March 10 |
Founder of OSMS launched Facebook group focused on developing
a ventilator engineering requirements document. |
March 11 |
World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a
pandemic. |
March 14 |
Clinician feedback prompted Facebook group rebranding as OSMS
with a PPE emphasis. |
March 15 |
OSMS Slack channel for active collaboration included 50
unique members. |
March 18 |
OSMS published version 1.0 of its medical supplies
guide. |
March 19 |
California was the first U.S. State to issue shelter-in-place
orders. |
March 20 |
OSMS Facebook group exceeded 25K members. |
March 25 |
OSMS Facebook group exceeded 50K members. |
March 26 |
OSMS published version 1.0 of its guide for local response
groups. |
March 28 |
OSMS published first PPE production summary: 316K units in 22
countries. |
March 30 |
Co-Executive Director joined OSMS from MIT
D-Lab. |
April 1 |
OSMS entered into fiscal sponsorship partnership with
non-governmental organization to stabilize funding and
operations. |
April 6 |
OSMS Slack channel peaked at 350 unique active members in one
week. |
April 9 |
OSMS Facebook group approximated 73K members and leveled
off. |
May 7 |
OSMS tracked weekly PPE production reached peak. |
May 11 |
OSMS Slack channel weekly active members remained around 200
people. |
May 18 |
OSMS tracked global cumulative production of 8.7M units of PPE
in 51 countries. |
May 31 |
Approximately 125 local response groups registered with
OSMS. |
July 31 |
OSMS tracked global cumulative production of 16M units of PPE
in 55 countries. |
August 21 |
OSMS stopped tracking global cumulative production of
PPE. |
September |
OSMS and Nation of Makers launched community impact
survey. |