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23 Apr, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Thank you, @alastanford, for joining me earlier this week in conversation with the COVID-19 Community Corps.

Hearing about the work you & the #BlackDoctorsCOVID19Consortium have been doing to vaccinate thousands of people in Philadelphia was inspiring.

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You told us the motto for your community outreach is, “We’re calling to check on you.”

America needs more healers like you & your colleagues. /2
We are building a people-powered movement to help inform, empower, & vaccinate people.

Dr. Stanford did not wait for people to ask her. She stepped up & built an extraordinary apparatus. /3
Whether you create a model like Dr. Stanford did, or talk with your family & friends, you are helping build the movement we need in our country right now. /4
If you are working to help educate & empower people, join us at the COVID-19 Community Corps.

wecandothis.hhs.gov/covidcommunity…

Together #WeCanDoThis. /end

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Hard truths: 49/50 states with increasing cases, 34 in red or orange zones (ie significant rise).

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