Discussion Reimagining face coverings and PPE 2020
 Ken Lassman Aug 13, 2020 12:44  | Regarding face coverings for individuals with disabilities, as an occupational therapist, I have friends who have cerebral palsy who cannot put on the masks themselves, nor keep them on once they have someone put them on. The best I've been able to come up with so far is a ball cap with a face shield attached, which they can put on and keep on themselves, though the protection is not optimal without any other barrier. If you need to have some folks "test" any prototypes, I can arrange that--just let me know. |
 Annalyn Bachmann Aug 13, 2020 02:14  | Hi Ken, Thank you for this great idea! I'd actually encourage you to submit your baseball cap solution. I wouldn't minimize the potential impact that this could have, and it would be relatively cost effective. Thanks, Annalyn |
 Qsedgiuas Asdhia Sep 2, 2020 12:56 | Hi， I wonder if this challenge should be related only to COVID-19 or to the broader mask trend（which in this case has nothing to do with the epidemic.）. |
Admin Colab Sep 14, 2020 12:30 | Hi Mu, Thanks for your question! We're speaking mostly to the pandemic with this challenge question, as that is the purpose of this platform, but I think you bring up a really good point. If you want to cover that topic in your submission, that would be in line with the challenge question. Thanks so much, Annalyn |
Admin Colab Oct 1, 2020 03:18 | Message to submission authors about the voting period: Dear Submission Authors,
The most promising solutions will be announced at the end of the voting period, which is taking place from 11:59 PM ET on October 1 until October 15 at 11:59PM ET. The submission with the largest amount of votes will be awarded as the “Community Choice”, which will receive a badge for their social media platforms and Pandemic Response CoLab. The community choice and expert choice submissions will be announced at the same time. We encourage you to share your submission widely with your networks. There is one vote per person, and they must register for an account on Pandemic Response CoLab to vote. Voting can be done by clicking on a submission, and clicking the “vote” button on the right hand corner of your submission. Thank you,
Annalyn Manager, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
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 Corinne Takara Oct 4, 2020 03:00 | Hi Ken, This is a great topic. I have been designing baseball hat clip-on face shields for the Xinampa Essential Ag Worker PPE Initiative and had not thought of applications for cerebral palsy and other differently abled individuals. There are a number of these designs in Thingiverse and I wonder what adjustments might be designed into them to best suit your user base. Thank you for submitting this idea. |
 Tarak Aziz Nov 25, 2020 10:25 | Hi, I can't find who is the winner of this group. |