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Our new @COVIDActionGrp open letter to President Elect @JoeBiden
7 Actions to start now:
1. Conduct daily national briefings with clear messaging on how citizens can stop transmission and be safe.
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See USA Today: @USATodayOpinion https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/12/04/why-joe-biden-needs-help-broad-range-experts-beat-covid-19/3807000001/
7 Actions to start now:
1. Conduct daily national briefings with clear messaging on how citizens can stop transmission and be safe.
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See USA Today: @USATodayOpinion https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/12/04/why-joe-biden-needs-help-broad-range-experts-beat-covid-19/3807000001/
2. Galvanize governors and mayors and encourage them to support individuals, communities and businesses logistically and financially, so they can sustain and protect themselves while acting to stop transmission.
https://covidactiongroup.net/letter/
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https://covidactiongroup.net/letter/
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3. Urge healthcare and public health leaders to adopt established best practices and rapidly identify new cases. Encourage a shift from reactive responses to proactive community-based rapid case identification, from isolation to “supported isolation,”..
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..with services for those in need, improving help for so-called “long haulers” suffering from long-term detrimental health effects from the virus.
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4. Engage business, labor and workers. Foster constructive public communication, volunteer community efforts and philanthropic efforts to give back to their communities during a time of need. Engage their participation in COVID safety in the workplace...
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Promote workplace COVID safety transparency, standards and implementation for employees and customers. Promote their participation as organizations in community volunteer efforts to stop transmission..
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5. Build caring communities. Engage grassroots community leaders to address health beliefs that impact COVID elimination strategies and develop targeted public service announcements that communicate several elements to the public:
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the benefits of eliminating the virus and returning to normal social and economic life as soon as possible, not waiting for a vaccine; the recognition that asymptomatic and presymptomatic airborne spread of the virus is a major driver of the pandemic;
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the ability and responsibility of all citizens to protect themselves and each other from COVID-19 and to stop transmission across communities, beliefs and political affiliation.
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Build collaborations with community leaders and religious groups that represent marginalized communities and minority groups who are dying from the virus at rates three times higher than other groups.
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6. Disrupt disinformation. Build teams to counter disinformation including collaborations of scientists, experts in disinformation, public relations and behavioral science, the press and social media platforms.
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7. Find legislative solutions. Work to educate congressional leaders to craft legislation that will allow the nation to take the measures necessary now to realize a rapid path toward normal.
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All of these actions can start now and be an advanced preparation for executive actions on Day 1. We look forward to making recommendations for what to do in the first 100 days, but there is much to do before January 20.
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Link to COVID Action Group website:
https://covidactiongroup.net
Link to the letter: https://covidactiongroup.net/letter/
Link to the OpEd: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/12/04/why-joe-biden-needs-help-broad-range-experts-beat-covid-19/3807000001/
https://covidactiongroup.net
Link to the letter: https://covidactiongroup.net/letter/
Link to the OpEd: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/12/04/why-joe-biden-needs-help-broad-range-experts-beat-covid-19/3807000001/
