Inspiration
My name is Othmar Stehlik. I am a mathematician with deep interest in quantitative modelling, medical applications of Data Science and Entreprise Risk Management.
A Facebook group of Italian physicists and researchers that produces data based analysis on the potential scenarios of the outbreak insired me to collect the some of the huge amount of research and discussion that is going on at the moment. Thanks to T. Jörg for the hint.
Sense of urgency
On March 11, 2020 the WHO finally declared the state of a pandemic:
See the announcement here: https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19—11-march-2020t