To the Editor:

Re “The Rapid Road From Fevers to Final Goodbyes” (front page, March 22):

My sister Barbara was one of the first to die at Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash. As I isolate at home, reading about the extreme shortages of medical and safety equipment, I’m wanting to act! How can the millions of those at home help those who are caring for us?

Since we have no leadership at the top, we are left on our own. Our parents and grandparents planted Victory gardens and bought war bonds, and factories were retooled for war supplies, in World War II. This is our war and our chance as citizens to act.

For example, if many of our medical supplies come from China and the factories are months behind, how can we make them here? We need to coordinate our own citizens to retool factories or make things at home or whatever is needed.

I know we have so much heart and innovation and millionaires and billionaires and great people who could mobilize immediately. We need to get to work to make sure that those on the front lines have what they need.