How Intel Employees Volunteered Their Data Science Expertise To Help Costa Rica Save Lives During the Pandemic
Published 02-19-21
What do you do when a terrifying pandemic that has shaken the globe threatens to overwhelm your country? For Intel employees in Costa Rica, the answer was to offer their problem-solving expertise and over 1,000 hours of highly technical work helping the government develop an effective response plan.
In the early days of the pandemic, the uncertainty of how quickly the virus would spread and how severely it would impact communities made healthcare availability and resources a top concern. Feeling they could use their technical expertise to help, a group of Intel employees reached out to the Caja Costarricence de Seguro Social (CCSS), Costa Rica’s main agency responsible for its public health sector.
What do you do when a terrifying pandemic that has shaken the globe threatens to overwhelm your country? For Intel employees in Costa Rica, the answer was to offer their problem-solving expertise and over 1,000 hours of highly technical work helping the government develop an effective response plan.
In the early days of the pandemic, the uncertainty of how quickly the virus would spread and how severely it would impact communities made healthcare availability and resources a top concern. Feeling they could use their technical expertise to help, a group of Intel employees reached out to the Caja Costarricence de Seguro Social (CCSS), Costa Rica’s main agency responsible for its public health sector.