An Open Source Initiative to Help Coronavirus Testing

Usually on It’s FOSS we talk about Linux and open source software with occasional open science stuff.

However, when I stumbled upon a post on Hackaday, I learned about an initiative (OpenCovid19) that tries to promote or develop open-source methodologies to safely test the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

In other words, the initiative tries to potentially develop a community-driven procedure to safely test the presence of the virus.

It is worth noting that this initiative is mostly useful for medical professionals (or public responders) amidst the public health emergency situation around Coronavirus. Hence, we decided to cover this for awareness.

The OpenCovid19 Initiative

The OpenCovid19 initiative can be seen on Just One Giant Lab (JOGL) – which is a decentralized open research and innovation library based in Paris, France.

The OpenCovid19 facilitates collaboration opportunities for people with the relevant expertise to join and share insights to tackle Coronavirus.

In the initiative, they are focusing on developing open-source methodologies using tools that are as common as possible.

And, if you are someone with relevant knowledge, you can join the collaboration and access the compilation of notes that can help the process of COVID-19 testing.

They’re utilizing Slack, Google Docs, and Zoom to communicate with each other. And, if you take a look at their Lab notes, you will find a lot of details.

OpenCovid19 Initiative

An Interesting Open-Source Collaboration

Technically, there’s not a lot of stuff here for an average netizen. However, for medical professionals, the community-driven approach is definitely an example of how the open-source community works in general.

I’m not sure how helpful the initiative is – right now. It does have good potential to help people with the necessary knowledge to work together to develop open-source methodologies to fight against the Coronavirus outbreak.

Not just limited to open-source software, but the open-source approach could come in handy for a variety of real-world use-case such as this one.

What do you think about this initiative? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.

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