TESTIMONY
Julie Lam, Founder of Mask Together America, on Promoting Free COVID-19 Tests and Masks for Equity and Protection
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Julie Lam advocates for New York to adopt non-pharmaceutical interventions like free COVID-19 tests and masks to promote health equity and protect vulnerable populations.
- Emphasizes the importance of a layered approach in mitigation, highlighting the limited applicability of pharmaceutical interventions for immunocompromised individuals.
- Stresses the need for free access to COVID-19 rapid tests and masks, arguing that their costs prevent widespread use.
- Details her own vulnerability due to an autoimmune disorder, underscoring the critical need for non-pharmaceutical protections.
- Calls for the passage of Bill 0332 to provide free high-quality N95 and KN95 masks to help normalize protection measures and keep New York City safe.
Julie Lam
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My name is Julia.
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I'm as founder of Master Get America Across Food Awareness Campaign created to support public and people with weakened immune system.
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I testified today to emphasize the urgent scene for New York and the rest of our country to embrace a layered approach in Medicaid location.
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Please find Bill 0332.
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New York City needs free COVID 19 rapid antigen test.
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And mass to promote prevention.
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Vaccination and treatment don't stop transmission.
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As we know, In general, pharmaceutical interventions are not applicable to everyone due to their immune systems and medical conditions.
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We need to promote the use usage of non pharmaceutical intervention to ensure health equity.
2:26:59
The cause of COVID 19 rapid tests and mass generally discourage people from using them, providing free access to mass and has give people more options and the community as a home of protection.
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COVID is a serious threat to the tetanus community, which I am a part of.
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I'm giving you compromise because of an autoimmune disorder.
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I know that each infection will exacerbate my underlying condition My condition prohibits me from taking the mRNA protein based vaccine.
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Many people like me can't survive without mass protection.
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COVID 19 has already killed millions of people.
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At least 65,000,000 people have long COVID around the world.
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Roughly three quarter of US adults are at high risk of severe COVID because of medical conditions and disabilities.
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People who get long COVID require comprehensive care and a complicated diagnostic process.
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Our country doesn't have safetiness or universal health coverage.
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Most people don't have pay sick leave, hospital and medical costs can make a person with our adequate health insurance homeless.
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Ventilation is poor in most buildings, viruses spread in the air.
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I am suffering from too long COVID conditions,
John Ulberg
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though.
Julie Lam
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You have heartful health, and I really don't want to get infected again.
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I hope that we will pass the bill, and we can get free high quality N95 and k n I 95 mass.
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Through the mail, and that will help normalize medication and keep New York City safe.