ZeroCovidMA
We don’t have to live with Covid-19. We can crush it. Together.
Grassroots action team determined to end the COVID-19 Pandemic in Massachusetts. We will end COVID-19 and thrive physically, economically, and socially.
Here are 4 steps that Massachusetts should take immediately:
Use the strongest possible action to prevent transmission: We must take a 5-week pause on any unnecessary activities that bring people in contact with each other. Only essential services should be allowed to continue operating using maximal transmission prevention protocols (delivery, curbside pickup, wearing masks, social distancing, air purification, etc.).
Prevent importing cases into nations, states, communities, and neighborhoods through strict travel restrictions, including mandatory 14-day quarantines for visitors in designated spaces away from other people. The smaller the local area protected by travel restrictions, the faster the process of getting to zero cases. Then, use a Green Zone Exit Strategy to open up protected areas slowly and progressively over a few weeks.
Rapidly test and isolate positive cases: We must rapidly identify cases, isolate them, and provide care for them in designated facilities to protect family, friends, and neighbors. This prevents household transmission, while providing care for individuals who are sick with testing, contact tracing, and coordination by public health and medical organizations. Testing should include symptom-based mass-testing and other methods such as sewage testing.
Ensure a livelihood for all: We must protect the livelihood of everyone in need of financial support. Vulnerable individuals should receive help—financial resources, employment assurance, mental health care, and other needs—from the community and the government. Regular check-ins with individuals and families by the community make rapid case identification and other forms of support possible.
Rapid Vaccination: We must rapidly vaccinate high-risk individuals—with a focus on essential workers. We’ll accomplish this by focusing on disease severity (age and prior conditions) and essential employment needs (healthcare workers and other essential workers). Mass vaccination may help with transmission prevention and should be used as one of—but not the only—tool to do so.
If we take these steps, we can eliminate the virus much sooner than currently projected. If we deploy the ZeroCovid strategy well, we have an opportunity to control the virus, eliminate it locally, progressively eliminate it in larger areas, and move toward a bright and better future. Now is the time to take swift, strong, and coordinated action. ZeroCovid is within our reach.
Get involved!
We are looking for passionate individuals that are willing to roll up their sleeves and fight Covid-19. Email Katie Marsh, volunteer organizer, to get involved in supporting Massachusetts.
Connect:
Website: zerocovid.us/massachusetts
Twitter: @ZeroCovidMA
Email: Katie Marsh