From Social Security Works (http://www.socialsecurityworks.org/):
Thanks to you, Social Security Works and our allies have helped deliver hundreds of thousands of medical masks to workers in hard-hit areas like Chicago, Detroit, New York City, Puerto Rico and Washington DC.
But protecting health care workers with PPE shouldn’t be up to charity. The administration’s feeble response to the pandemic has states and hospitals competing with one another to obtain critically needed medical masks, gloves, gowns and other PPE.
In the absence of leadership from the White House, it’s up to Congress to immediately pass the Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act to create a central, transparent system for procuring and distributing medical supplies during the pandemic.
Go to https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-demand-congress-get-protective-gear-to-healthcare-workers-immediately to become a co-signer of this critical legislation to provide hospitals, nursing homes and caregivers with the PPE they need to keep themselves and their patients safe during this health care crisis.
More than two months into the pandemic, PPE shortages continue to hamper our response to the COVID-19 crisis. Nurses and frontline medical teams are being left to develop make-shift masks and protective gear.
Doctors and nurses are putting themselves in harm’s way to save every life they can during this crisis. We need to have their backs by making sure they have the tools they need to fight this pandemic.
The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But when it comes to supplying our frontline medical workers with the basic, medical equipment to keep themselves, their patients, and the community safe, we have failed.
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