Massachusetts Demands a Safe and Healthy Fall 2022
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Press Conference Video (8/22/22)
- Media Coverage:
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Coalition wants COVID prevention plan for fall in Massachusetts schools – Berkshire Eagle
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Coalition Wants COVID Prevention Plan For Massachusetts In The Fall – New Bedford Guide
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COVID-19 still a concern for some educators in Massachusetts – Spectrum News1 (Worcester)
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Health & Community Leaders Ask The State To Stop Coronavirus For Granted – WXTK NewsRadio (Cape Cod)
Massachusetts COVID Protections Now
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COVID-19 in Massachusetts: Current Conditions, Jon Levy, ScD, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, BU School of Public Health (pdf below)
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Leading Healthy Communities that Care in Massachusetts, Julia Raifman, ScD, Assistant Professor, BU School of Public Health
- Media Coverage:
- Health experts call for stricter COVID measures in Massachusetts as cases and hospitalizations rise (Boston Globe)
- Doctors Call for Mask Mandates as COVID Cases Rise in Massachusetts (NBC Boston)
- Health experts urge Gov. Baker, MBTA, & schools to bring back COVID precautions as cases rise (Boston.com)
- Health advocates call for school, transit masking (Boston 25 News)
Urgency of Equity and Mask Mandate
- Open Letter: Open Letter to MA Leaders to Demand Equity in Pandemic Response (2/11/22)
Anti-Racism in Medicine
- Doctors Fighting Racism in Healthcare (WGBH Greater Boston TV/YouTube)
- Open Letter of Support for Race-Conscious Approaches to Promote Health Equity (2/5/21)
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Media Coverage:
Omicron Surge
- Press Release: Mass. Doctors and Community Leaders Slam Baker on State Handling of Omicron Surge (1/11/21)
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Boston Eviction Moratorium
- Press Release Doctors, community organizations, and members celebrate Boston eviction moratorium, urge state legislators to pass COVID-19 Housing Equity Bill (9/2/21)
- Open Letter: Letter to Mayor Janey Calling for a Citywide Eviction Moratorium (8/10/21)
- Press Release: Amidst Housing Crisis, Doctors, Community Organizations, and Members demand Eviction Moratorium in Boston (8/10/21)
- Media Coverage
- 8/31/21: Kim Janey announces eviction moratorium in Boston, in wake of Supreme Court ruling (Boston.com)
- 8/30/21: As federal eviction ban ends, a mayoral rival urges Janey to impose one in Boston (Globe)
- 8/10/21: Eviction Moratorium Demanded In Boston (Rainbow Times)
- 8/10/21: The Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity has sent Boston Acting Mayor Kim Janey an open letter demanding a citywide eviction moratorium (Politico)
Palestine Solidarity Letter
Vaccine Equity
- Open Letter to Governor Baker regarding vaccination of hotspot communities (1/19/2021)
- Media Coverage for 1/19/2021 Open letter
- Hundreds of medical professionals call on Baker to prioritize vaccine access for Black and immigrant communities (Boston Globe)
- More than 400 Massachusetts doctors push for vaccine priority in hotspot communities (Boston Herald)
- Baker Makes Seniors Eligible Sooner And Adds Vaccination Sites Amid Slow Rollout (WBUR)
- Media Coverage for 1/19/2021 Open letter
- Press Release: Doctors, State Legislators, Community & Labor Leaders Press Baker Administration to Increase COVID-19 Protections Amidst Rise in Cases (12/22/2020)
- Mass Coalition for Health Equity Press Conference Video (12/22/2020)
- Media Coverage for 12/22/2020 Press Conference
- Doctors, lawmakers and public health leaders calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to close indoor dining, implement more protections amid COVID surge (Mass Live)
- With COVID-19 numbers expected to rise over holidays, Gov. Baker tightens capacity limits again (Telegram)
- Group of Massachusetts physicians, state legislators, community leaders urge Baker to tighten COVID-19 restrictions (Fall River Reporter)
- UPDATED: New COVID-19 restrictions to take effect in Massachusetts on Saturday (Milford Daily News)
- Doctors, leaders press Baker administration to increase COVID-19 protections amidst rise in cases (Somerville Times)
Safe Opening of Massachusetts
- Press Release: Doctors, State Legislators, Community & Labor Leaders Press Baker Administration to Increase COVID-19 Protections Amidst Rise in Cases (9/28/2020)
- Mass Coalition for Health Equity Press Conference Video (9/29/2020)
- Open Letter to Governor Charlie Baker Regarding Safe Opening of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (9/29/2020)
- Media Coverage
- Massachusetts public health experts, teachers union urge Charlie Baker to strengthen coronavirus protocols as cases rise (Boston Herald)
- With The Coronavirus Creeping Back In Mass., Health Experts And Community Groups Call For Action (WBUR)
- Front-line workers sound alarm on easing of coronavirus restrictions (Boston Herald)
- Coalition urges Baker to adjust virus-fighting approach (Salem News)
- Doctors, leaders press Baker administration to increase COVID-19 protections (Somerville Times)
- Front-line workers sound alarm on easing of coronavirus restrictions (Lowell Sun)
- Some local groups disagree with Gov. Baker decision to expand reopening (Boston 25 News)
Crisis Standards of Care
- Open Letter to Crisis Standards of Care Advisory Committee
- Health Equity in the Era of COVID-19 – Senator Becca Rausch Hosts a Town Hall with Health Experts – 5/21/2020
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Concerns About Composition of Reopening Advisory Board
- Open Letter from the Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity to Governor Charlie Baker Regarding Safe Reopening of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Media Coverage:
- Some public health experts say Baker’s reopening plan is cause for concern (Boston.com)
- Group warns against ‘premature’ reopening of Massachusetts while the coronavirus pandemic continues (MetroWest Daily News)
- Public Health Expert Calls for Stronger Reopening Safeguards (BNN News interview of Dr. Eduardo Siqueira)
- Health care workers at State House demonstration: Prioritize people over economy (WHDH)
- Baker reopening some businesses in phased plan, Somerville reps urge him to extend restrictions (Wicked Local Somerville)
- Mass. Gov. Baker unveils reopening plan: COVID-19 cases top 87,000 -Premature Reopening? (Nashua Telegraph)
- Group of frontline workers, doctors oppose Massachusetts reopening plan (Boston Herald)
- Listen To Essential Workers First. Then, We Can Consider Reopening The Economy (WBUR)
- Health equity coalition asks Charlie Baker to prioritize voices of essential workers in planning state’s reopening (Boston.com)
Demand for an Equitable Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Media Coverage:
- Coalition demands greater response to ‘Crisis of Inequity’ (Southcost Today)
- Coalition Demands Greater Response to “Crisis of Inequity” (State House News Service)
- Massachusetts coalition demands greater response to “Crisis of Inequity” (New Bedford Guide)