COVID Advocacy Initiative
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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.
Joined April 2022
"Until now, people who suffered mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 were thought to have dodged the brunt of the virus’s brutal side effects. But new evidence has revealed that anyone infected with COVID is at higher risk for heart issues" .
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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.
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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.
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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! 🧵 ❤️.
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The US government just announced they will restart their free COVID rapid test program!. We need to urge the White House and Congress to also provide free N95 masks! #FreeN95s. Please use this tool to contact the White House and Congress below.
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Activists projected a message to #KeepMasksInHealthcare onto one of the first hospitals in New York to drop its mask mandate! #MaskWeekOfAction
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Patients are taking actions from their hospital beds to call to #KeepMasksInHealthcare! . #MaskWeekOfAction
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Very concerned to see that @MassGenBrigham is telling patients that they "cannot ask staff members to wear a mask"! #KeepMasksInHealthCare .
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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. 🧵.
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A CDC study showed that most people are willing to wear a mask when there’s high COVID transmission, however most people also think COVID transmission levels are much lower than they actually are. #BringBackMasks #MandateMasks.
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Looking for COVID-safe providers? Check out this great resource! . Please let us know if you know of other lists of COVID-safe providers out there too. #KeepMasksInHealthcare .
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Reminder, mask mandate decisions are not made solely based on public health or science. The decision is political. Which side is louder. A lot of politicians and public health departments seem to give in to squeaky wheel even if they're not the majority or based on science.
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Thank you to the activists who projected these important messages in New York to #KeepMasksInHealthcare! Keep speaking up everyone! #MaskWeekOfAction
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Hi all! If you're advocating for mask mandates in your cities, counties, and states and want to get more folks to help or if you want to get involved, please let us know! We're in touch with groups across the country advocating for mask mandates and looking for more folks!.
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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!.
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LA & Seattle are in discussions on whether to reinstate mask mandates. If they do, it would be great & would also put pressure on other cities to do the same. This is a good week to show support for reinstating the mask mandate in both cities! #MandateMasksLA #MandateMasksSeattle.
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This is a great catch! @CDCgov masks webpage now says that "At All COVID-19 Community Levels. Masks are recommended in indoor public transportation settings". #MandateMasks #BringBackMasks #MaskTransit .
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Join the National Week of Action to Keep Masks in Healthcare, May 15-2023! . We are looking for more individuals and groups to get involved and organize actions. Please check out the toolkit below with more info! . #MaskWeekOfAction #KeepMasksInHealthCare
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#COVIDIsNotOver! We need to #KeepMasksInHealthcare to protect patients and healthcare workers!
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Hi all! Our Twitter thread of COVID & Long COVID advocacy groups got quite lengthy so we created a Google doc with all the different groups listed. We hope it's a helpful resource for groups to connect with one another & for folks looking to get involved.
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Thanks @CapeCodNPS!. "CAPE COD, MA — The National Parks Service announced that masks are back at the Cape Cod National Seashore.". #BringBackMasks #MandateMasks .
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Please post photos of yourself wearing a mask! Change your profile picture to one where you're masked! If you're at a conference or other gathering in-person keep your mask on for the photos! It is important to help normalize masking to show photos of all of us wearing masks!.
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If you too are enraged by this cruel and heartless statement by @POTUS saying that he "stopped thinking" about the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have died from #COVID19, please contact him and let him and his administration know.
BIDEN: “And I think we — I sometimes underestimate it because I stopped thinking about it, but I’m sure you don’t: We lost 1 — over 1 million people in several years to COVID.”. We lost almost 700,000 people to covid since Biden took office two years ago.
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Thank you Milwaukee County, WI @RideMCTS! . "Mask mandate reinstated on Milwaukee County buses. On Sept. 30, the county allowed buses to become mask optional. Two weeks later masks returned.". #MandateMasks .
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Today is a good day to urge the White House, Congress, and HHS to mail Free N95 masks!. #FreeN95s .
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Reminder, most cities and states aren't counting rapid home #COVID tests so our COVID rates are a massive undercount. #COVIDIsNotOver. In fact, we still have high COVID community transmission in most of the US, and the rates are MUCH MUCH HIGHER than actually reported.
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This is unacceptable! We are still in midst of #COVID19 pandemic. We cannot allow businesses in NYC to require people to remove their masks. NYC, contact your City Council Members and elected officials! This will put people's lives in danger.
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Today is a good day to write the White House and Congress and urge them to launch a program to mail free N95 masks!. Everyone has a right to protect themselves from COVID and hazardous air quality. #FreeN95s .
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"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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Many people in the US have health conditions that put them at higher risk for severe COVID, according to the CDC, including older age, cancer, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, chronic lung diseases (asthma, COPD, and more), cystic fibrosis,. .
