[WSMDiscuss] First world-wide gateway to Covid-19
Jai Sen
jai.sen at cacim.net
Mon Apr 27 01:17:48 CEST 2020
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Hi Ashish
Thanks for this. This is not my ‘field’ – in the sense of being up-to-date on what else like this is available but out there, but yes, in its own way this does seem quite an astonishing – and impressive - marshalling of information. (Though I must say, that the claim to being the ‘First world-wide gateway to Covid-19’ is also quite, well, something !)
(In passing – or should I say, ‘in entering’ ? -, it’s interesting to see this being announced as the ‘First world-wide gateway to Covid-19’, where there we have Arundhati Roy suggesting to us that COVID-19 is itself a portal… to, perhaps, another world…; and where I think many of ‘us’ have adopted this as a way of seeing things. So… a gateway to a portal ?)
On the other hand (and there is, of course, always another hand !)…, and I say this also just for the information of others who may not have tried entering this gateway, this is (or seems to be, at first entry and then some poking around) a gateway only to official, governmental information and data; and not – as far as I looked - to any independent information let alone analysis and reflection, whether institutional or individual; let alone anything ‘critical’ or alternative in nature…
Which perhaps should not be entirely surprising, given various things. But I thought that just as you passed this information / news on to us (“this may be of use”), it might also be of some use for me to mention this. Do you think it would be of any value to pass this observation back to your source, in case he would like to ask the hosts whether they would like to widen their scope ?
I’m also copying this reply onto other lists, where there may be people who would be interested to know of this initiative.
Jai
> On Apr 26, 2020, at 10:16 AM, Ashish Kothari via WSM-Discuss <wsm-discuss at lists.openspaceforum.net> wrote:
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> this may be of use,
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> ashish
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> Subject: Fwd: First world-wide gateway to Covid-19
> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 07:39:11 +0530
> From: Brij Gopal <brij.ciwsa at gmail.com> <mailto:brij.ciwsa at gmail.com>
> To: Ashish Kothari <chikikothari at gmail.com> <mailto:chikikothari at gmail.com>
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> FYI
> May be of interest- for info on CoVid-19
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> Prof. Brij Gopal
> Centre for Inland Waters in South Asia
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> From: RAVINDER KOHLI <rkkohli45 at yahoo.com <mailto:rkkohli45 at yahoo.com>>
> Date: Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 3:50 PM
> Subject: First world-wide gateway to Covid-19
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> Our Central University of Punjab has created a unique world-wide gateway on COVID-19. It is designed to cater to anyone (professional or common man) interested in the subject. It imparts up-to-date authentic information for reference, research, funding sources, guidelines, notifications and the initiatives of different Governments of the world under one roof. This will get automatically updated daily. Such a portal is the only one of its type in the world.
> Please click the link https://www.cupcovid19.info/ <https://www.cupcovid19.info/> to open the gateway on COVID-19.
> It will be useful for scientists, doctors, media persons, bureaucrats, diplomat, and of course common man for free access to all authentic and up-to-date sources of information without doubting the credibility and validity.
> This would not only encourage scientists to collaborate for path-breaking research on COVID 19, but also help the media for reporting and the Governments for policy planning.
> With best regards
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> RKKohli
> Vice-chancellor
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> With best regards
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> RK Kohli, PhD
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> Certified Sr Ecologist ESA, USA
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