To take it one step further, official collaborations between US and Chinese institutions could also be made to set up direct supply support. Given China's slow but promising recovery from the pandemic, and more importantly, the power of manufacturing and production, I am hopeful that in ways big or small, contributions can be made in order to address the dire shortage of PPE in US hospitals. But I have been wondering if a coordinated effort can be taken leveraging the presence of international students at major US academic institutions. Some of my colleagues and I have been organizing at our school a small supply drive from our family and friends at home to our University hospital.
The collaboration and ties between the two countries run deeper, especially in trying times like this. But as an international student whose family and loved ones have just gone through arguably the worse phase of the outbreak, I cannot stop but thinking about ways my home country could contribute.
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