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The @YaleGHJP and @c4sr_columbia at @YaleSPH, @YaleLawSch & @ColumbiaGSAPP are launching a new project today, Mapping the New Politics of Care to explore the vulnerabilities of our communities in the age of #COVID19 and how to respond to them. 1/ http://newpoliticsofcare.net
In April, @akapczynski & @gregggonsalves wrote in @BostonReview calling for A New Politics of Care advocating for a New Deal for Public Health to address the needs of the pandemic & the vulnerabilities that put our communities at risk in the first place. 2/ http://bostonreview.net/politics/gregg-gonsalves-amy-kapczynski-new-politics-care
A centerpiece of a New Deal for Public Health is a Community Health Corps modeled on the 1930s Works Progress Administration to put millions to work repairing the health of our communities from the ground up. These ideas are also showing up in Congress. 3/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-democrats-propose-force-fight-covid-19-next-coronavirus-relief-n1235830
With a million new community health workers on the ground across the US, we could do a whole lot of good. Testing and contact tracing for #COVID19, assisting in isolation by providing food and medicines delivery. 4/
