IOWA CITY — It was like Christmas morning for Johnson County emergency managers this weekend as they received shipments of more than 14,000 masks and supplies to protect health care workers from the spread of COVID-19. One of those shipments Saturday came with Andy Winborn, a Sharon Center independent truck driver who, on one of his regular runs to Colorado, spotted a billboard near Denver advertising masks for sale.
Massive Mask Delivery Helps Johnson County Hospitals
Erin Jordan, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Sun, 03/29/2020 - 10:54am
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