Should be shipped in some numbers by late this week. That'll cut down on some staffing issues, but only a few.

If you're suffering from any respiratory illness you shouldn't be around anybody suspected of having COVID, even if 3/4 of the NY COVID tests come back negative. Comorbidity is a bad, bad thing and if you have COVID + cold or flu you might die even if having COVID solo wouldn't be a problem.

Good luck!

happens when epidemic disease becomes pandemic. Many people have extensive expertise in understanding, preventing and controlling pandemics.

Outside epidemiology itself is another level of experts: in government policy related to disease. Senator Richard Burr used to be chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness. Back in 2005 he was a leader in creating biodefense legislation to stop epidemic disease and develop vaccines and other drugs to combat it.

In 2020 Burr KNEW very well what would happen if he and other Republican leaders did nothing and COVID-19 became pandemic in the U.S. So he sold his holdings in industries that would be devastated AND he continued to reassure the nation that COVID was no big deal, instrumental in creating a nearly 3-month delay in awareness and action while it swept silently across the nation.

To make masks and other things for doctors immediately, if they get sick no one will be helping us.

or is there another reason for his reluctance?