After listening to the data, Get Us PPE refocused our role in the crisis by prioritizing delivery of PPE to under-resourced and vulnerable communities.
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Now more than 150 riders strong, the Dames do Care crew deliver PPE on motorcycles all over the San Francisco Bay Area.
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PPE is one of the best weapons we have in the fight against coronavirus. We created this Defense Production Act and PPE FAQ to explain how.
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Did you or your maker group produce PPE or other medical supplies at any time during the coronavirus pandemic? Open Source Medical Supplies (OSMS) and Nation of Makers (NOM) want to hear from you.
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California was hit especially hard by the coronavirus pandemic this past summer, and a new report from the U.C. Berkeley Labor Center examines how much of that toll could have been avoided had the state maintained an adequate PPE stockpile.
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Masks are going to be part of our wardrobe for a while, so we might as well invest in masks that look and feel good. Here are some masks that do good, too:
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PPE Shortage Index designer Stephanie Zeller in front of her data painting representing Antarctic ice sheet thickness. By Rebecca Finkel As pandemic restrictions begin to lift, many of us are left facing questions that feel impossible to answer: Is it safe to visit family? Can my children go to school? Eat in or take out? What makes these decisions particularly difficult is that the risk we're trying to avoid is largely invisible — How do you protect yourself from a danger that you can't even see? Besides PPE, one of the best tools that we have in this fight is…
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By Rebecca Finkel The Big Picture: COVID Rates Rising in the South As of this posting, the CDC is reporting a total number of 6,181,474 COVID-19 cases in the country, which is an increase of 290,942 in the past seven days. California, Florida and Texas still lead the country in total cases, but case rates (# of infections per capita) are highest in the Southeast part of the country, the highest being recorded in Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi. Louisiana reported 5,425 new cases in the past seven days, which brings the state’s current rate to 3,270 cases per 100,000 residents. …
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By Rebecca Finkel The Big Picture: Natural Disasters Complicate a Crisis This week saw an increase of nearly 300,000 cases of COVID-19 in the U.S., bringing the total to 5,799,046 total cases. The states that saw the highest increases were California, Texas and Florida. Complicating this challenging public health situation are concurrent natural disasters: the wildfires in California and Hurricane Laura, which landed on the Gulf coast on Thursday. Each of these situations caused people to evacuate, creating a need for PPE at shelters. Shelters, which can be crowded, are at particular risk for creating super spreader events. The decreased…
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Are you a maker looking to support frontline workers during the COVID-19 crisis? Get Us PPE is launching a $5,000 Maker Cohort Grant program to kickstart DIY manufacturing groups for impermeable gowns.
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