CAN WE AUDIOPHILES DO OUR PART?


So we're all tired of hearing about nothing but Covid-19 (or, as I term it, the C-Plague). What can we do, as audiophiles, to help with all this.
I was amazed, and delighted, when I went to the Cardas website to see that they are doing their part. Go to their website and you'll see their director, Angela Cardas, wearing a mask. If you click on the Cardas Nautilus logo in the upper left corner, you'll see pictures of people there in the factory making masks with sewing machines. I called the company to congratulate them, and spoke with a woman named Darla, who said it was their way, during this economic slump, to keep their employees working and also their way of trying to "do our part."
I'm not writing all this to advertise Cardas products. They are a very good company, but trust your ears, not anything I write, when it comes to buying their products. They do get credit, however, for helping me come to a realization that pushed me in the right direction. I called a woman I am friends with, who is 85 years old and is a good seamstress, to suggest she start making masks. She already was--and is. By phone she has organized several other women to do the same, and right now they are needing more material and elastic. I managed to gather about 50 pounds of material and am starting to gather elastic while also getting more material. But I don't sew. I can't help out with that. Any ideas as to what we--all of us who are good with our ears and focused with our budgets--can do to help out in other ways?

I realize this is an odd topic to bring to an audio forum, but it was a very socially responsible audio company that got me to thinking about it, and frankly I believe I should be socially responsible enough to do what I can to get other people to thinking about it. While also being open to other people's ideas about ways someone like me who is "just an audiophile" can help.

Thank you, in advance, for any and all ideas on this.



baumli

Showing 3 responses by jetter

N80, I am a bit shocked that you are a physician and are unaware of the Covid-19 big picture of your nation. The other individual its to be expected.

If you take the combined total cases in your two states (SC & WA), it comes to 25,000 cases compared to a total of 1.4 million cases in the U.S. In terms of deaths, there have been about 1,400 combined in your states compared 86,00 in the nation. So because your states faired rather well you are going to extrapolate your results to other states?
@geoffkait 
Jitter is gullible, too but I already knew that. Some people believe anything. They’re desperate
Listen, your right, at one time I believed you were someone of some importance in this world.  For all your hints, nothing came out of it, except you can't tell us for some security reason.  Security this.




The people I know that are serious about not getting the virus wear a N95 type or other good mask AND wear eye protection.  Many of you have written reams worth of paper stating that masks are not effective because of the potential eye infection and not come up with the obvious, put on protective glasses.