NNU delivers petition urging CDC to strengthen proposed infection control guidance; CDC cuts off public comments at advisory committee meeting

NNU delivered a petition signed by nearly 11,000 individuals and organizations to the CDC and its Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, urging them to fully recognize aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens and to strengthen the CDC’s Isolation Precautions guidance.

Devastating COVID-19 surge in Okinawa exposes lies that the pandemic is over

This alarming development, which raises the possibility that a new and more dangerous variant could be spreading in Okinawa, has gone entirely unreported by all media outlets outside of Japan.

Now More Than Ever, We Need to Fight, Not Despair

The never-ending Covid toll, the government’s indifference to this suffering—it’s easy to feel helpless about all of it. But we have to keep resisting.

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing – 5 May 2023

Will the end of the COVID public health emergency give room for a new variant to surge?

As the COVID public health emergency ends, experts say there's a real chance for a new variant to surge

RECOVER PIs Call to Action

Maintain healthcare coverage , we need robust public health infrastructure.

2700 deaths in the US alone from COVID in one week is an emergency. More than 23 million suffering from Long COVID is an emergency. So is 45% of COVID cases – including in children – leading to lingering symptoms. Pediatric hospitals overwhelmed by RSV, Flu and COVID is an emergency. Rationing healthcare capacity – invoking crisis standards of care – three years into a pandemic, instead of creating a robust public health infrastructure? President Biden and Members of Congress, our Elected Representatives, Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, we need you to treat the pandemic like the ongoing public health emergency it is. We need you to embrace a comprehensive approach to public health based on layers of protection and public policies aimed at protecting the most vulnerable people among us. We need you to make the following things happen: Maintain the State of Emergency Renew Congressional funding for the pandemic response Make public health policies including masking based on the CDC’s Community Transmission Map, and retire the misleading Community Levels Map Support and promote a layered approach to the pandemic including: Free, fast accessible PCR testing for all Free access to N-95 grade masks for all Free access to updated treatments for all Booster access for all Funding for accelerated next generation and nasal vaccines Paid sick leave Clear and science-based quarantine and isolation policies Funding for air ventilation and filtration upgrades in all public buildings Funding for Long COVID treatments, and research led by Long COVID patients More than COVID 250,000 deaths in 2022 – the third year of the pandemic – is an emergency. We have the tools to prevent more unnecessary severe and chronic illness and death. In 2023, let’s use them.

Maintain healthcare coverage , we need robust public health infrastructure.

2700 deaths in the US alone from COVID in one week is an emergency. More than 23 million suffering from Long COVID is an emergency. So is 45% of COVID cases – including in children – leading to lingering symptoms. Pediatric hospitals overwhelmed by RSV, Flu and COVID is an emergency. Rationing healthcare capacity – invoking crisis standards of care – three years into a pandemic, instead of creating a robust public health infrastructure? President Biden and Members of Congress, our Elected Representatives, Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, we need you to treat the pandemic like the ongoing public health emergency it is. We need you to embrace a comprehensive approach to public health based on layers of protection and public policies aimed at protecting the most vulnerable people among us. We need you to make the following things happen: Maintain the State of Emergency Renew Congressional funding for the pandemic response Make public health policies including masking based on the CDC’s Community Transmission Map, and retire the misleading Community Levels Map Support and promote a layered approach to the pandemic including: Free, fast accessible PCR testing for all Free access to N-95 grade masks for all Free access to updated treatments for all Booster access for all Funding for accelerated next generation and nasal vaccines Paid sick leave Clear and science-based quarantine and isolation policies Funding for air ventilation and filtration upgrades in all public buildings Funding for Long COVID treatments, and research led by Long COVID patients More than COVID 250,000 deaths in 2022 – the third year of the pandemic – is an emergency. We have the tools to prevent more unnecessary severe and chronic illness and death. In 2023, let’s use them.

Maintain healthcare coverage , we need robust public health infrastructure.

2700 deaths in the US alone from COVID in one week is an emergency. More than 23 million suffering from Long COVID is an emergency. So is 45% of COVID cases – including in children – leading to lingering symptoms. Pediatric hospitals overwhelmed by RSV, Flu and COVID is an emergency. Rationing healthcare capacity – invoking crisis standards of care – three years into a pandemic, instead of creating a robust public health infrastructure? President Biden and Members of Congress, our Elected Representatives, Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, we need you to treat the pandemic like the ongoing public health emergency it is. We need you to embrace a comprehensive approach to public health based on layers of protection and public policies aimed at protecting the most vulnerable people among us. We need you to make the following things happen: Maintain the State of Emergency Renew Congressional funding for the pandemic response Make public health policies including masking based on the CDC’s Community Transmission Map, and retire the misleading Community Levels Map Support and promote a layered approach to the pandemic including: Free, fast accessible PCR testing for all Free access to N-95 grade masks for all Free access to updated treatments for all Booster access for all Funding for accelerated next generation and nasal vaccines Paid sick leave Clear and science-based quarantine and isolation policies Funding for air ventilation and filtration upgrades in all public buildings Funding for Long COVID treatments, and research led by Long COVID patients More than COVID 250,000 deaths in 2022 – the third year of the pandemic – is an emergency. We have the tools to prevent more unnecessary severe and chronic illness and death. In 2023, let’s use them.