COVID-19 Efforts

I have guided more than 50 members of the CienciaPR network in the publication of more than 70 Spanish-language articles about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. I established a collaboration with the morning radio show Sin Tapujos on WIAC 740AM Radio, where experts from our network go on air at least once a week to discuss topics related to the pandemic from a scientific perspective. I have also coordinated or facilitated more than 50 Spanish-language radio, TV, podcast, and press interviews with scientists and experts who are members of the CienciaPR network. You can learn more about the story behind some these efforts in this NPR interview (in English). You can read, watch or listen most of the content HERE (in Spanish). You can also read a summary of most of these efforts in the Twitter thread below.

On May 11, 2020, I hosted an informational session for journalists in Puerto Rico (in Spanish) featuring presentations and a Q&A with experts in SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 testing and contact tracing. I also led the development of this document (in Spanish), answering 24 FAQs about SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, testing and contact tracing.

Retos éticos, bioéticos y periodísticos frente a un nuevo virus (Ethical, bioethical and journalistic challenges against a new virus) (May 7, 2020). I participated of the Foro Virtual Hispanoamericano de Periodismo Científico (Virtual Hispanic-American Forum on Science Journalism) in a panel where we discussed how to deal with the ethical and journalistic challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• The Government of Puerto Rico’s Main Strategies During COVID-19: Ineptitude, Misinformation and Secrecy (April 19, 2020) Latino Rebels
• Faltan datos y transparencia ante la pandemia de COVID-19 (Data and transparency are lacking in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic) (April 2, 2020) El Nuevo Día

• Pruebas rápida y falsos negativos: las estrategias de Perú y Puerto Rico frente al COVID-19 (Rapid Tests and False Negatives: the strategies of Puerto Rico and Perú against COVID-19) (August 9, 2020) Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
• El gobierno lo que ha hecho es recurrir a excusas (What the Government has Done is Find Excuses) (July 25, 2020) Claridad 
• "Seguimos teniendo un berenjenal de datos" sobre COVID-19 (COVID-19 Data in Puerto Rico is Still a Mess) (June 11. 2020) Noticel
• Después de la apertura, ¿qué? (What’s Next After Reopening?) (June 7, 2020) Claridad
• [CHEQUEO DE DATOS] Lorenzo González “Una persona joven sin condiciones crónicas, pues si se infecta y no se enferma, va ganar inmunidad”. Insostenible. ([FACT CHECK] Lorenzo González “If a young person without chronic conditions, if they get infected and does not get sick, will gain immunity.” Not sustainable).(May 22, 2020) Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
• Advierten Puerto Rico no cumple con los criterios de reapertura durante la pandemia (Warnings that Puerto Rico does not meet criteria for reopening during the pandemic) (May 23, 2020) Noticel
• Puerto Rico to reopen business, beaches with new rules. (May 21, 2020). The Associated Press
• Cuestionan el cierre de entidades públicas a partir de pruebas serológicas (Closing of public entities based on results of serological COVID-19 tests called into question) (May 13, 2020) El Nuevo Día
• Científicos boricuas ingenian antídotos contra COVID-19 (Puerto Rican scientists finding solutions for COVID-19) (May 10, 2020) El Nuevo Día
• Puerto Rico to partially reopen despite coronavirus concerns (April 30, 2020) The Associated Press
• Meet the New Wanda, Same as the Old Wanda: On Puerto Rico and its Continued Political Mediocrity (April 22, 2020) Latino Rebels
• Missteps mar Puerto Rico's response to the coronavirus (April 15, 2020) The Associated Press 

Agenda Propia (May 25, 2020) Interview with the Center for Investigative Journalism's "Agenda Propia" on Radio Isla, fact-checking statements made by the Puerto Rico Secretary of Health about coronavirus immunity and vaccine.

• Repunte de casos de COVID-19 en Puerto Rico (Spike of COVID-19 Cases in Puerto Rico) (13 de julio, 2020) Sin Tapujos, WIAC 740AM Radio
• SciComm Roundtable: Scientists and the News Cycle: What Role Can We Play? (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) (May 27, 2020) Roundtable for Papa PhD Podcast where panelists discussed the role scientists can play in the communication of science during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Repaso COVID-19 en Puerto Rico: Semana del 16-20 de marzo, 2020 (The Week in Review, March 16-20, 2020: COVID-19 in Puerto Rico) (March 20, 2020) Spanish-language with Jonathan Lebrón on his show "Sin Tapujos" on WIAC 740AM Radio, where we looked at COVID-19-related events for the week of March 16.
• Mitos y desinformación sobre COVID-19 (Myths and misinformation about COVID-19) (March 18, 2020) Spanish-language interview with Jonathan Lebrón on his show "Sin Tapujos" on WIAC 740AM Radio, about common COVID-19 and how to avoid spreading misinformation.