Take Action Locally in the Fight for Public Health
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Fighting for The Public Health We Need in 2025 and Beyond!
Expanding the fight for the public’s health will be increasingly necessary in the months ahead. Indeed public health – which we understand as fostering every person’s wellbeing, safety and creating conditions for all to thrive – is central to any social movement struggle, and particularly urgent under the new changed conditions. It is clear that
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Letter Campaign to Congress: Keep Free COVID Vaccines for Uninsured Adults
The CDC’s Bridge program ends prematurely in August, tell Congress to fund free COVID vaccines for underinsured and uninsured adults
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COVID Isolation Expert Sign On Letter
This is an open letter to the Director of The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was written by volunteers with The People’s CDC, a CDC watchdog and public health advocacy and health justice group. We’re asking medical, public health, and scientific professionals (defined broadly as having credentials and/or professional/technical experience in related fields)
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Take action for COVID Isolation Guidelines
On February 13, 2024, the Washington Post reported that the CDC is considering ending the five-day isolation period for those with a COVID infection according to anonymous CDC staff. It is imperative that the CDC minimally maintains current isolation guidelines to prevent the unnecessary spread of COVID. Why is the five day isolation period necessary? The
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Take action for masks in healthcare settings
Join us in writing to the president, our governors, state and federal representatives and tell them to take action to bring back masks in healthcare. When you finish sending a letter, use our call-in toolkit to reinforce the message: the current COVID surge endangers us all. Bring back universal masking in healthcare. Our letter to
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We Need Free Rapid Home COVID Tests for All
Without free tests, many people simply won’t test. Please join The People’s CDC in writing to elected representatives to say we all still need free Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs). You may send your own letter, send our suggested text, or edit it, using this form or sending to your elected representatives directly. Suggested Letter to
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Preserve and Expand the Public Health Resources Under the COVID State of Emergency
DO NOT End the State of Emergency! Protect Everyone! The US has suffered more from Covid-19 than other high-income nations. The state of emergency increased access to Medicaid, and assured free access to vaccines, tests, masks, and treatments for all US residents, including more than 30 million uninsured Americans. Even with these additional resources, the
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Tell elected reps: Maintain healthcare coverage, we need robust public health infrastructure
2700 deaths in the US alone from COVID in one week is an emergency. More than 23 million suffering from Long COVID is an emergency. So is up to 45% of COVID cases – including in children – leading to lingering symptoms. Pediatric hospitals overwhelmed by RSV, Flu and COVID is an emergency. Rationing healthcare