An Anki deck for COVID-19 information for the general public.

I hope this compilation of information can help more of us to develop basic fluency regarding the pandemic, to spot fake rumours, to have a collection of reliable sources, to know why we're taking the measures we're advised to take, and in general to better take care of ourselves and our loved ones. If you want to quickly check out the content in a (more) readable way, head to the clone I'm maintaining on quizlet.

1. Install Anki Desktop
2. Install the CrowdAnki add-on and restart Anki Desktop.
3. From Anki Desktop select File -> CrowdAnki: Import from git repository. Enter https://github.com/evolverine/covid-19-anki-deck in the dialog that appears and click OK. The COVID-19 deck should appear, and you can start studying it.

Note that the viruses background only appears if the card is tagged with the "covid-19" tag.

Repeat step 3 above, ideally on a weekly basis. The one limitation is that if a note is removed in this deck this won't be reflected in your personal deck. But we will try to keep this in mind and, when necessary, change the content of notes instead of deleting them.

There are two ways: through git, or through opening an issue on github.

Some basic knowledge of git is necessary for this. (If you don't know what git is, best to use the second method, below.)

First, make sure you have the repository forked and that you've cloned your fork into a directory. Fetch and merge the latest changes from upstream (ie. this repository). Now, from Anki, make any change to the deck data that you see fit. Then, from Anki Desktop select File -> Export. In the dialog that appears select *CrowdAnki JSON representation (directory) in the "Export format" drop-down, and then the COVID-19 deck in the "Include" drop-down. Leave "Include media" and "Include tags" checked. Click on Export... and select the directory where you cloned this repository. Then view the diff in deck.json to make sure it's what you expect and ready to be published, and, finally, commit and push it.

Navigate to this repository's issue list and click the "New issue" button. In that issue describe as clearly as possible what you would like changed or added to the deck.

See the contributing guidelines for how to join the effort to make this a great resource.

I'm definitely not claiming that the contents of this deck represent the latest or most accurate information regarding COVID-19. I'm doing my best, but I am not a professional, nor can I focus on this full time. Which is also why I very much appreciate contributions from those of you with better or more up-to-date information.