The executive order & legislative solutions will ensure permanent & continuing access to vaccines, including administration of vaccines by health care professionals & insurance coverage. governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-executive-order-expanding-access-vaccines-amid-uncertainty-washington

New York Governor Kathy Hochul just sent a letter directing insurers to cover the COVID vaccine and other vaccines.

"New York officials urging insurance companies to continue covering vaccinations" www.mynbc5.com/article/new-...

New Yorkers: Public health actvists & others in NY: pls read this short convo! It appears Costco is refusing to follow Gov. Hochul's PH order regarding covid vax access. If so, I expect many New Yorkers would like to know this, so they can modify their shopping accordingly. Please tag NY covid grps!

Hochul to let pharmacists prescribe COVID vaccines amid federal policy shift https://gothamist.com/news/hochul-to-let-pharmacists-prescribe-covid-vaccines-amid-federal-policy-shift

BREAKING: New York Governor Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid-19 vaccines to anyone who requests them, regardless of age or underlying conditions.

Gov Hochul "is set to sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe & administer Covid-19 vaccines to [NYers] who request them.. executive order will mirror actions taken by other blue state governors this week to protect access to..latest Covid vaccine" www.politico.com/newsletters/...

PSA: There’s a difference between wearing a mask or respirator & wearing a gaiter or face covering to disguise identity. It’s important to discern & communicate this nuance because if you don’t, you might encourage elected officials to ban masks for everyone, which would be a public health disaster.

Masks are an essential public health tool to help protect against COVID-19 and more. #NoNYMaskBan

National COVID-19 metrics continue to report declines, as the US remains in a moderate lull between winter & summer surges. There are signs of increased disease spread on the West Coast, indicating this region may experience the start of a summer wave before others. COVID-19 trends: bit.ly/3FgFMQ6

"Still masking?" Here's why one health professor hasn't stopped. Sean Mullen, PhD, used to take risks. He trained in martial arts, traveled frequently, and lived a high-intensity lifestyle. But as research on the long-term effects of COVID-19 emerged, his priorities shifted.

Led by Weill Cornell, a stem cell study that looked at infected mini organs (made of pancreatic cells, blood vessel cells & immune cells) reveals how COVID can trigger an immune response that harms the pancreas & trigger Type 1 Diabetes or worsen existing conditions.  bit.ly/Cornell_C19P...

COVID-19 is not over. Everyone has a right to wear a mask. NY should encourage masking and provide free N95 masks to everyone who needs them. NY should NOT pass anti-mask policies in the state budget! #NoNYMaskBan

New Yorkers, have you called yet? It is outrageous Democrats are working to add a sentencing enhancement for wearing a medical mask while New Yorkers continue to die from COVID-19, be hospitalized, & go on to get #LongCOVID! This whole thing is outrageous and against public health. #NoNYMaskBan

New Yorkers, keep calling! Tell your electeds not to include any anti-mask legislation in the state budget! Masks should not be criminalized. #NoNYMaskBan

New Yorkers, keep calling your NY State Senator and Assemblymember and urge them to speak out against any anti-mask legislation in the state budget! #NoNYMaskBan

New Yorkers are still being hospitalized with COVID & still dying from COVID. People are still getting #LongCOVID. Masks also help protect against other contagious diseases, wildfire smoke, pollution, allergens, & other health concerns NY Budget should not include anti-mask policy #NoNYMaskBan

Anti-mask crackdowns will harm vulnerable New Yorkers. Call your state senator ASAP. Tell them to speak up in conference and firmly oppose any budget legislation that penalizes masking. bsky.app/profile/jews...

Both Trump and @governor.ny.gov are pushing anti-mask policies. Far-right media is celebrating Hochul’s plan because it will increase punishments for “obstructing traffic.” How can Democrats expect voters to trust them to oppose Trump when they’re signing on to his playbook?

New York Doctors Coalition, New York State Academy of Family Physicians, New York State American Academy of Pediatrics, & over 300 physicians & other healthcare & public health workers voiced their opposition to NY's proposed mask bans earlier this year. #NoNYMaskBan www.nydocs.org/our-work/no-...

New Yorkers, have you left a voicemail yet for your NY State Senator, Assemblymember, Governor Hochul, Senate Majority Leader, and Assembly Speaker tonight urging them NOT to support any anti-mask policies in the state budget? Leave them a voicemail and then call again tomorrow! #NoNYMaskBan

New Yorkers, keep calling your NY State Senator and Assemblymember! They're trying to wear us down, but we've already gotten them to shift their mask ban policy. Our pushback is working! Keep going! #NoNYMaskBan

New Yorkers, keep calling your NY State Senator and Assemblymember! They're trying to wear us down, but we've already gotten them to shift their mask ban policy. Our pushback is working! Keep going! #NoNYMaskBan

Tell your NY legislators to "speak up in conference and vocally oppose any legislation that penalizes masking in the budget or beyond, including sentencing enhancements." #NoNYMaskBan bsky.app/profile/jews...

Immune compromised should have same rights as any American to protest and wear a damn mask.

New York Doctors Coalition, New York State Academy of Family Physicians, New York State American Academy of Pediatrics, & over 300 physicians & other healthcare & public health workers voiced their opposition to NY's proposed mask bans earlier this year. #NoNYMaskBan www.nydocs.org/our-work/no-...

