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Some folks have been posting about making masks, etc. Please share what efforts you hear about, small or large. Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that a couple of hotels are going to be converted to isolation and quarantine spaces for people who are waiting for test results, or who just need a place to be sick away from family and don't need to be hospitalized. 1000 rooms by tomorrow; 2000 by the end of the week.
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Illinois' Gov Pritzker announced the state is partnering with two industry associations, Illinois Manufacturers Association and the Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization to get supplies. These groups are coordinating donations from various sources. 2.5 milion masks to be delivered in the next couple of days. Also working with the IMA and IBIO to figure out how to ramp up production in Illinois companies. Also working to convert production to making critical supplies if possible. Pritzker talked to Trump and told him that Illinois is bidding against FEMA and other countries for ventilators. Trump asked "what do you need" and Pritzker gave him some numbers of what Illinois needs. Trump said he'd see what he could do. State is looking at hospitals that have closed down to see if they are in good enough shape to be brought back up again quickly. There's one in the town I grew up in that shut down not that long ago; bet they'll be looking at that one.
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Shuttered emissions testing sites being used for drive-thru testing.
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Unrepentant Dork Gadfly |
A local distillery (Hiram Walker) is now making alcohol for disinfecting and hand sanitizer.
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The town next door to me. Little Free Libraries turn into Little Free Pantries. It's a video. https://www.goodmorningamerica...hbors-leave-69752898 Not local to me, but I love the mystery mom idea.
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Liv...7_big_feature_bf_hed
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Pre-med college kid comes home from school. Realizes his grandparents and many other seniors are afraid to go grocery shopping. The result is Leave It To Us Safety Shopping for Seniors: https://www.covidseniorshoppers.com/
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Minor Deity |
https://www.cincinnati.com/sto...m-update/5094709002/
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Minor Deity |
We have a local "maker's space" a hodgepodge of pottery, woodworking, and engineering hobbiests. They have a 3D printing shop and organized to print masks with replaceable filters. They have put out the call to all locals who have printers and materials as well as those of us with elastic. A local hardware store has donated the filter material. The masks are reusable with sanitizing, just the small filter needs replacing. Our local hospitals had asked for them a week or so ago. Pretty cool. Lowell Makes Masks
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