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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

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The "drip drip drip" of data he was seeing from countries that were hit first told him what was coming, and he made it his mission to start a campaign for masks -- Masks4All. Which means that for me to get the policy changed here, I actually had to become an advocate and a campaigner. That's just not enough to move the dial on policy.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

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More importantly, we continue to help the community through pro-bono projects, supporting non-profits and charitable campaigns, and giving back where and when we can. After graduating high school, I was hired by the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS). Image Credit: Anna Renault.