Making masks for coworkers, friends and family

After a long, overnight shift at the Tucson Va Medical Center, you can find two nurses glued to their sewing machine and scissors.

NAT AFTER WORKING A 12 HOUROVERNIGHT SHIFT NAT YOU CANFIND THESE TWO NURSES NATCUTTING AND SEWING MASKS.

SOTI WAS JUST LIKE, YA KNOW, IBET I CAN GET TONY TO DO THIS.(:09-:14) THIS IS TONY ANDPATRICIA.

THEY'RE NURSES ATTHE VA HOSPITALS WHO ARE USINGTHIS LEFTOVER STERALIZEDSURGICAL MATERIAL FROM WORK TOMAKE MASKS FOR THEIR COWORKERSFRIENDS AND FAMILY.

SOT:TONY SHRADER / NURSE AT VAMAKING MASKS (:26-: 38) PPEFOR WORK IS MEANT FOR WORK ANDI THOUGHT IF I COULD MAKE SOMEMASKS FOR MY COWORKERS TO BEOUT IN PUBLIC I THOUGHT ITWOULD HELP.

IT'S A HALYARDH600 TWO-PLY SPUNPOLYPROPYLENE WHICHRESEARCHERS SAY IS 4% MOREEFFECTIVE THAN THE N-95 MASKS.SOT: PATRICIA REICHELT / NURSEAT VA MAKING MASKS (:50-1:00)IT GIVES YOU THE SECURITY THATTHE AIRBORNE IS NOT GOING TOGET THROUGH SO THAT IT HELPSME FEEL A LITTLE BIT SAFERTHAT IT IS A LITTLE MOREPROTECTIVE THAN JUST A CLOTH.NAT (5) I DO THE CUTTINGBECAUSE I'M NOT A GOOD SEWERTONY'S THE SEWER NAT (5) YOUHAVE TO PLEAD THEM SEW BOTHSIDES THEN YOU HAVE TO ADDTHE STRAPS TONY'S GOT APRECISE SYSTEM IN PLACEWHICH STARTS WITH KICKING OFFHIS RIGHT SHOE BEFORE GETTINGTO WORK.

NAT OF SEWINGMACHINE.

SOT (5) "I THINK ITSGIVING PEOPLE SECURITY TO BEABLE TO WEAR A MASK." TONY ANDPATRICIA ARE A PRETTY WELLOILED MACHINE THAT STARTED14 YEARS AGO SOT (7) WE MET ATA BAR BECAUSE WE'RE BOTHPAKERS FANS.

HE'S LIKE MYBROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER.THE TWO HAVE MADE 75 MASKS SOFAR BUT THEY SAY THEIR WORKWON'T BE DONE UNTIL THE NEEDIS MET.

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