A hawk on my fire escape in Manhattan this morning. Manhattan Bird Alert

Check this out from my org #GetUsPPE: Our January Shortage Index shows that many facilities still can't afford PPE. The average cost per N95 before the pandemic was $0.40 and it's now $4-7 outside large bulk orders - a 1,300% price increase: getusppe.org/data

Congrats to Get Us PPE’s (#GetUsPPE) Executive Director, Dr. Shikha Gupta, (@shikgupta) who was named in Time100 Next, a list of people shaping the future of their fields and defining the next generation of leadership. @time #TIME100Next

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When TIME asked me to write about why Shikha Gupta was worthy of their Time 100 Next list, the answer was simple: I saw first hand her dedication to delivering PPE in America's darkest hour. We should all be proud of the work she's done. time.com/collection/tim…

Such an honor to work with Shikha Gupta, now a TIME100 Next Honoree. Couldn't be more well deserved!

The SNOWY OWL is by the Central Park Tennis Courts now, eating a rat that she caught there, reports Alicia!

Get Us PPE Executive Director, Shikha Gupta, co-founder Ali S. Raja, MD, and Director of Communications and PR, Amanda Peery-Wolf, share their insights with AAMC on why vulnerable communities still don't have access to PPE a year into the pandemic: aamc.org/news-insights/…

#GetUsPPE has developed an algorithm to more equitably distribute needed supplies to vulnerable communities but currently able to fill only 15% of requests coming in.
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We're back with some #FridayFacts ! This week, we're looking into whether or not healthcare workers have enough PPE.

Help Get Us PPE in the fight to end the PPE shortage and ensure that frontline workers are safe and properly equipped: getusppe.org/covid-equipmen…

Some frontline healthcare workers are still experiencing shortages of safety gear about a year into the pandemic.

A non-profit group called @GetUsPPE says requests from healthcare workers seeking help to get the equipment rose 260% between Nov. & Dec.

@AnnaWerner explains.

Thrilled to see that President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris + team included #GetUsPPE data + many of our policy recs in their Nat'l Strategy for the C19 Response.

Looking forward to continued collab with the new administration.

(S/o to Stephanie Zeller 🌻 + Amanda Peery-Wolf for the gorgeous choropleth map!)

I urge every American to:

- Wear a mask
- Stay socially distanced
- Avoid large indoor gatherings

We can save countless lives if we step up together.

In 10 days, we move forward and rebuild — together.

.Maia Shibutani and I launched a #GetUsPPE GoFundMe charity campaign in April. Since then, we’ve raised over $41,500 in support of Get Us PPE and their efforts to provide donated PPE at no cost to frontline workers and under-resourced communities.
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Benjy Renton Megan Ranney MD MPH 🌻 Friend on mine went to Mo. for Thanksgiving ALL 12 of them got COVID. The mother died 8 days ago.

#SoCal , we need your help to test a big donation of N95s!

If it doesn’t absolutely enrage you to your very core to know that Dr. Moore had to fight blatant systemic racism in healthcare with her dying breath,
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Black lives are not expendable. The pain Black patients feel is real. nytimes.com/2020/12/23/us/…

In November, 61% of requesters needed #N95s , and 89% of them were reusing N95s at unsafe rates. In the @GetUsPPE November Shortage Index, we take a closer look into N95 shortage to learn more about burn rate and mask reuse. See what we found: getusppe.org/data
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From the annals of 'sorry to share, but this is our winter reality': Get Us PPE received 34% more requests for PPE in Nov than we did in Oct, indicating a worsening shortage. Our Nov Shortage Index provides a snapshot of the PPE shortage from our database: getusppe.org/data

Excited for this