Muskogee pitching in for medical workers

Muskogee pitching in for medical workers

BUT YOU WON'T FIND ANYSTUDENTS INSIDE - JUST ONEPERSON MANNING ALL THEMACHINES, TO HELP MEDICALWORKERS RIGHT DOWN THESTREET.COLLIN MCCAWLEY / MUSKOGEEHIGH SCHOOL FAB LABMANAGER: "IT'S GOING TO BE ATSUNAMI IF IT GETS TO WHERETHEY'RE PREDICTING IT TO BE,SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DOAS MUCH AS WE CAN." COLLINMCCAWLEY WAS HOME, AWAY FROMTHE LAB, WHEN HE GOT A CALLFROM MUSKOGEE COUNTYCOMMISSIONER KEN DOKE..ASKING IF HE COULD HELP ON APROJECT.

THE GOAL - MAKEMEDICAL MASKS LAST.

HEJUMPED AT THE CHANCE -HOPING TO SEND A POSITIVEMESSAGE TO HEALTH CAREWORKERS.COLLIN MCCAWLEY / MUSKOGEEHIGH SCHOOL FAB LABMANAGER: "THERE ARE PEOPLETHAT WANT TO MAKE SURETHEY'RE BEING KEPT SAFE, ANDTHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKETHE MOST OF THE LIMITEDRESOURCES WE HAVE." THECONCEPT IS SIMPLE - MAKEN95 RESPIRATORS LAST LONGER.MCCAWLEY TEAMED UP WITH DOKETO FIND A DESIGN THAT WOULDONLY USE A PORTION OF THEFABRIC, YET STILL COVER THENOSE AND MOUTH.

NOW - ALLAVAILABLE 3-D PRINTERS INTHE SCHOOL LAB ARE HARD ATWORK CHURNING OUT 23 MASKPARTS A DAY.

EACH AT THEIROWN PACE.COLLIN MCCAWLEY / MUSKOGEEHIGH SCHOOL FAB LABMANAGER: "SOME OF THEPRINTERS ARE RUNNING AS LONGAS 17 HOURS TO MAKE FIVE,SOME ARE DOING FOUR HOURS TOMAKE FOUR OF THEM."CHRIS DIMARIA / FACEBOOK -CHRIS DIMARIA KJRH: "ONCE500 OF THESE ARE FINISHEDPRINTING, COUNTYCOMMISSIONER KEN DOKE SAYSHE WOULD LIKE TO DISTRIBUTETHEM TO LOCAL HOSPITALS - INMUSKOGEE, AND WAGONER."KEN DOKE / MUSKOGEE COUNTYCOMMISSIONER: "WE WANT TOMAKE SURE OUR PEOPLE WHO ARECOMING IN CONTACT WITHPOTENTIAL COVID- 19 PATIENTSHAVE THE PROPER RESOURCES."SEVERAL SHOPS ACROSSMUSKOGEE ARE JUMPING IN TOHELP, TOO - PRINTINGMASKS AND FACE SHIELDS.HOWEVER... THEY'RE ALLBATTLING ASUPPLY SHORTAGE - SO EVERYBIT THEY CAN GIVE IS GOING ALONG WAY.KEN DOKE / MUSKOGEE COUNTYCOMMISSIONER: "I KNOW OURHEALTH CARE WORKERS ARESCARED RIGHT NOW, ANDTHEY'RE HAVING TO LEAVETHEIR FAMILIES AND GO TO THEFRONT LINES TO FIGHT THISBATTLE, AND WE WANT THEM TOKNOW THEY'RE NOT ALONE ANDWE HAVE THEIR BACK." DOKESAYS HE HOPES TO START THEPROCESS OF GETTING MASKS TOWORKERS AS SOON AS NEXTWEEK.

IN MUSKOGEE, CHRISDIMARIA, 2 WORKS FOR YOU.EVENTS CANCELLED... HOTEL