Florida students, ages 5 through 18, have joined forces to turn their COVID-19 school lockdown time into a combination science project and humanitarian effort by 3-D printing PPE for local hospitals.
Failures happen. Contamination happens. But if there is one thing that has stood in the way of saving the country from the worst of the pandemic, it might be the country’s own go-it-alone attitude.
Researchers know who, statistically speaking, is at greater risk from severe illness and death from COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus dubbed SARS-CoV-2. But it’s not always clear why certain people are more susceptible.
In many parts of the country, some of us have become so accustomed to seeing homeless people around—in tents, begging at intersections, sleeping in downtown doorways—they’ve almost become part of the landscape, ever-present yet barely noticed.