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From the front page: As the coronavirus rages across the country, community health centers and small doctors’ offices, AIDS clinics and homeless shelters are struggling with a scarcity of protective gear to buffer workers from harm, their budgets and buying power unable to compete with large medical institutions.
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Gloves and masks are in short supply, and many organizations are blowing through their budgets as they attempt to source in-demand equipment. “Of the facilities reporting a need for N95s to Get Us PPE in January, 86% said they are using the respirators at unsafe rates.”