Infectious Diseases Specialists Call on Public to Wear a Mask, Slow the Spread of COVID-19

In a letter sent to Vice President Mike Pence today, leaders of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and its HIV Medicine Association are urging the White House to issue a strong federal directive calling for mask requirements in all states to curtail the spread of COVID-19 across this country, protect the economy and safely reopen schools.

In a letter sent Wednesday to officials heading federal efforts to develop a vaccine against COVID-19, leaders of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and its HIV Medicine Association have urged that participation in clinical trials of vaccine candidates be open to people living with HIV.

As members of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and its HIV Medicine Association, many of whom are working on the front lines of COVID-19 in communities across the country, we are alarmed that science and public health, and leaders that include Anthony Fauci, M.D., FIDSA are not sufficiently at the forefront of our country’s COVID-19 response.

A series of proposed COVID-19 bills released by Senate Republicans Monday represent a step toward urgently needed relief and resources, but fall short of necessary responses.

IDSA and HIVMA wrote to Majority Leader McConnell and Minority Leader Schumer regarding ID priorities for the next COVID-19 bill.

More than 100 public health, science, research and medical organizations are urging the White House  to reverse a new policy that would divert COVID-19 patient data collection from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.