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We need more celebrities and public figures to wear masks in public! It would also be great if tv shows and movies would normalize mask-wearing. We need to work to normalize mask wearing and show the importance. If you have a public persona, please keep your mask on in photos!.
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Why aren't people wearing masks in crowded public indoor spaces? Do they think they won't get #COVID? Do they think they'll be one of the lucky ones and not get #LongCOVID? Do they care they could have COVID and not know it and infect others and potentially kill them?.
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This is unacceptable and puts people's lives in danger. "Top NYPD official tells businesses to demand patrons remove masks in order to enter".
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In-N-Out Burger are banning staff in AZ, CO, NV, TX, & UT from wearing masks (unless they provide a medical note). One important thing you can do is call In-N-Out and tell them that this policy puts workers and customers at risk!. ☎️ CALL THIS NUMBER ➡️ 1-800-786-1000
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A reminder, when you see angry people protesting to stop mask mandates, remember there are also a lot of students, parents, staff, & family members who support mask mandates but are immune compromised or at high-risk for severe COVID & who aren't as able to join group protests!.
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Thank you San Diego, CA! #MandateMasks. "Indoor mask mandates returned Monday for the San Diego Unified School District schools and offices as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations tick up in the county.".
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@Gothamist @myrabatchelder This is atrocious. NYC and the rest of the world are still in midst of #COVID19 pandemic. New Yorkers are still dying daily from COVID. This is not acceptable.
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Thank you Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings, NE for reinstating your mask mandate!. "Mary Lanning reinstates mask mandate as local COVID-19 numbers rise" . #MandateMasks.
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Shout-out to all the organizations advocating to keep mask mandates in medical settings! @sdaction1 @MandateMasksNY @MAHealthEquity @seastillcares @MandateMasksPDX @MandateMasksMA @CovidSafeMD @COVIDSafeCampus @C19LH_Advocacy @PeoplesCDC @TheWHN & more! #KeepMasksInHealthCare
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Shout-out to all the mask blocs and other groups providing free masks in their communities! . Thank you for everything you are doing to help people protect themselves and others from COVID-19!.
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This week, May 15-21, is the #MaskWeekofAction to #KeepMasksInHealthcare! Join us and take action! See the thread below for actions you can take every day to call for masking requirements in healthcare! Check out our toolkit for more ways to get involved -
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Join us for the National Week of Action to Keep Masks In Health Care, May 15-21, 2023! Organized by @MandateMasksUS & @COVIDSafeCampus in collaboration with many groups across the country. Learn more & sign up to get involved! #KeepMasksinHealthCare
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Thank you Ann Arbor, MI public schools!. "Ann Arbor Public Schools will be implementing a new district-wide mask mandate in the weeks following winter break as a preemptive measure to prevent the spread of illness". #BringBackMasks #MandateMasks .
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If you are an individual in need of free N95 and KN95 masks, contact @projectn95!. #FreeN95s #WearAMask #BringBackMasks.
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Join us for the National Week of Action to #KeepMasksInHealthcare, May 15-21. One of the most powerful ways to participate is by holding signs and sharing stories at a healthcare facility 📷. Learn about more ways to take action here: #MaskWeekOfAction
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.@CDCgov @CDCDirector, this is unacceptable. Wearing masks, especially N95s, are one of the key ways to prevent #COVID19 and #LongCOVID. #COVIDIsAirborne! Wearing a mask is important. Please provide accurate information and add this to the webpage. #BringBackMasks #WearAMask.
Unbelievable. The CDC website lists some of the actions that individuals can take to prevent #LongCOVID. They include vaccination, ventilation, testing, and even hand-washing. but they leave out, you guessed it, masks!.
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Thank you to the multiple national parks that have mandated masks! #MandateMasks . "National parks throughout the country have reinstated mask mandates as COVID-19 cases continue to rise throughout the country once again.".
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Want to get more involved in advocating for mask mandates & other #COVID19 preventions? Here are some groups to check out. CA @sdaction1.DC MA @MassCHE2020.NY @MandateMasksNY.Multi-state @COVIDSafeCampus @MarkedByCovid.@PeoplesCDC @TogetherWeMask @TheWHN.
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People are advocating across US to keep mask mandates in medical settings! Want to get involved? Below are great groups to connect with: . CA- @sdaction1.MA - @MAHealthEquity.MD- @CovidSafeMD @COVIDSafeCampus.NY - @MandateMasksNY.WA- @seastillcares . #KeepMasksInHealthCare.
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@Surgeon_General We are all worthy of surviving the #COVID19 pandemic!. US needs to take more action on #COVID19, including providing free N95 masks to the public!. It is unacceptable we are in the midst of COVID and there are no free N95 masks available anymore in most cities and states.
