This is the United States of America!!! The PPE we need is not complicated. Open a factory today that can make reusable isolation gowns. Gowns can be laundered using standard hospital procedures. It’s not rocket science @JInterlandi @bschapiroMD
#2 surgical masks are simple things with elastic ear loops. I cannot believe that a medium sized factory couldn’t make a few million masks in a matter of days #notscarvesandbandanas
#3 Third essential is eye protection. Goggles, visors anything that prevents splashes to the eyes ?Welders masks again not hard to make. @CDCDirector @AnilRaiGupta @elonmusk Titans of industry we need you
#4. Gloves - also not hard to make @AnilRaiGupta @bimalarya. @nambath Remember the hospital that China built in 6 days? India could probably make 50 million gloves in 3 days
#6 If we used N95s only for situations where they were actually needed, followed @WHO recommendations, we probably have enough at the moment
#7 Training for HCWs on how to put on and take off the PPE correctly. My staff can put together a tutorial for any healthcare facility that needs it - free of charge @fitchre @KoMetChoir @choo_ek
#8 If we worked together on 1-7, continued physical distancing, we would not overwhelm hospital capacity, would need far fewer high tech stuff like ventilators
#9 #commonsense. Not scarves and bandanas. Has the US gone crazy? Where are our leaders? @CDCDirector @micro_rp @AlexAndersonMD @GFarrugiaMD @nejmcatalyst
#12 If we don’t act on these things now, we will need those thoughts and prayers for sure @VP @vineet_chopra @vivek_murthy
#13 Immediately increase the salary of environmental service and hospital linen and central service workers. They are at the frontline of this with all the rest of us @WSJ @IlhanMN @GovTimWalz
#14 lack of hand sanitizer is not the end of the world. Soap and water works just as well although it’s less convenient @MayoEmployees @DrTimMorg
