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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hospitals want mask donations.  If your eyes are exposed, a mask won’t do much for you.[/quote]

You can use swimming goggles with tight fit to protect the eyes. This is NOT doing to help someone getting groceries, but it helps if you are intubating and someone coughs sputum directly into your face. I did my last store run for a new medication (I am a doctor in heart failure, but we are all hands on deck), and I picked up some goggles at Walmart that can be disinfected between uses. 
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PS: Before I get accused of being a hysterical Russian troll, if you have doubts, I'm sure Jeff could verify in broad strokes that I'm not. I'm a pediatrician and often post in vaccination threads, diagnosis suggestions Health & Medicine, etc. I am not with you guys but out West.

This is really hard, but it is the job. Every time I go into work, the parking lot is still full. And our desk staff, janitors, and security guards have family, too, but they keep coming to work. So.

I'm awake because I am reviewing guidelines for allocating ventilators in time of scarcity, and I needed a break. Much love to you all.[/quote]

My friend is a doctor in Hong Kong.  She says workers there are also running out of PPE but not as bad as we are.  she says they are creating face shields with clear plastic folders taped to your glasses.

She also says that they have turned to using the resusable respirator -- the kind where you have a replaceable filter.  She says that many people have them in Hong Kong.  This kind:

https://www.3m.com.hk/3M/en_HK/company-hk/all-3m-products/~/3M-Half-Facepiece-Reusable-Respirator-6200-Medium-Respiratory-Protection-24-EA-Case/?N=5002385%208710839%203294328140&rt=rud&fbclid=IwAR1ZFfkoLwSdJTqqtO69VIVELjjDxJltfTXSf98QS5d00gWUF952GJDhGG8

Using 3D printing, people in Hong Kong have made their own gaskets to fit these masks.  Then they take the more widely available surgical masks and cut them into about 8 pieces.  That makes a better filter, because the reusable respirator has a tighter fit.  The surgical mask filter also lasts longer because it doesn't get as wet due to reduced condensation.

In Hong Kong they are anticipating that the mask shortage will last many months.
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