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>>> I'M
>>> I'M NOT SURE IF IT FEELS LIKE IT HAS BEEN THE SLOWEST,
FASTEST SUMMER OR NOT.
TIME SEEMS TO STAND STILL AND
ALSO SPEED UP AT A RAPID RATE.
THE LAST TIME THEY WERE ON WITH
US IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER WE LEFT
THE STATION HERE ON MARCH 13th.
KURTZ, WE STARTED GOING LIVE ON
FACEBOOK BEFORE WE GOT BACK ON
AIR WITH ALL OF THIS.
SO, IF YOU COULD JUST DESCRIBE
WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
>> WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE A
LOT OF PEOPLE SELLING MASKS AND
TRYING TO DONATE THEM TO THEIR
NEIGHBORS.
NEIGHBORS. BUT, WITH THE SHUTDOWN, NOBODY
WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET SUPPLIES
OR GET THEIR MASKS WHERE THEY
WANTED THEM TO GO.
SO WE PUT TOGETHER AN
ORGANIZATION TO HELP HOMEMADE
MASKS GET INTO THE HANDS OF
PEOPLE WHO NEEDED IT THE MOST
BACK THEN IT WAS FIRST
RESPONDERS AND MEDICAL PEOPLE.
WE ARE STILL DOING THIS IT IS
MOSTLY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NEEDY
AND CAN'T AFFORD MASKS.
>> I REMEMBER LIKE 20,000.
>> WE HAVE REACHED 25,000 MASKS
DONATED.
DONATED.
DONATED. SOME WE SENT TO NEW YORK BACK
WHEN THEY WERE UNDER THE BIG
CRUNCH.
CRUNCH.
CRUNCH. WE SENT THEM TO HOSPITALS UP
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. NOW IT IS LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
>> IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.
YOU AND YOUR WIFE ARE ALSO IN
THE FILMMAKING INDUSTRY.
YOU ALL FELT LIKE YOU NEEDED TO
DO SOMETHING.
DO SOMETHING. THOSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WANTED
TO GIVE BACK THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HELP AND AGAIN, THEY CAN STILL
HELP THAT TO GO THERE TO EITHER
MAKE THAT WORK THE ORGANIZATION
FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD THAT
AND CAN HELP IN THAT REGARD.
HE ALSO HAVE A MASK.
WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF.
IT WAS CIRCULATING AROUND THE
NEWSROOM.
NEWSROOM.
NEWSROOM. AT LEAST HERE, WE LOOKED AT IT
AND WE WENT, HOLD ON, WHAT IS
THIS?
THIS?
THIS? HOW
THIS? HOW DOES THIS GET INTO YOUR
POSSESSION?
POSSESSION? >> RIGHT AS WE WERE STARTING,
WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT MY FATHER-
IN-LAW WHO IS A SURGEON.
WE KNEW THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO
GO BACK TO THE HOSPITAL VERY
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. AS WE STARTED TO RESEARCH WHAT
WAS THE BEST PROTECTION TO FIND
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD FOR
FACEMASKS.
FACEMASKS. SO, THIS IS IN PRODUCTION IN
ISRAEL.
ISRAEL.
ISRAEL. IT WASN'T READY COMING OUT TO
THE MARKET JUST YET BUT, IT IS
INVENTED BY A GUY WHO DID GAS
MASKS FOR THE ISRAELI DEFENSE
FORCES.
FORCES.
FORCES. THEY ARE NOT MESSING AROUND.
IT HAS FILTRATION HERE.
YOU CAN SEE, IT IS A HEPA
FILTER.
FILTER.
FILTER. IT CATCHES 99.9% OF PARTICLES @
WHICH IS SMALLER THAN EVEN THE
TINIEST CORONAVIRUS PARTICLE
THAT COULD FLY BY ITSELF.
WE KNOW MOST DO NOT FLY AROUND
IN THE AIR BY THEMSELVES.
THEY ARE ATTACHED TO WATER
MOLECULES.
MOLECULES. THEY DO NOT HIT YOUR EYES.
SO, I HAD GONE TO ONE ONCE A
MEDICAL APPOINTMENT.
MEDICAL APPOINTMENT. IT SOUNDED COMFORTABLE.
IT WAS VERY EASY TO BREATHE
THROUGH.
THROUGH.
THROUGH. THIS IS IMMENSE FOR LOTS OF
ACTIVITY.
ACTIVITY.
ACTIVITY. IT WAS INVENTED BY SOMEBODY WHO
DID MASKS FOR THE MILITARY.
