make masks for hospitals

Laughterlines has April Fools day come early this year? ?

Eloethan you are absolutely right - it just doesn't make any sense at all does it? Obviously 'stick your head in the sand' was deemed to be the best bet - what a wasted opportunity

I expect a lot of people have seen the news item about G Tech, and a racing car manufacturer, saying they can, without too much difficulty, re-jig part of their manufacturing process to produce ventilators.

What I thought was, when it was announced in December last year that there was a dangerous virus travelling round China, which had every likelihood of migrating to all parts of the world, why did no one in authority - in the government or the health service - first accept there was a potential problem and, then, start asking for information and assistance from manufacturers like these. They must have known that their then supplies would be totally inadequate in the event of the global pandemic.

Ditto the sourcing and purchasing of face masks and other personal protection equipment for medical staff.

Rummage through your sewing baskets to see if you have anything useful.

The whole world is trying to get the same things, so doesn’t really matter where/who you are!

My god! They need hazmat gear! Are we a 3rd world country?

Well seeing as no shops now open where would you buy the tape/eleastic if you did want it