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An important thread on #COVID19, #PPE, and what I and my not-for-profit ayeMail are going to do to help.
This is for everybody.
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This is for everybody.
Over the past few weeks I& #39;ve been horrified by stories of the lack of PPE in the NHS, care homes, and for home carers.
I& #39;m equally horrified by the sky-rocketing prices of essential life-saving equipment, with many companies cashing in.
So I decided to do something about it.
I& #39;m equally horrified by the sky-rocketing prices of essential life-saving equipment, with many companies cashing in.
So I decided to do something about it.
I got together with a couple of friends, and we& #39;ve spent the last two weeks scouring manufacturers and wholesalers to source (relatively) affordable PPE including face masks, visors and gloves.
The situation is pretty grim, with suppliers worldwide *massively* hiking prices.
The situation is pretty grim, with suppliers worldwide *massively* hiking prices.
The as-yet unreported looming crisis is with Nitrile gloves, the prices of which are TEN times what they were just a few weeks ago. A box of 100 disposable gloves which used to cost £1.50 now costs £15.
We& #39;ve been working to secure PPE supplies for home carers in particular, as they seem to be a forgotten group.
We now have disposable masks available on our website, and will start shipping them out this weekend. Nitrile gloves will follow in a few days. https://ayemail.scot/store-2/covid-ppe/">https://ayemail.scot/store-2/c...
We now have disposable masks available on our website, and will start shipping them out this weekend. Nitrile gloves will follow in a few days. https://ayemail.scot/store-2/covid-ppe/">https://ayemail.scot/store-2/c...
There are other supplies that are becoming increasingly difficult to find at reasonable prices - antibacterial wipes, for example. As we locate suppliers for these we will add them to the PPE section on our site.
We& #39;re going do this as cost-efficiently as possible, because people need help. Even though the number of #COVID19 cases are reducing, as we start to ease lockdown people will need to continue to take precautions.
We don& #39;t want anybody to die because they couldn& #39;t afford a mask.
We don& #39;t want anybody to die because they couldn& #39;t afford a mask.
