US Med Students Collect Masks, Gloves, Disinfectants from Tattoo Parlors, Nail Salons, and Labs to Help Health Care Workers

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disinfectants, Georgia, gloves, hand sanitizers, labs, lockdown, Masks, MDs, medical professionals, Medical Students, MedSupplyDrive, Nail Salons, Tattoo Parlors

“US Medical Students Turn to Unlikely Sources to Collect Gear for Health Care Workers” April 23, 2020 10:46 AM

Link: https://youtu.be/jUABmiftykM
“Medical students from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., have launched a volunteer organization called MedSupplyDrive to help supply doctors and nurses with much-needed medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic. Now hundreds of med students nationwide are collecting as many face masks, gloves, disinfectants and hand sanitizers as they can from tattoo parlors, nail salons and labs to pass along to medical professionals who are working round the clock to save people. Lesia Bakalets reports in this story narrated by Anna Rice. 
By Lesia Bakalets” https://www.voanews.com/episode/us-medical-students-turn-unlikely-sources-collect-gear-health-care-workers-4265806

Thus, opening Tattoo Parlors, Nail Salons, etc, puts some strain on essential medical resources.