/tags/matthew-kreuter Matthew Kreuter en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Thu, 27 Aug 2020 21:04:31 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-08-25/thursday-wash-u-based-focus-19-initiative-puts-211-call-data-to-good-use For evidence of the coronavirus pandemic’s wide-ranging toll on society, monthly jobs reports and quarterly GDP numbers are go-to sources of information — and highly credible ones. But for a more granular, real-time sense of the extent of community needs, a group of researchers at Washington University has been looking elsewhere: at 211 calls. Thu, 27 Aug 2020 21:04:31 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-08-25/thursday-wash-u-based-focus-19-initiative-puts-211-call-data-to-good-use Evie Hemphill