We are so happy to announce everything we'e been able to accomplish! Thank you so, so much for volunteering for to help keep Massachusetts healthcare workers safe. For full details on all shield recipients, please see https://t.co/kaewPJEjhq.
@sabic designed and produced thousands of easily-assembled face shields for healthcare workers worldwide – and donated 1,000 of these shields to our group. These shields have been delivered to @MassEarlyEdCare in anticipation of schools/daycares reopening. Thank you @sabic ! ❤️
Another huge thank you goes out to Sampco in Pittsfield! Using PET donated by @CocaColaCo through @makeitlabs, Sampco generously used their equipment and time to create over 8,880 shields for MA healthcare workers! #makersrespond
We’re getting close to sharing final numbers! But first: HUUUUGE THANKS go out to Pen-Ro Group in Pittsfield, MA who generously donated their time and materials to injection-mold ✨10,000✨visors for MA healthcare workers! Watch the visors get made below.
A reminder: if you have been out to protests in Boston or elsewhere recently, you should get tested for covid-19, which is currently *free* and widely available.
“Decades of systematic racism have also left their marks on health inequality. In low-income communities that are also deeply concentrated with people of color, the prevalence of health conditions that are risk factors for Covid-19 is two to three times higher than the median.”
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"Months into the coronavirus pandemic, scientists have identified some clear patterns in which people who suffer from Covid-19 are most likely to die," writes Yaryna Serkez. https://t.co/tXVHuKURqp
"Thank you again for the shields! It will add a layer of reassurance as we go forward in opening up our clinic. Your kindness and generosity means so much to us!" – Bev at Groton Medical Associates in her new face shield
We stand in solidarity with the protestors across the country who are standing up against police brutality, injustice and racism. #blackouttuesday ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Feeling so appreciative of our #3Dprint team this afternoon – our 74 volunteers have printed 6,068 visors and hundreds of ear savers for Mass. healthcare workers ❤️
Woo!! The finish line is in sight!! Our amazing volunteers have been working so hard, and we're SO excited to fulfill the remaining requests we have from health care workers over this next week or so.
Beacon Inhome provides in-home services and home care support in metrowest Boston. We're so happy to have been able to provide 150 face shields to protect their team as they help the elderly and other individuals with their daily lives.
Dan and his colleague at using MelroseWakefield Hospital using Massachusetts Face Shields to complete their #PPE. Thanks for your hard work during this pandemic @MWHealthcare_!