Volunteers are making masks to help with COVID-19 shortages. Who will use them?
Although college campuses are closed, some schools in Tennessee have kept 3D printers humming to make face shields for health workers in the absence of other protective gear. Volunteers around the country are also sewing face masks. Although these masks may not be hospital grade, they could help preserve surgical masks for those who really need them.
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