A Virginia man is doing his part to help medical workers caring for people with COVID-19. Jeremy Filko is using his 3-D printer to create plastic mask shields for doctors, nurses and other first responders. Due to a shortage, some medical workers are being asked to reuse their N95 medical face masks, which are usually discarded after one use. “Everybody heard about the huge shortages,” Filko says. “So, I wanted to help them have a higher probability of not having a mask get soiled.” WATCH VIDEO:Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can
Jeremy Filko of Virginia uses his 3D printer to produce mask shields for health workers. (Photo courtesy of Jeremy Filko)Filko says 114 other people across the country who also have 3-D printers, have joined him in the effort to make the mask shields. “And that is probably the single most warming thing, is reaffirming my belief — which I’ve struggled with in the past — that people really want to come together,” Filko says. “There’s a lot more that holds us together than pulls us apart.”
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