Stay Home - Save Lives
 Stay Home - Save Lives  | |
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| Membership | •  Andy Slavitt•  Bill Frist• Asaf Bitton • Lanhee J. Chen •  Ezekiel Emanuel• Atul Gawande • Sandra Hernandez • Bob Kocher • Vivek Murthy • Michael Osterholm • DJ Patil • Jennifer Peña • Jordan Shlain • Eric Topol •  Leana Wen• Michelle A. Williams |
| March 2020 open letter aimed at persuading the population that "COVID-19 is spreading. "There is no chance they self-assembled and is it very likely they were readied for priming the population in this manner via various pandemic preparedness efforts and training long before the campaign launched". | |
StayHome, save lives was an open letter from more than 20 healthcare professionals, published in USA Today on March 15, 2020,[1] aimed at persuading the population that "COVID-19 is spreading, and you won’t know you’re infected until you’ve already infected others."[1]
It came a day before the White House Coronavirus Task Force's slogan of "15 Days to Slow the Spread".[2]
Criticism
Jessica Hockett pointed out that "The signatories had zero authority to direct or advise citizens, state/local leaders, & healthcare workers. There is no chance they self-assembled and is it very likely they were readied for priming the population in this manner via various pandemic preparedness efforts and training long before the campaign launched."[3]
