
We will all hopefully see each other on the back end of this, please take it seriously, and be safe. God Bless you all!
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Hey Dan...xcaliber wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:54 amVery good move Don, the hospitals are telling staff to reuse their PPE, and that alone freaks the staff out. They are used to tossing stuff out from patient, to patient. When we get to the other side of this, many changes will come about. I think right now we all just have to be vigilant, and do all that we can do.
Stay safe friends!
AJ01 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:04 amHey Dan...xcaliber wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:54 amVery good move Don, the hospitals are telling staff to reuse their PPE, and that alone freaks the staff out. They are used to tossing stuff out from patient, to patient. When we get to the other side of this, many changes will come about. I think right now we all just have to be vigilant, and do all that we can do.
Stay safe friends!
My youngest is a RN at Baylor Medical in Dallas. Talked to her via "Face Time" Saturday. They were told to re-use their PPE for at least 2 days, BEFORE getting new issued!!
That's insane!!![]()
Keep Praying!!
Andy
It is heart warming that kind and generous individuals are taking such steps. The problem is that what is needed is mobilized national action.Boo wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:41 amThanks Dan! I hope for the same thing for you!
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BTW, I bumped into 14 N95 masks and ran them to my Dr who will bring them to her hospital. If everyone would do the same with PPE, it will be safer for us all.
This is exactly what happened last time. SARS in the early 2000's caused many companies to go out of business after governments committed to mass mass quantities only to have the contracts cancelled when the virus all but disappeared.Hi5 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:35 pmIt is heart warming that kind and generous individuals are taking such steps. The problem is that what is needed is mobilized national action.Boo wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:41 amThanks Dan! I hope for the same thing for you!
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BTW, I bumped into 14 N95 masks and ran them to my Dr who will bring them to her hospital. If everyone would do the same with PPE, it will be safer for us all.
Sending Personal Protective Equipment to China was questionable at the time. Still, it's hard to sit on the sidelines, knowing how fellow humans are suffering and refusing aid. However, we knew (or should have known) that there is no "sidelines". We are all in this together. If we were going to render aid, we concurrently should have begun an emergency re-supply of our own emergency equipment.
With the industrial capacity of Canada ALONE, we have the capacity to supply the entire North American continent-- Canada, USA, and Mexico. That is, IF there were an emergency mobilization. That hasn't happened. That would require leadership.
This last weekend I listened to a Press Briefing with one of our Federal Ministers. I don't recall his name or portfolio. A journalist reminded him of how in WWII, the Canadian Government mobilized industry. Manufacturers were assured that whatever was produced in response to the request for help would be purchased. That Minister was then asked if similar assurances were currently given to the industries that could be now making needed equipment. The Minister dodged the question, and dodged it again when it was repeated. Somehow, I suspect industries won't retool and acquire supplies of raw materials that would be useless to them if the product is not all sold. Or, if they do, it would be sold at prices that reflect the risk that they will be stuck with the oversupply.
With the lead time we have had, late December, or early January at least, it is utterly UNFORGIVEABLE now to be in short supply FOR OUR OWN NEEDS
Does that mean you got caught with your pants down ??