COVID-19 is not over. Everyone has a right to wear a mask. NY should encourage masking and provide free N95 masks to everyone who needs them. NY should NOT pass anti-mask policies in the state budget! #NoNYMaskBan

New Yorkers, please call your NY State Senator and Assemblymember TODAY! Script below. Find your NY State Senator and their contact info: www.nysenate.gov/find-my-sena... Find your NY State Assemblymember and their contact info: nyassembly.gov/mem/search/ #NoNYMaskBan

📢 Call now and tell your reps to "speak up in conference and vocally oppose any legislation that penalizes masking in the budget or beyond, including sentencing enhancements." #NoNYMaskBan

New Yorkers are still being hospitalized with COVID & still dying from COVID. People are still getting #LongCOVID. Masks also help protect against other contagious diseases, wildfire smoke, pollution, allergens, & other health concerns NY Budget should not include anti-mask policy #NoNYMaskBan

New Yorkers, state budget negotiations are finalizing and they are still deciding whether to include an anti-mask policy! Call your NY State Senator and Assemblymember TODAY and tell them #NoNYMaskBan! Masks should not be criminalized or restricted. covidadvocacyny.org/stopmaskbanny

You said it! We need some more folks to join the @bendthearc.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social #NoNYmaskBan phone zap at noon so we can keep this out of the state budget. Down to the wire! bit.ly/right2maskNY

🚨 CALL NOW: NY’s anti-mask policy can still be STOPPED, but we’re running out of time. 🗣 Tell your state senator: “NO anti-mask policies in the budget. Tell leadership to leave it OUT.” ⚠️ UPDATED SCRIPT BELOW ⬇️

I just called my state senator and assembly person, whose office said they're tracking all calls coming in, so PLEASE keep calling, it's not over yet. #NoNYMaskBan

Yup. We have already moved Hochul on this issue. We can win this but we need folks to call their assemblymember & State Senator to say #NoNYmaskBan

Gov. Hochul announced a budget “agreement” that could effectively criminalize masking and protest in New York. She’s hoping we’ll give up. But there is NO deal yet. Join us Weds at noon for a #NoNYmaskBan phone zap! bit.ly/DontCrimMasks

Called my NY State Senator, Assemblymember, as well as Assembly Speaker, Senate Majority Leader, and Governor and urged them not to include anti-mask policy in the state budget! Masks should not be criminalized. Budget isn't over yet. New Yorkers, have you called? #NoNYMaskBan

⚠️ URGENT ACTION 4/29: The budget is NOT final. We need MASSIVE opposition while there's still time. ➡️ Call your reps to get anti-mask language OUT before a vote. ➡️ Ask 3 friends to call too! Full toolkit + contacts: bit.ly/no-mask-ban Use the new script below ⬇️

Yet another reason to oppose mask penalties for “criminals” in NY.

It's still not too late to oppose this #maskban bill in NY! Mask bans are about surveillance+ freezing free speech, NOT actual safety.

New Yorkers, keep calling! #NoNYMaskBan Find your NYS Senator: www.nysenate.gov/find-my-sena... Find your NYS Assemblymember: nyassembly.gov/mem/search/ Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: 518-455-3791 Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins: 518-455-2585 Governor Hochul: 518-474-8390

Reminder, sunglasses hide your identity more than masks. As research in Scientific Reports shows, "Face masks are less effective than sunglasses in masking face identity." Will policymakers also ban sunglasses? hats? #NoNYMaskBan CC @govkathyhochul.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New Yorkers, keep calling! #NoNYMaskBan Find your NYS Senator: www.nysenate.gov/find-my-sena... Find your NYS Assemblymember: nyassembly.gov/mem/search/ Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: 518-455-3791 Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins: 518-455-2585 Governor Hochul: 518-474-8390

New Yorkers, have you left a voicemail yet for your NY State Senator, Assemblymember, Governor Hochul, Senate Majority Leader, and Assembly Speaker tonight urging them NOT to support any anti-mask policies in the state budget? Leave them a voicemail and then call again tomorrow! #NoNYMaskBan

Any reporters covering Hochul’s stupid mask ban, I’m Jewish, an organizer and a transplant recipient and happy to talk about why this is absolutely the most foolish and harmful thing democrats in NY could do right now

I am very concerned that the proposed mask ban enhancement to crime penalties has a risk of being misused to exaggerate crimes related to protests or that are invented as part of police misconduct. Please vote to remove it from the budget bill. /2

Give the legislature a piece of your mind before they take a chunk of your rights. #NoNYmaskBan

This law will be used disproportionately against BIPOC, undocumented, and disabled New Yorkers. In a moment of rising authoritarianism, Democrats must not vote for policies that attack basic freedoms. ☎️ CALL your state senator: Tell them to VOTE NO if this stays in! #NoNYMaskBan

🚨 Hochul announced a budget deal that criminalizes masks — but IT’S NOT FINAL. Even she admits there are still details to work out. She’s hoping we’ll give up. We’re not going to. This is putting vulnerable New Yorkers at risk. KEEP CALLING. #NoNYMaskBan

NY State Budget is not final yet. New Yorkers, keep calling your NY State Senators and Assemblymembers and urge them not to pass any anti-mask policies in the state budget! #NoNYMaskBan