We need money to combat the coronavirus now!
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Dear Friend,
With the coronavirus (COVID-19) already starting to spread in the United
States, it is time for our federal government to take action and release
funds ASAP to combat the virus and protect our families and economy.
[ [link removed] ]***SIGN OUR LETTER NOW calling on the U.S. Congress and President Trump
to pass and allocate emergency funds to combat the coronavirus ASAP.
Just today, Members of Congress reached a bi-partisan agreement on a $8.3
billion emergency funding bill to help support efforts to combat the
coronavirus. [1] This money will go towards the creation and dissemination
of a vaccine, significantly increase the number of testing kits to
diagnose the virus, preparing states, cities, and localities to combat the
virus (including reimbursements for the costs incurred while assisting the
federal response to the coronavirus outbreak), interest-free loans for
small businesses impacted by the outbreak, assistance to the science and
medical community, and guaranteeing that regardless of income, people can
receive the medical services they need.
It’s important that Congress vote this week and this money get released
ASAP so we can start tackling this issue head on! Let’s take just the
testing kits to diagnose coronavirus. The rollout of the kits was
incredibly slow and chaotic, meaning that states like Washington state
that is seeing increased cases of coronavirus have been unable to test all
the cases that need to be tested. [2] This means it’s extraordinarily hard
for public health experts to get a handle on the situation or for people
to get the treatment they need. Medical officials need to scale up the
number of tests available to sick patients and the labs that process the
results need support — and that all takes federal dollars!
It’s also important that this money is new money—not taken from existing
health programs that already lift up our families—and that there are
guardrails around the funds so the Trump Administration, who have been
known to transfer congressionally allocated money to fund their own
backwards priorities like Trump’s border wall, can only use the money to
fight the coronavirus. [3]
[ [link removed] ]***Take action now and sign our letter calling on Congress to allocate
the funds needed to combat the coronavirus ASAP!
Thirty-two million workers in our country – including 81% of those in the
food service industry – don’t have any paid sick days, a critical public
health protection. [4] Experts worry that this will only accelerate the
outbreak in the United States, so we can’t wait for months for this money
to become available. During the Zika outbreak it took eight months for
Congress to fulfill the emergency funding request asked for by the Obama
Administration, and this was after thousands of people in the U.S. tested
positive for the virus. [5]
This is about being prepared and having the resources we need to protect
healthcare workers, our families, and our economy if the coronavirus
continues to spread.
[ [link removed] ]This funding has bi-partisan support! [6] Now we just need YOU to help
us get it across the finish line as nothing becomes a priority unless our
representatives are hearing from their constituents to make it a priority.
***SIGN OUR LETTER NOW and we’ll deliver it to the U.S. Congress tomorrow
morning!
We know that there is a lot of concern out there about what is going on.
We will be working over the coming weeks to not only make sure we have
adequate funding in place to address the coronavirus, but also to make
sure that we have the public health infrastructure– such as access to
health care for everyone who needs it and paid sick days– that we need to
adequately address this public health threat. But one thing we know for
sure is it is going to take all of us coming together to make sure our
families remain healthy in the face of the coronavirus. So after you
[ [link removed] ]sign our letter make sure to forward this email to your friends and
family and [ [link removed] ]post our action link to Facebook.
Thank you so much for speaking out on this important issue!
-Elyssa, Ruth, Felicia, Donna, Kristin, Tasmiha, Sara, Sili, Nina, Xochitl
and the entire MomsRising / MamásConPoder team
P.S. For information about how to prevent the spread of the coronavirus,
go to [ [link removed] ]this CDC website.
[1] [ [link removed] ]Politico. "Congress strikes a deal on bipartisan $8.3B coronavirus
package."
[2] [ [link removed] ]The New York Times. “As Coronavirus Numbers Rise, C.D.C. Testing
Comes Under Fire.”
[3] [ [link removed] ]The Hill. “Pelosi, Schumer insist on guardrails for coronavirus
funds.”
[4] [ [link removed] ]National Partnership for Women and Families. “Paid Sick Days
Improve Our Public Health.”
[5] [ [link removed] ]NBC News. “Congress Finally Passes Zika Funding Bill.”
[6] [ [link removed] ]NPR. “Congress Nears Bipartisan Funding Plan to Address Growing
Coronavirus Threat.”
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