"U.S. Buys Up Ebola Gear, Leaving Little for Africa"
>From the digital WSJ tonight. First few paragraphs: > By DREW HINSHAW in Accra, Ghana, and JACOB BUNGE in Chicago > Nov. 24, 2014 7:24 p.m. ET > 1 COMMENTS > Protective suits were running low in Sierra Leone this month, when a > Christian charity decided ship some over. The charity turned to American > medical-wear suppliers, which came back with bad news: The suits needed to > treat Ebola are running low in America, too. > > “There’s been some sleepless nights,” said Jennifer Mounsey, director of > corporate engagement for World Vision, the Christian humanitarian group based > in Monrovia, Calif. “We’re all sweating bullets.” > > The medical moon suit—which has come to symbolize the Ebola epidemic—is in > short supply. Only a handful of manufacturers make the medical garb that > doctors and ordinary people in West Africa need to protect themselves from > the bodily fluids that spread the virus. The few global suppliers are ramping > up production, but they are still straining to meet demand, especially since > anxiety has risen in the U.S. > > For months, companies like DuPont Co. have struggled to fill all the orders > coming in for the niche products—chemical suits, boot covers, face masks, > hoods—that make up what doctors call PPEs, or Personal Protective Equipment. > Now, PPE orders are piling up faster than DuPont and others can fill them _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
