So many positive things now happening across the US in the midst of the
COVID-19 situation - at the federal, state and local levels, in the
public and private sectors, non-profits, and academia. For example:
- "‘No layoffs’ — Bank of America CEO doesn’t want workers worrying about jobs during coronavirus crisis". Many companies stepping up to the challenge.
- More than 40 employees lived and worked at their manufacturing plant for 28 days straight to make material to protect US health care workers
- Ford plans to produce 50,000 Ventilators over the next 100 days
- Lowe's giving employees a $2 pay raise and donating masks to healthcare workers
- Christian CEO of My Pillow Says Company Will Shift 75 Percent of Production to Make Medical Masks
- 50-person team, led by Cornell engineers, using open-source design to 3D-print face shields for medical workers. Ramping up production to 500-1,000 face shields a day.
- One Way to Help Strapped Hospitals? Print Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Using 3D Printer
- Duke researchers are decontaminating N95 masks so doctors can reuse them to treat coronavirus patients
- They used to make MLB uniforms. Now they're making medical masks and gowns
- Abbott wins U.S. approval for a test that can detect coronavirus in minutes, plans to begin distributing the test next - up to 50,000 tests per day
- U.S. ventilator makers, like BreathDirect, pull out all stops to fight coronavirus
- Apple releases new COVID-19 app and website based on CDC guidance
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LifeWay creates online Sunday school alternative for kids as churches respond to coronavirus situation.
- Dyson has designed and built an entirely new ventilator in 10 days called the "CoVent"
- Kroger announces ‘Hero Bonus’ for its frontline grocery store employees
- Upstate SC church group sewing cloth masks to help stop spread of COVID19
- Novo Nordisk said it will offer insulin free of charge for 90 days to diabetes patients who lost health insurance coverage because they lost their jobs.
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- Nike donating over 30,000 pairs of shoes to health care workers amid COVID crisis
And the stories go on and on. So many other positive stories about hardworking American on the front line in hospitals, clinic, driving trucks and trains, working in grocery stores and warehouses, researchers and software developers developing new solutions... a bipartisan Congress doing its job...It's amazing to watch America respond.
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The
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information needs. The new information portal
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