Date Event
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.