>> WHEN YOU PULL THAT BACK UP
AND YOU TALK TO US, THEY WANT
TO GET A CLOSE-UP SHOT.
YOU SAID YOU HAVE WON IT FOR
THREE HOURS.
THREE HOURS. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. IT IS MEANT TO BE WORN ALL DAY.
YOU CAN REALLY HEAR A SLIGHT
DIFFERENCE IN MY VOICE.
>> BUT NOT MUCH.
>> AND I CAN TELL YOU BREATHING
IS VERY EASY.
I DON'T HAVE TO LIFT UP MY HAIR.
BUT THIS IS A COMPLETE SEAL
ACROSS THE FACE.
YOU CAN CHECK THAT WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF A COVER.
YOU PUT IT OVER THE TOP.
THEY GO.
THEY GO.
THEY GO. YOU COVER IT WITH YOUR FINGER.
I CAN FEEL THE SEAL AND THEN, I
TAKE IT OFF AND I'M BREATHING
THROUGH HERE.
THROUGH HERE. IT IS REALLY SUCH A RELIEF TO
BE OUT IN A PUBLIC SPACE,
INDOORS WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND
FEEL PROTECTED AND NOT HAVE TO
WORRY.
WORRY.
WORRY. I'M HOPING THAT MORE PEOPLE GET
THESE AND THE COMMUNITY HEALTH
WILL GO UP.
OF COURSE, FOR PROTECTING OUR
MOST VULNERABLE BUT ANYONE WHO
IS WORKING ENCLOSED SPACES WITH
OTHER PEOPLE, PEOPLE ABOUT TO
TRAVEL.
TRAVEL.
TRAVEL. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
GETTING ON PLANES AND WEARING
THEM ALL THE WAY TO THE
AIRPORT.
AIRPORT.
AIRPORT. THE VERY FIRST ONES HERE IN
LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE. THEY JUST REACH THE UNITED
STATES THIS MONTH.
THE FIRST ONES ARE ARRIVING
HERE BECAUSE WE ARE BRINGING
THEM HERE AND A COUPLE OF OTHER
PLACES.
PLACES.
PLACES. >> THAT'S AMAZING.
>> YOU CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE ON
YOUR SCREEN.
YOUR SCREEN. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
SO TELL ME THIS, IN TERMS OF A
PRICE POINT, WHERE ARE WE?
>> IT IS $70 FOR THE MASK AND
TO FILTERS.
TO FILTERS. EACH OF WHICH LASTS UP TO 60
HOURS.
HOURS.
HOURS. THEY ARE REUSABLE.
SO, IF YOU ARE WORKING WITH A
PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE THAT MASS,
AND YOU CHANGE ALL THE TIME,
THIS IS GOING TO SAVE MONEY IN
THE LONG TIME.
THESE ARE MEANT TO FILTER 95% OF
THOSE PARTICLES.
THOSE PARTICLES. THIS IS PRACTICALLY ALL OF
THOSE.
THOSE.
THOSE. YOU AREN'T GOING TO WORRY THAT
SAME.
SAME.
SAME. IT
SAME. IT HAS A FIT AROUND THE EDGE.
WE HAVE SEEN ALL OF THOSE.
THERE IS AN AIR COMING INTO THE
SIDE.
SIDE.
SIDE. THESE WERE MADE SO THAT YOU
DON'T NEED A LABORATORY TEST.
YOU CAN DO THAT TEST YOURSELF.
YOU JUST DO THAT.
>> THE ONLY QUESTION I WANT TO
KNOW, YOU KNOW HOW MASKS ARE.
IF THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT
I KNOW THAT WEAR THEM.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS WON THEM.
I EVEN QUESTIONED WHY WE
WEREN'T TOLD.
WEREN'T TOLD. THAT WE SHOULD'VE BEEN.
AND, I WILL AS LONG AS I CAN
POTENTIALLY PROTECT OTHER
PEOPLE FROM ME AND SERVE A
LAYER OF PROTECTION.
BUT, IF I GO TO MY LOCAL
GROCERY STORE, I WOULD EXPECT
THAT THERE WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO
EITHER SAY THINGS OR STARE.
WHAT THAT RESPONSE?
>> WELL, WE ARE VERY CAREFUL.
WE HAVE MY MOTHER-IN-LAW LIVING
WITH US.
WITH US.
WITH US. WE ARE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT GOING
OUT AND COMING BACK.
THIS IS IF WE ARE GOING TO BE
INDOORS.
INDOORS.
INDOORS. >> YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE MASKS.
THEY ARE FROM ISRAEL AND THEY
ARE HERE IN THE UNITED