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Advocacy group working to connect COVID advocates at the local, state, and national level and taking action to prevent COVID spread & save lives.
Sep 18, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
UPDATE: Mask requirements have been reinstated in hospitals in Illinois, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Hospitals in several other states including North Carolina and Washington are also considering reinstating their mask requirements due to the rise in COVID-19 cases. "The rising number of COVID cases is forcing a new mask mandate for staffers at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Employees must wear masks when in direct contact with patients starting (last) Friday."

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May 23, 2023 7 tweets 5 min read
Activists projected a message to #KeepMasksInHealthcare onto one of the first hospitals in New York to drop its mask mandate! #MaskWeekOfAction Light projection of a N95 m... #COVIDIsNotOver! We need to #KeepMasksInHealthcare to protect patients and healthcare workers! Light projection on a wall ...
Mar 12, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
It is wrong to ask people to unmask, even briefly. COVID-19 is airborne. There have been several documented cases of COVID-19 transmission happening after being exposed for only a few seconds. People have the right to protect themselves by wearing a mask continuously indoors. 🧵 "It took just seconds for a person to be infected with COVID as a stranger walked past them while shopping. Aus health officials are warning it no longer takes up to 15 mins to pass on the deadly virus. It can be a fleeting moment of just five to 10 secs"
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Nov 30, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
Looks like some mask mandates are coming back across the US! We are starting another thread with places that are masking up.

If you hear of another place requiring masks, please let us know! #MandateMasks "TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Fort Huachuca will be requiring all personnel to wear masks inside buildings starting Wednesday, Nov. 30, according to a press release."

#MandateMasks

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Oct 25, 2022 14 tweets 17 min read
Hi all! Here's our updated thread of groups working on mask advocacy and #COVID prevention efforts and #LongCOVID advocacy in the US and Canada! Do you have other groups to add to the list? Please let us know! Thanks! CA - @sdaction1
CA - @covidsaferla
CO - @CO_COVIDWATCH
DC - covidsaferschoolsdc.org
IL - @ThePeoplesResp3
IL - @IMPACT4HC
IA - @SFSSIowa
MA - @MassCHE2020
MA - @MandateMasksMA
MA - @SaferAirSchools
MI - @teamMiPASS
NC- @NCCOVIDAlliance
NC - @NCASES22
Aug 28, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
We're already seeing large #COVID outbreaks in schools across the US in the first few weeks due to few mask mandates and other COVID prevention efforts!

Going to collect some of them in this thread🧵... "Elementary school closes after COVID outbreak" in West Virginia

"Thursday morning, Van Elementary School officials in Boone County sent students home early after it was determined there weren’t enough teachers to safely supervise students."

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Jul 23, 2022 26 tweets 15 min read
It's exciting to see cities and counties across the US reinstating their mask mandates and protecting people from #COVID! #MandateMasks

Here's a thread with many places that are mandating masks! Please let us know if you hear of other places! 🧵 ❤️ Thank you @accgov for mandating masks and protecting people's lives!

Jul 23, 2022 11 tweets 4 min read
Thank you to the multiple cities, counties, national parks, businesses, and other places across the US that are mandating masks and protecting people's lives! We see you and appreciate you! You give us hope.

Wear a mask! Protect yourself and those around you! #MandateMasks Thank you @accgov for mandating masks and protecting people!