China News Service, May 12 (Xinhua Daily) According to a report by the US "World Daily", a group of Chinese parents and children in the San Francisco Bay Area have made masks for themselves while avoiding epidemics at home, and donated 3200 masks to them. People in need.
What can you do in 2 minutes and a half? A ruler, a knife, a pair of pliers, a staple, a plastic panel, a few rubber bands, and other materials, plus the division of children and adults in the assembly line, can be made suitable for medical personnel and can be recycled Face mask.
Christy Li, a Chinese from East Bay Dubring, said that in the middle of March, the Bay Area began to implement home-based epidemic prevention. Some parents suggested that children should not be kept quiet in their homes, and they should do something meaningful. As news of the lack of personal protective equipment for medical care often spread, 20 Chinese parents and children in the Sangu area decided to make masks.
Through the clubs created by the children, they called on students to help them. In the past 3 weeks, 3,200 masks were completed, 2,200 were donated to Bay Area hospitals and long-term care institutions, and 1,000 were sent to five cities in Guatemala.
Christy Li remembers that it took a week to find the mask material and the appropriate design. At first I wanted to use 3D printing, but found that the speed is slow, it is better than manual. The purchased plastic panel must be bent into an arc, and the materials of the fixed structure have been tested many times.
The finished product made for the first time is not easy to clean. The masks in the hospital should be recycled. If fixed with sponge tape, the air exhaled while wearing a mask is likely to fog, which is not suitable for medical care. In the end, everyone bought a plastic strip with holes in Home Depot to fix it. Add a plastic strip to the inside of the mask to support the cover to form a space, away from the wearer's face and avoid breathing and fogging.
Christy Li said that the participants implemented pipeline division of labor. Take two family members and two children as an example, one person cuts a rectangular plastic panel into a fan shape, one person fixes the plastic strip and the panel with staples, one person fastens the rubber string that fixes the mask to the head, and one person disinfects the mask. It takes an average of 2.5 minutes to make one. The children and parents used the weekend time to complete 3200.
Christy Li said that the children have gained a lot in this process, and the number of masks they made has exceeded expectations. "Public welfare activities have feedback, and doctors will exchange their experiences, and the children are very happy. I also realized what it means to give back to the community and develop leadership skills." (Liu advanced)