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"As Montgomery County[, Ohio] increased to a high COVID-19 community transmission level, the city of Dayton, Five Rivers MetroParks and Public Health-Dayton & Montgomery County (PHDMC) has reinstated mask mandates for their employees.". #MandateMasks.
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If you want mask mandate but can't get it on state level, look at city or county level. If you can't get mask mandate on the city or county level, look at your workplace, school, medical facilities, or other local public spaces. Advocacy doesn't just happen at the national level!.
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Keep Masks in Healthcare Week of Action Tweetstorm! Join us TOMORROW, Tuesday, May 16, 1pm ET/12pm CT/11am MT/10am PT! #MaskWeekofAction #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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STATEMENT: Mandate Masks NY condemns Mayor and NYPD statements urging businesses to force their customers to unmask. Read:
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Boston Globe has an online poll- "Readers: Do you agree with businesses that require masks?".
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NYC Mayor's push to get everyone to remove their masks to enter businesses is not just an issue for NYC. He said he's planning to talk to Mayors across the US. There was a recent Washington Times op-ed calling for this around country. We need to push back across the US.
“And when you see these mask wearing people, oftentimes it's not about being fearful of the pandemic. It's fearful of the police catching [them] for their deeds,” @NYCMayor says he’s going to talk to Mayors across the US to come up with a national plan to tackle retail theft.
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Thank you Cedar Rapids, Iowa! #MandateMasks . "Amid an uptick in the transmission of COVID-19 in Linn County, the City of Cedar Rapids is requiring the public to wear masks inside city buildings.".
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Urge the White House and Congress to Mail Free N95 Masks to the Public! Send an email here: #FreeN95s #BringBackMasks .#MaskWeekOfAction.
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Thanks @UMassBoston! . "UMass Boston is bringing back an indoor mask mandate as COVID cases continue to rise.". #MandateMasks #BringBackMasks #StoptheSpread.
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Thank you @accgov for mandating masks and protecting people's lives! .
This week's COVID-19 update for Athens-Clarke County: High community level, 207.28 case rate for 7 days per 100,000 population, 11 new 7-day hospital admissions & 1 new death. Mask requirement in public spaces & other @accgov measures reinstated. More at
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#COVIDisAirborne! "Transmission of COVID-19. can occur at distances greater than 6 feet. Particles from an infected person can move throughout an entire room or indoor space. The particles can also linger in the air after a person has left the room".
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Thank you Gwinnett County, GA! #MandateMasks . "Starting Monday, all Gwinnett County employees must wear masks inside county buildings and facilities.".
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Thank you to all the medical providers wearing masks and helping keep everyone safe!.
From everyone at the RMH: Merry Christmas!. Our dedicated elves/nurses/docs are on duty if you need, but we would love to hear that you are safe with your loved ones at home. Stay safe, plan ahead and drink responsibly. For emergencies, please dial 000.
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@CDCDirector @WhiteHouse @CDCgov Holding a Summit on #COVID19 Equity and not requiring masks in midst of ongoing pandemic is quite the statement. Many people at higher risk for severe COVID aren't even able to attend this event because COVID prevention efforts aren't in place. #WearAMask.
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Day 2 - May 16: SHARE A SELFIE, SHARE YOUR STORY, OR BOTH: Take a photo wearing a mask & holding #KeepMasksInHealthCare sign outside healthcare setting (or inside if you’re there) or from home. Use #MaskWeekofAction & tag @MandateMasksUS & @COVIDSafeCampus. Let’s unite in action!
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Thanks to everyone who responded to the Boston Globe poll!. 87% of respondents (2,048!) responded YES, they agree with businesses that require masks!!.
Boston Globe has an online poll- "Readers: Do you agree with businesses that require masks?".
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@WHCOS @POTUS A) These tools do not fully prevent against #LongCOVID. You are ignoring the long-term health problems from #COVID. B) Your administration said these tools will no longer be free after this fall. C) Recommend everyone wear a mask and help protect themselves and one another.
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If you're one of the 46% of people still wearing a mask, join us this week in the National Week of Action to Keep Masks In Healthcare! #KeepMasksInHealthcare #MaskWeekofAction. Toolkit and sign-up at
In a May 6-9 poll of US adults, 46% of respondents claimed to have worn a mask at least some of the time in the past seven days.
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Thank you to everyone out there not giving up! Thank you to everyone masking! Thank you to everyone speaking out at local City Council meetings & public transit meetings & calling for mask mandates & other #COVID prevention efforts! Thank you to everyone working to save lives!.
