We all need uplifting and that was so good thank you .
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On Apr 2, 2020, at 10:11 AM, Sarah Lock <sarah_lock@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Very encouraging news indeed. Go Oxford (and all others, of course).
Updates will be gratefully received. Thank you!
Sarah
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[mailto:greatcoxwell-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacqueline Pumphrey
Sent: 02 April 2020 09:04
To: greatcoxwell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [greatcoxwell] Reasons to be hopeful
Hi everyone
It occurred to me yesterday that I am lucky that my work involves some
good-news stories about the fight against Covid-19, and I wanted to share
some of them with you.
As you may know, I work in communications at the University of Oxford. I'm
currently in the department of clinical neurosciences, which includes
(somewhat strangely, for historical reasons!) anaesthetics - and critical
care. Some of these guys have been working on developing a prototype
ventilator that could easily be manufactured at scale, and is now at the
testing stage:
http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-03-31-ventilator-project-oxvent-gets-green-light-uk-government-proceed-next-stage-testing.
Others have developed wearable monitoring devices that allow nurses to check
on hospital patients in a way that minimises their own risk of infection:
https://www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/news/using-wearable-technology-to-monitor-covid-19-patients
And the University is also involved in a Covid-19 vaccine trial:
http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-03-27-oxford-covid-19-vaccine-programme-opens-clinical-trial-recruitment
I thought I'd share this because one of the things that I find comforting is
the fact that some of the brightest minds in the world are working together
to apply themselves to all sorts of aspects of the situation we now find
ourselves in.
Stay safe everyone, and stay hopeful.
Jacqueline
