[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to support a national stay-at-home order during the
coronavirus pandemic.

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

I've been a doctor for 35 years, and I want our country to listen to
medical health professionals in this crisis.

Staying at home as much as possible works to slow the spread of the deadly
coronavirus. We've seen it work in Italy, China, and in areas of the
United States. However, millions of people live in over a dozen states
that have not mandated a stay-at-home order. This means that stores are
still open, people are still traveling, and exposure to the virus
increases. Everyone deserves to be protected in this crisis as much as
possible: We need a federal stay-at-home order, and every governor must
copy it for their state to shut down nonessential businesses.

Everyone must stay at home if they are able. We know this will mitigate
the pandemic and save lives! There must be a national stay-at-home order,
and governors should copy it for their states to ensure we're doing all we
can to protect people.

[2]Sign Dr. Goodman's petition

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases, told CNN that he doesn't understand why this is not
already happening.^1

If we don't practice physical distancing, then the exponential growth of
positive cases that I saw in my community and across the country will
continue. While some tried to trivialize the impact of the coronavirus
just weeks ago we are now seeing over 200,000 reported cases in the United
States and more than 5,000 deaths—not to mention record job losses and
other immense damage to our nation. Experts say we may end up with
hundreds of thousands dead in the United States alone.

[ [link removed] ]Sign my petition to call on federal and state officials to put a
stay-at-home order in place.

The nightmare scenario is that the number of positive cases could continue
to double every day, with skyrocketing death totals. As a doctor, I am
seeing hospitals scramble for the equipment needed to treat the thousands
already infected. Staying at home slows the rate of infection and will
help ease the demand on our already strained health care system.

It is never too late to act. The U.S. has been slow to react to this
global pandemic, but expanding the stay-at-home orders nationwide has the
potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives. We all need to work
together because this only works if everyone, in every state, stays at
home—because our health is interconnected. Donald Trump has said that
physical distancing should continue through the end of April, but this
needs to be required.

[ [link removed] ]Actions speak louder than words—declare a national stay-at-home order
now!

We know that staying at home works. And when doctors and other health care
providers are willing to put their own lives on the line, this doctor
thinks that it is more than reasonable to ask EVERY governor and Donald
Trump to do the right thing and do it NOW, before more lives are
needlessly lost.

[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to
your friends.

Thanks!

–Dr. Charles Goodman

Source:

1. "Why these 8 Republican governors are holding out on statewide
stay-at-home orders," CNN, April 4, 2020
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