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Examples of US-Canada cooperation in the fight against COVID-19: A THREAD
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BC-based Harmac Pacific’s paper mill has doubled its pulp exports for US customers to make surgical masks and gowns. It’s “the world’s only producer of the particular grade of paper pulp used in the manufacture of surgical masks and gowns” https://www.vicnews.com/business/nanaimos-harmac-mill-works-to-fill-doubled-pulp-order-for-medical-masks-and-gowns/
AbCellera, a BC-based therapeutic antibody discovery company, has identified >500 antibody sequences and is working with @LillyPad to co-develop the most promising into potential treatments https://www.genengnews.com/news/to-develop-coronavirus-treatment-lilly-taps-abcellera-antibody-platform/
A potential plant-based vaccine is now approaching pre-clinical testing thanks to partners @InsidePMI, @BATPress and Kentucky BioProcessing, with Quebec-based Medicago expecting human vaccine trials this summer https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-tobacco-joins-race-for-coronavirus-vaccine-11586012401
Medical equipment is sterilized using the isotope cobalt-60, which is also used in cancer treatments. The sole source for the US? Canada. Its use for irradiation has surged with the pandemic https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/2020/03/30/how-canadian-isotopes-are-playing-a-role-in-the-fight-against-covid-19.html
Between 1,500 and 2,000 healthcare workers who live in Windsor, Ontario, commute daily to work in hard-hit Detroit. BuzzFeed recounts some of their harrowing and selfless labors in Detroit’s hospitals https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmaloop/coronavirus-canada-detroit-health-care-workers
