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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLeftover fabric from the AIDS Quilt is being used to make face masks for healthcare workers
Leftover fabric from the iconic AIDS Quilt is finding new life as face masks for healthcare workers.
Gert McMullin, who created the first panels for the quilt and is now an employee of the National AIDS Memorial, has fired up her sewing machine to help fight a new viral plague.
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The AIDS Memorial Quilt was supposed to be making a triumphant return home to San Francisco with the National AIDS Memorial as the new caretaker of the now more than 50,000 panels. Instead, plans for a massive display of the cultural touchstone have been put on hold as COVID-19 pandemic ravages the globe.
During the AIDS crisis, I could go and do something, McMullin told People. But now, I cant. Im not used to sitting around and not helping people.
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(5,439 posts)for a few years i was beginning to wonder if anyone would be left to continue the quilt.