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Life & fun · March 10, 2020

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Engineering group to help medical staff against Covid-19

We've created an engineering group to help in the event of a severe COVID-19 crisis. Right now we have engineers, PhDs, and the owner of a manufacturing company, with a supply chain and offices in New York, Florida, and Taiwan. The idea behind the group is that a COVID-19 outbreak might be something our medical system hasn't seen before. There may be shortages or special needs of medical equipment and other resources. We think we can help by building certain devices. We probably can't build ICUs, but we could provide real help to a burdened medical front-line in a crisis. We're doing this in…

Engineering group to help medical staff against Covid-19 launched on March 10, 2020 with 32 votes, #906 of 4,417 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.

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An engineering group comprised of engineers, PhDs, and manufacturing professionals with supply chain operations across New York, Florida, and Taiwan has formed to develop medical equipment and resources during severe COVID-19 crises. The group aims to address equipment shortages and specialized needs that may overwhelm the medical system by designing and building devices to support frontline healthcare workers. They are recruiting project managers, engineers, and medical professionals, particularly those with emergency room and triage experience, to guide development efforts.

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We've created an engineering group to help in the event of a severe COVID-19 crisis. Right now we have engineers, PhDs, and the owner of a manufacturing company, with a supply chain and offices in New York, Florida, and Taiwan. The idea behind the group is that a COVID-19 outbreak might be something our medical…

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