACI Provider Manual https://www.coresinai.org/manual

• Air Club Air Club https://www.linkedin.com/company/indoor-air-club/posts/?feedView=all

• SaferAirProject SaferAirProject https://www.saferairproject.com/

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center https://libguides.mskcc.org/CovidImpacts/Home

Podcasts

• PublicHealthIsDead Public Health Is Dead https://www.publichealthisdead.com/

• MitigationMedia Mitigation Media https://linktr.ee/mitigationmedia

• Voices of Long COVID Voices of Long COVID https://www.buzzsprout.com/2303322

Mask retailers/resellers

• 3M Aura 9205+ https://www.amazon.com/Aura-Particulate-Respirator-Mask-White/dp/B09FM2P1KF/ref=sr_1_1?
• 3M 3M https://www.3m.com/
• Breathetec Breathetec https://breatheteq.com/
• Bonafide Bonafide Masks [https://bonafidemasks.com/][https://bonafidemasks.com/]
• Laianzhi Laianzhi https://www.laianzhi.org/
• Dräger Drager https://www.draeger.com/en-us_us/Home
• Bnx Bnx https://bnx.com/made-in-usa/n95-mask-respirators-kn95-face-masks/
• Wellbefore Wellbefore https://wellbefore.com/
• TheFaceMaskStore TheFaceMaskStore http://thefacemaskstore.co.uk/
• hlpmedical https://hlpmedical.net/en-us
• Zimi Zimi https://zimiair.com/

Air Filter retailers/resellers

• BNX MERV 13 Corsi Rosenthal Filter BNX Merv 13 Corsi Rosenthal Filter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09XC3RQ3J

Pluslife tests

• TheFaceMaskStore TheMaskStore http://thefacemaskstore.co.uk/

Cafes/Establishments

• ApricotTreeCafe https://www.apricottreecafe.com/

Books

• Immune https://www.amazon.com/Immune-Journey-Mysterious-System-Keeps/dp/0593241312

• Airborne https://www.amazon.com/Air-Borne-Hidden-History-Life-Breathe/dp/0593473590

• Viral Underclass https://www.amazon.com/Viral-Underclass-Ableism-Capitalism-Margins/dp/1250796636/ref=sr_1_1?

• Janeway's Immunobiology 10th edition https://www.amazon.com/Janeways-Immunobiology-Kenneth-M-Murphy/dp/0393884899/ref=pd_lpo_d_sccl_2/143-2011423-1182851

• Healthy Buildings https://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Buildings-Indoor-Performance-Productivity/dp/0674237978

• Spillover https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pandemic/dp/0393066800

• We Want Them Infected https://www.amazon.com/Want-Them-Infected-anti-vaccine-Americans/dp/1959346032/ref=sr_1_1

• Uncontrolled Spread https://www.amazon.com/Uncontrolled-Spread-COVID-19-Crushed-Pandemic/dp/006308001X

• Lessons from the COVID War https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Covid-War-Investigative-Report/dp/1541703804/ref=pd_lpo_d_sccl_2/143-2011423-1182851

• How the Immune System Works https://www.amazon.com/Immune-System-Works-Lauren-Sompayrac/dp/1119890683

• Rebel Health https://www.amazon.com/Rebel-Health-Patient-Led-Revolution-Medical/dp/0262553007/ref=sr_1_1

Subreddits

• ZeroCovidCommunity https://www.reddit.com/r/ZeroCovidCommunity/
• Coronavirus https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/

COVID-19 Breathalyzers

• Polytechnic University of Valencia, University of Valencia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039914025006824?via%3Dihub - IN DEVELOPMENT

• UVA https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/research-airbornecovidtest.html - CONFIRMATION PENDING

• Washington University in St Louis https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39419-z

• University of Texas at Austin https://www.acs.org/pressroom/newsreleases/2023/march/is-it-covid-19-or-the-flu-new-sensor-could-tell-you-in-10-seconds.html

Discords

• Cleaner air in schools Cleaner air in schools https://discord.gg/9hJJfB4n

Real-time IAQ Detection

Funded

• A biosensor that enables real-time, ultrasensitive detection of specific pathogens and allergens using nanobody-based technology. https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/10/eng-clean-indoor-air-research-pandemic-contract.html

• A biosensor capable of detecting airborne viruses in real time https://www.uv.es/uvweb/uv-news/en/news/a-biosensor-is-developed-detect-airborne-viruses-quickly-easily-low-cost-1285973304159/Novetat.html?id=1286451013364&plantilla=UV_Noticies/Page/TPGDetaillNews

• An amplification-free genetic sensor that sends a tiny electrical signal when it recognizes a target microbe in the air https://www.news10.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/873896442/poppy-awarded-arpa-h-contract-up-to-39m-to-tackle-preventative-health-through-breakthrough-indoor-air-infrastructure/

• A novel microarray qPCR biosensor, which utilizes a unique positional printing method to detect a broad spectrum of microbes https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/safetraces-selected-as-a-prime-performer-for-arpa-h-building-resilient-environments-for-air-and-total-health-breathe-program-on-other-transaction-agreement-up-to-39-million-302571829.html

News

• BREATHE research teams kick off efforts to enhance indoor air quality to improve health BREATHE research teams kick off efforts to enhance indoor air quality to improve health

Archived/Inactive

• COVID Can I do it? COVID risk assessment for various activities (archive/defunt) covidcanidoit.com

License

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