Hi all,

Hope you all had a safe holiday / new year.

Unfortunately, it would appear that our earlier suspicions were correct – cases are marching on up at an alarming pace. However, not all is doom and gloom! In fact, our office has been busy working not only on its own mitigation measures, but also in the capital region and beyond. As of today, our office, alongside AlbanyNYPPE, a NYS not for profit, with assistance from the Schenectady East Rotary Club, have delivered over 11,000 pieces of PPE to homeless shelters, hospitals, soup kitchens, assisted living / nursing homes, schools, and many more at no cost. In addition, we have published over 10 open source medical PPE designs in Ophthalmology, Optometry, and Opticianry. You can find more of our designs at www.AlbanyNYPPE.com

In addition, we have also been assisting with protein folding simulations for the COVID Moonshot program, a computational project rooted in the Folding@Home project from Stanford University. To date, our office has contributed over 8100 COVID-19 simulations, representing nearly 10 years of combined computational time from our office. It is hoped that these simulations will help scientists design more effective drugs for treating COVID-19 related illness.

Stay safe, remember to social distance, and wear a mask.

Regards,

–Brian

Practice Administrator