Chan Zuckerberg Bid To End 'All Disease' Brings High-Level Science Into The Community

San Francisco CA

17 December, 2021

8:19 PM

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By Anlan Cheney, Mission Local December 17, 2021 When the pandemic began last year, local residents faced a cavalcade of challenges to test, isolate, and quarantine for Covid-19. In an unusual collaboration, scientists from the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub and UCSF began working with the Latino Task Force to figure out how best to get control of infections. Rapid tests were first tried and then scaled up across the city, cutting down wait times for test results and connecting people to resources faster. The success, notably so in a community of color, urged the city to rethink its Covid-19 response. "The collaboration has been pretty extraordinary," said Patrick Ayscue, a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub epidemiologist crediting his UCSF colleagues Joe DeRisi and Diane Havlir for integrating advanced science at a local community level. "You're really meaningfully moving the needle at that point." To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.