Tag: influenza

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Public Comment to CDC ACIP on VACCINES.

The deadline to submit a public comment is April 11th.

Read More 2025-04-11

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Public comment to CDC ACIP committee

2024-10-24

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Newspaper clipping: The Philadelphia Inquirer. Healthy schools. A recent op-ed rightly highlighted the financial barriers to becoming a Pennsylvania teacher. However, the state should also prioritize tackling airborne viruses in schools, which are now hazardous workplaces due to the spread of COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and influenza. The CDC found that students were the main driver of COVID transmission during the initial reopening phase, endangering their health and that of their teachers. Insufficient air filtration and poor ventilation in buildings and buses are at the core of this problem. In 2023, the governor budgeted $500 million to reduce environmental hazards, which could be used to update school HVAC systems. Federal American Rescue Plan funds are still available. Inexpensive HEPA or Corsi-Rosenthal filters should be placed in every classroom, and opening windows encouraged. Let’s not tolerate sick schools anymore. If we literally clear the air, we can help attract quality teachers and protect the health of our kids. James G. Lertola, Pennsylvanians Against COVID, Kennett Square

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Pennsylvanians Against Covid Letter to the Editor published in The Philadelphia Inquirer about pandemic barriers to attract people to the teaching profession.

2024-06-24

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MedPage Today publishes business PR consultant written op-ed arguing for lax infection control for covid (and other diseases)

2024-02-20

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don't wait for everybody - Chloe Humbert

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Don’t wait for everybody before speaking up.

Don’t Wait For Everybody – Episode 001

Read More 2023-08-11

A collage of photos of doctors, scientists, public health and clean air experts partying, dancing at conferences or on social media, at book tours, older passengers on an airline flight, social media posts, nurses singing at the White House, maskless selfies, January 6th rioters, a crowded sports stadium,, a Joe Biden rally in Wilkes-Barre with signs that say Safer America, almost nobody wearing masks, and includes a ribbon cutting ceremony where the ribbon is made of masks that is cut and celebrated.

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Forcing Normal in the Roaring 2020s

2022-12-13

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