Open Letter to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Calling for Aggressive Action to #CrushTheCurveVA
Virginia-based members of the EndCoronavirus.org network have partnered with colleagues across many fields to release an open letter to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam calling for more aggressive action to #CrushTheCurveVA. The signers of the letter include Virginian scientists, physicians, public health experts, business owners, and concerned citizens from many walks of life.
The letter urges Governor Northam to immediately take the following low-cost, high-impact actions to zero out COVID-19 in Virginia:
Empower local governments
Maximize social distancing
Require mask usage
Deploy approaches that have worked elsewhere to scale up testing
Leverage volunteers to cheaply scale up contact tracing
Convert unused college dormitories into voluntary isolation facilities
Implement "safe travel" rules to prevent importation of new cases
Click here to see the full letter and list of signers.
Click here to add your name to this open letter.
Click here to ask your Virginia legislators to implement the steps outlined in the letter.
Send media inquiries to coronaviruspetition@gmail.com
Press coverage
Fairfax County Times. An open letter to Governor Northam calls for stronger restrictions (04.30.2020)
WSLS. More than 100 experts sign letter calling Gov. Northam to take ‘aggressive action against COVID-19’ (04.28.2020)
Washington Business Journal. Group of scientists, doctors urge more aggressive distancing measures in Virginia (04.28.2020)
Richmond Times Dispatch. Group calls for stronger distancing measures in Virginia as other states prepare to reopen (04.28.2020)
WUSA9. Don't flatten the curve, crush it, doctors urge Gov. Northam (04.28.2020)
WTOP News. Doctors, scientists push Northam to be more aggressive against COVID-19 (04.28.2020)
WINA. Two-dozen UVa professors sign on to stronger COVID-19 measures letter (04.28.2020)
The Daily Progress. UVa professors among those urging Northam to implement stronger prevention measures (04.28.2020)
WRVA. Professors, Doctors Recommend Tougher Virginia Restrictions (04.28.2020)