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The US needs to provide free N95 masks to everyone who needs them. Period. We are likely heading into a massive #COVID surge this fall and winter. Everyone has a right to be protected. Free N95 masks for all! #N95Masks4All.
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@Surgeon_General Know what else would help decrease loneliness? Working to make sure spaces are more COVID safe so everyone can safely visit. Free N95 masks, mask mandates, improved ventilation and filtration, and more can help make spaces safer and more accessible so more can gather.
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Thank you Ventura County, CA! #MandateMasks. "Because of a recent increase in new COVID-19 infections, the Ventura County Superior Court has implemented a mask mandate for all persons entering any courthouse, courtroom or other court facility".
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Horrifying comments by the President tonight. #COVID pandemic is NOT over, Mr. President. People aren't wearing masks because your administration misled people, not because it's actually safe. Join us in writing the President.
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Urge the White House and Congress to Provide Free N95 Masks to the Public! Send an email here: #FreeN95s #BringBackMasks.
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Thank you Douglas County, GA! #MandateMasks . "Douglas County is also revisiting its COVID safety procedures and requiring masks. Everyone must wear them in public areas of the courthouse, with no exceptions.".
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🚨 NYC: TAKE ACTION against forced unmasking in businesses!. Use this form to send an email to your @NYCCouncil Member, @NYCHealthCommr, NY State Senator, and Assemblymember, and urge them to speak out against forced unmasking in businesses. LINK:
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SAVE THE DATE: National Week of Action to Keep Masks in Healthcare, May 15-21, 2023!. Sign up and view our toolkit here: . #MaskWeekOfAction #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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@ImmunologyAAI Hey everyone, if this video makes you angry, please join our #MaskWeekofAction to #KeepMasksInHealthcare. Take a photo wearing masks and holding signs saying “Keep Masks in Healthcare” in front of a healthcare facility, and share on social media this week.
Day 2 - May 16: SHARE A SELFIE, SHARE YOUR STORY, OR BOTH: Take a photo wearing a mask & holding #KeepMasksInHealthCare sign outside healthcare setting (or inside if you’re there) or from home. Use #MaskWeekofAction & tag @MandateMasksUS & @COVIDSafeCampus. Let’s unite in action!
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Thank you Lincoln, NE! #MandateMasks . "The City of Lincoln put a mask mandate in place for employees Thursday, due to an increase of COVID-19 variant cases in Nebraska and Lancaster County.".
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Over a dozen people in California got together to call our hospitals and medical providers to demand they #BringBackMasks or #KeepMasksInHealthcare. Thank you to @sdaction1 for facilitating, and everyone for joining! (some participants not pictured) #MaskWeekOfAction
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Thank you Columbus, Ohio! #MandateMasks . "The Ohio Supreme Court has re-implemented a mask mandate for visitors, hours after health officials in Columbus and Franklin County issued a mask advisory in response to locally rising COVID-19 numbers." .
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Thank you to all the organizations, policymakers, and everyone else speaking out against this dangerous proposal!. We'll add to the thread below who we have seen speak out. What organizations and policymakers have you seen speak out against this?.
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Join us in the National Week of Action to Keep Masks In Healthcare, May 15-21! . Initiated by @MandateMasksUS & @COVIDSafeCampus in collaboration with groups across the country. Take individual action or join a group! . #MaskWeekofAction
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Thank you @UCIrvine! #MandateMasks . "University of California Irvine. will require all students & staff to wear masks while inside campus buildings. UCI’s universal masking policy will apply to everyone on campus regardless of vaccination status".
The University of California Irvine on Monday will require all students and staff to wear masks while inside campus buildings, following the lead of other colleges that have chosen to strengthen safety measures as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
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@MayoClinic No one should have to risk their lives and health to access medical care, @MayoClinic. #KeepMasksInHealthCare! #COVIDIsNotOver!.
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Requiring masks in medical settings is bare minimum in midst of ongoing #COVID pandemic. No one should have to risk their life or health to access medical care. Ending mask mandate endangers patients & staff. A number of patients are going to postpone care #KeepMasksInHealthCare.
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Thank you Dayton, OH! #MandateMasks . "The 'mask mandate' is back in effect in the City of Dayton for all city employees. Face masks must now be worn while in city buildings and city vehicles.".
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Polls indicate that healthcare settings are the top place that the public supports requiring masks. #KeepMasksInHealthCare.
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Thank you West Orange, NJ! #MandateMasks . "West Orange is bringing back its indoor mask mandate in township-owned buildings as cases of the coronavirus rise throughout Essex County, officials announced Monday evening.".
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"Today I’m posting to #KeepMasksInHealthcare for the #MaskWeekOfAction because our most vulnerable members of society need to be protected in the spaces they’re required to exist in."
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