Thread by @MarkedByCovid

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Yesterday, @WhiteHouse announced they will let the #Covid19 public health emergency expire.

This move will cause more death and disability, and deepen inequities in our health system.

@MarkedByCovid co-founder @kdurquiza released this statement:

docs.google.com/document/d/1l2…

"With an average of 500 people a day still dying from #Covid in the U.S. and countless more struggling with #LongCovid, this continues the federal government’s refusal to take the pandemic seriously, protect people, and listen to the Covid bereaved."

nytimes.com/interactive/20…

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#Covid19 continues to ravage the country causing 500 daily deaths and countless more survivors who are now experiencing disability.

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For the third year in a row, #Covid19 has been a leading cause of death in the U.S.

kff.org/coronavirus-co…

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#Covid19 was a leading killer of children.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

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#Covid19 is eating away at U.S. life expectancy.

kff.org/coronavirus-co…

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#Covid19 was even the #1 killer of cops.

abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-l…

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These losses are a result of policy choices.

Allowing the #Covid19 Health Emergency to end will exacerbate the pandemic - and the burden will fall disproportionately on people of color, disabled people, the elderly, the sick, and the poor

kff.org/coronavirus-co…

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#Covid19 cases and deaths are currently drastically undercounted; yet even these estimates are unacceptably high and reflect that we are still experiencing a health emergency

covid19.who.int

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.@WHO agrees with @MarkedByCovid.

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1619989925319045121?s=20&t=_Kw07izEVhAHZBWhMun5MA

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While we have made gains, we must stay the course.

We need to continue the Health Emergency and expand policies that adequately protect people in this country.

apha.org/topics-and-iss…

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Immediately we need:

- Surveillance and monitoring for new variants of concern

- Eliminate barriers to vaccines and treatments

- Infrastructure for clean indoor air in public spaces

- To prevent people from losing essential services like access to care, telemedicine, and more

Finally, we must recognize the loss of life, and declare a national day of mourning to memorialize our losses

covidmemorialday.org/action

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.@WhiteHouse eagerness to “move on” by allowing the expiration of the emergency will jeopardize what progress we have made and will lead to more unnecessary pain, suffering, and death

theatlantic.com/health/archive…

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.@POTUS has even admitted that he underestimates #Covid because he "stopped thinking about it."

https://twitter.com/joaquinlife/status/1616998515649179649

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There is nothing more we would rather do than “move on” from this crisis.

Sadly, we are not there yet.

We are still in a pandemic. We are still in an emergency.

And we cannot leave people behind.

#CovidIsNotOver

markedbycovid.com

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From @WhiteHouse, yesterday:

"An abrupt end to the emergency...would create wide-ranging chaos and uncertainty throughout the health care system — for states, for hospitals and doctors’ offices, and, most importantly, for tens of millions of Americans."

whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…

EDIT! Here is the correct link re: life expectancy: nature.com/articles/s4156…

@WhiteHouse @kdurquiza Y'all, we hope you'll join us for this evening's community meeting -- all are welcome!

https://twitter.com/kdurquiza/status/1620994665448349696