Dear John,
Hundreds of health-care workers are risking their lives each day to combat the coronavirus pandemic. But shortages of supplies have forced nurses across the country to reuse personal protective equipment. This puts them at extreme risk of exposure to the virus.
Medical workers need help, and they need it now. But Trump is playing politics while people are suffering. The administration is trying to bail out polluters instead of freeing up the resources needed to get equipment to hospitals quickly.
Our leaders must provide life-saving equipment to health-care workers on the front lines of this crisis. But they’ll only act under pressure from constituents like you.
Help protect people, not polluters: Tell Congress to provide personal protective equipment to health-care workers!
COVID-19 is pushing our health-care system to the breaking point. Intensive care units are running out of beds. Medical professionals are creating makeshift masks to deal with shortages. The situation is so dire that regular people across the country have even started sewing homemade masks for health-care workers. And states are being forced into bidding wars for federal medical support.
Our hospitals and medical facilities need respirators, ventilators, and masks to protect themselves, and to care for the massive influx of patients from the growing pandemic.
At a moment when we are asking nurses and other health care workers to step up and protect people, we must pull out all the stops to protect them as well. Our leaders in Congress must do everything possible to provide more personal protective equipment to our health-care heroes. But only pressure from constituents like you can convince them to act!
Send a message to Congress: Demand more support and supplies for nurses and medical facilities across the country!
Health-care workers are leading the fight against coronavirus. But nurses across the country report that our hospitals and medical centers lack the tools they need to save lives and protect themselves.
Now more than ever, we must stand with nurses and health-care workers. Our lives depend on the safety of these brave heroes. And they’re counting on you to demand Congress act!
Tell Congress to provide more protective equipment to health-care workers!
Standing with you,
Nicole Ghio,
Senior fossil fuel program manager,
Friend of the Earth
