This happened faster than I expected, and I’ve been anticipating major upswings. We’re unfortunately just at the beginning Going into fall w 60k cases/d means winter may well dwarf the spring and summer peaks It’s up to us to change the course. But won’t w/out proper leadership

Cover your faces even in outside spaces! Let’s work together to normalize wearing a mask & physical distancing to protect our communities, families, and friends. Staying at least #6ftApartandMasked while outdoors can reduce aerosol transmissions of COVID-19 and help save lives.

Santa Cruz County saw an alarming rise of new coronavirus cases following Halloween events, public health officials said on Tuesday. The county, which moved back to a more restrictive red tier this week, recorded 147 new cases on Monday. trib.al/bCUMBY9

Check out our website for more resources and articles about the importance of mask-wearing to protect others & ourselves ppe4cc.org/post/masks-wor…

In order to #SaveLives & #ProtectOurFamilies and communities from #COVID__19, we need to limit gatherings with people who live in other households. If you do meet, meet outdoors, stay #6ftApartAndMasked, and #WashYourHands often! #PPE4CC #PPE4CC

We started studying cloth masks in March. Preprint now at medrxiv.org/content/10.110… Take-home: Cloth masks are not an N95, but they work reasonably well for aerosols 1-2 microns and larger, which is the size that we think mostly mediates transmission. See thread. /1

How do you plan to keep you and your loved ones safe during the holiday season? Here are some ideas from public health/infectious disease experts. Many are planning to celebrate with only immediate family from the same household. businessinsider.com/us-coronavirus… today.com/health/thanksg…

¡Necesitamos compartir este mensaje a todos! Todos podemos aprender de Ella. ¡Gracias Líderes Campesinas (Women Farmworker Leaders) y Ella! (We need to share this message to everyone. We can all learn from Ella. Thank you Lideres Campesinas and Ella!)

Lideres Campesinas and community members protecting the public one mask and one leader at a time. Thank you to all those who have helped by contributing to mask and PPE distribution efforts since the pandemic began. #alwaysessential #TakeItToTheFields #PPE4CC #COVID

Let's work together this holiday season to reduce the number of cases, hospitalizations, & deaths due to COVID-19 by staying at home as much as possible. When going out reduce the amount of time in crowded & poorly ventilated settings & stay at least #6FTApartAndMasked

In the U.S. 330,000+ lives have been lost due to COVID-19. We must all work together to reduce the number of cases, hospitalizations, & deaths due to COVID-19 so that more people will be able to continue celebrating the holidays & milestones of their family members and friends

📍Worrisome new data—new B117 variant is not only more infectious, it’s potentially more infectious in children 0-9 (+24%) and 10-19 (+14%), and less among 60-79, compared to common strains. More sobering—the R estimate is much higher. THREAD🧵 #COVID19 imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial…

Thanks for engaging our community and our crucial service workers in conversation around how to stay safe @FamDoc_Forest! #MaskUp #saferoutside #6ftapart

Check out our latest project in collaboration with a local seamworker to make high quality masks for youth returning to school. Thanks Santa Cruz Sentinel for capturing this important work! #MaskUp #Sustainable Photographer's eye gallery: Safety stitches santacruzsentinel.com/2021/03/10/pho…

While vaccine distribution continues throughout California, it's important to continue to #MaskUp and stay physically distanced. Consider donating to our gofundme to help us sure everyone is able to #staymasked gofund.me/b2244cc0

"Vaccines are great but testing and tracing will stamp out transmission" Check out a recent article in the The Washington Post on the way forward in controlling the spread of #COVID19 ppe4cc.org/post/vaccines-…

Still unsure if you should #MaskUp? Try out the 2 out of 3 rule! #COVID19 #PPE

Check out the latest from Tomas Pueyo on the #DeltaVariant and be sure to #GetVaccinated! Visit myturn.ca.gov to find out where you can get your #COVIDVaccination