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Full-Coverage Low-Cost Face ShieldsDS.html
Fully Customizable Low-Cost Face Maskshttps://katharoslabs.com/
Multi-Functional Low-Cost ICU Patient Isolation Hoodshttps://github.com/MaPS-GSD/Apollo3-PIH
Harvard Press Release Seven million face shields and counting August 13, 2020 How a Wyss Institute COVID-19 project led to regional, scalable PPE production By Lindsay Brownell As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe in early 2020, a new three-letter acronym spread with it: PPE, short for personal protective equipment, which was suddenly both in high demand and short supply. Lockdowns to curb the virus’ infection rate disrupted the worldwide supply chains that moved products between designers, manufacturers, assemblers, distributors, and customers, revealing that the global consumer economy was like a house of cards – structurally impressive, but fragile. https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/seven-million-face-shields-and-counting/
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