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M (is) Living with Long Covid's avatar

Thank you SO much! Can you post this on the zerocovid sub on reddit too? i think a lot of people would find this super helpful

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Don Ford's avatar

I’m banned on that subreddit, so are a number of us.

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Kathleen's avatar

On the drop down list they as you to choose a category that describes what your comment is about and then there a long alphabetical list from Academia to State Government

What category do we use?

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NiftyKeisha's avatar

Wondering the same thing.

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Don Ford's avatar

consumer is fine, it doesn't really matter.

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Art P's avatar

Consumer, I think.

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Adrian Ballou's avatar

Thank you for this!! I'm low on time and spoons. I looked at the action steps but wasn't sure if I understood exactly what's needed. Can you break down the highlight of what to say? I very much want to support, and I want to spread the word! Ty for your work on this!

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Don Ford's avatar

It doesn’t matter, which ever one is accurate for you.

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J M Hatch's avatar

Is there something I can do in Canada via our local member of Parliament's office to help? I can phone them to ask that they contact Washington since there has been shared programs on promoting the vaccines. There probably is quite a bit of the old fashioned corruption in the selection of the two big vendors, but perhaps they'll still accept having Novavax in the mix as an extra tool in case of high publicity breakout of new strains.

I probably can get them to take up a pdf copy if you have report aimed at legislative members.

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Michael Starnes's avatar

I have found that typically they don't want to deal with/can't deal with stuff outside of their state in the senate. It might be best to focus on states where they live because they typically can't even file a note if you are out of state.

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Don Ford's avatar

They can say whatever they want... but committees represent the whole country.

If you were trying to bother them for a Senate-wide vote, then yes.

If they sit on a committee, then tough, you get to hear from everyone.

And who gives a single bit of caring "for what they want"? They are public servants, the end.

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Michael Starnes's avatar

I agree but specifically they told me their form they couldn!5 even make a note unless it was a constituent fwiw

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Don Ford's avatar

That's why we used phone numbers... a few folks have talked to staffers.

Now we are rotating to sending them the info on social media.

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Veronica Samantha's avatar

Good luck!!!!

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