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Steve Clark, PhD is a retired university professor with a PhD in immunology and a past Special Fellow of the Leukemia Society of America. Clark has published dozens of papers based on his research and holds two drug patents. He taught medical and graduate students about cancer biology and genetics, and about research ethics. He also directed an NIH-funded PhD Graduate Program and chaired several executive-level faculty committees. Clark served on the University Chancellor’s Speaker’s Bureau. While retired, Clark has been blogging on the COVID pandemic, which is the subject of his next book.

Sacrificing so others can have PPE

This is for anyone who missed what went down at the Braskem petrochemical plant in Marcus Hook, PA. The plant makes polypropylene, a key raw material in the manufacture of PPE. Concerned that workers catching coronavirus might slow down polypropylene, and hence PPE production, 43 volunteer employees moved into the plant on 3/23, with air mattresses and clothing under their arms. They worked alternating 12-hour shifts. In between, they cooked, cleaned, converted offices to bedrooms, and used the gym like it had never been used before. Family members staged a drive-by rally on day 14. All 43 emerged healthy and victorious after 28 days. When interviewed, they said they were just happy to help.

Heroes.

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