Continuing to work through the holidays, Get Us PPE volunteers and partners have now delivered 6,500,000 pieces of donated PPE to frontline workers, representing only 15% of total requests submitted to Get Us PPE.
Get Us PPE’s proprietary Fair Distribution Algorithm ensures ability to survey need across PPE requests from all types of facilities.
Through generous donations of PPE and financial contributions, 3 million pieces of donated PPE have been delivered to people with the most need. PPE demand still outpaces supply.
The first monthly PPE Shortage Index is released, bringing awareness to the ongoing PPE crisis in the U.S.
15,000 requests for PPE have been logged in the Get Us PPE database, which continues to grow as the largest non-governmental data source of PPE shortage data.
40,000 individual donors have pledged financial support to the Get Us PPE mission.
2 million pieces of donated PPE have been delivered to people with the most need. A large portion of this is created by makers in makerspaces around the country as part of the Get Us PPE coalition.
In solidarity with the thousands of people marching for Black lives across the United States, the PPE for Black Lives Fund is created to distribute personal protective equipment to protesters and Black communities.
Dr. Megan Ranney, a Get Us PPE co-founder, testifies before Congress on protecting frontline and essential workers.
The Lancet publishes “Personal protective equipment needs in the USA during the COVID-19 pandemic“. The article analyzes demand data from PPE requests submitted to Get Us PPE, now the largest non-governmental source of PPE shortage data in the United States.