Coronavirus: I'm Using my Pizza Oven to Toss Masks for Nurses

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[nickcarraway]

Coronavirus hospital admissions are expected to peak in Chicago, Illinois, at some point in the next two weeks. In an attempt to prevent the kind of medical supply shortages seen in New York City, average Chicagoans are racing to fulfil the need.

On 16 March, in accordance with the state governor's order that all bars and restaurants stop serving customers in-house, Dimo's Pizza closed its dining room doors.

"We can no longer serve by the slice," says owner Dimitri Syrkin-Nikolau. "There goes 70% of our revenue."

Still, he agreed that the measures were necessary.

He'd been following news about the coronavirus outbreak for weeks and on the same weekend that Illinois shuttered its restaurants, New York City experienced the beginning of a terrifying surge in cases.

From 15 March to 16 March, the numbers of cases more than doubled overnight.

Nurses and doctors reported shortages of essential pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) like N95 face masks, gowns and gloves. Some were having to wash and re-use masks.

[dp0622]

Better than using it to toss nurses

[DannyTN]

Tossing used coronavirus masks sounds rather dangerous.

[monkeyshine]

"We can no longer serve by the slice,"

Can they serve beer by the glass? Pandemic is the word of the decade, but pandemonium would be the word if they cut off the flow of booze.

I don't know why they can't serve pizza by the slice. You bake the pizza, you slice it up, you put the slices in the oven, and serve them in individual boxes - like sandwiches are being served. If they can put face masks in the oven to disinfect, and if they can serve sandwiches, then surely pizza slices in the oven would be virus free too.