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Photo of a yawning baby lying on a white blanket and wearing white onesie with scattered stars in red and navy blue. The frame around the circular photo is navy blue, and there are teal and white dots of varying sizes in the upper left and lower right corners. The caption on the photo reads: Infants are especially at risk of severe Covid.

Text graphic with a dark blue background and low-contrast blue dots scattered across the image. A bold, white text overlay reads: Infants under 6 months account for the second-highest Covid hospitalization rate by age group. Source: U.S. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Sept. 26, 2024.

Text graphic with a dark blue background and low-contrast blue dots scattered across the image. A bold, white text overlay reads: 22% of infants hospitalized due to Covid required admission to an intensive care unit. Source: U.S. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Sept. 26, 2024.

Text graphic with a dark blue background and low-contrast blue dots scattered across the image. A bold, white text overlay reads: 4.8% of infants hospitalized due to Covid had to be put on a ventilator. Source: U.S. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Sept. 26, 2024.

A Covid infection can be extremely serious for an infant. A Covid infection can be extremely serious for an infant. So it just makes sense for masking to be the standard in all health care settings for newborns and their caregivers.

Data Source: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

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A newborn's immune system is not fully developed, so it's up to everyone around them to keep them safe from illnesses.

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It is completely unacceptable that people going in for cancer treatment could leave with an infection that puts them at serious risk.

It's long past time for health care workers and administrators to do better and mask up.

Source: www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

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Text graphic with a blue background, and a circular pattern of low-contrast dots. Text reads: 10-20% of people infected with Covid develop long Covid.

Every person accessing health care in Canada deserves to be protected from the short- and long-term effects of Covid.
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This study highlighted the importance of protecting elderly and vulnerable populations to get reduce excess mortality—and the very real human suffering behind it: www.swissre.com/press-releas...
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Text graphic with a dark burgundy background and teal and white circles in the upper left and lower right corners. Text is white and teal. Text reads: Covid is a key driver of the longest period of excess mortality.

Text graphic with a dark burgundy background and white text. Text reads: According to a Swiss study, reducing the impact of Covid on vulnerable and elderly populations will be key to getting excess mortality back to zero.

Text graphic with a dark burgundy background and white text. Text reads: Masking in health care settings is an easy way to protect patients and help reduce Covid deaths. As more frequent users of health care, elderly and vulnerable populations are especially affected by the spread of Covid in health care settings.

Excess mortality is one of the clues we have to the ongoing impact caused by Covid infections.
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Patients deserve protection from airborne viruses. Whether it’s a routine visit or a critical test, health care providers across Canada must do better.
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Dark blue graphic with scattered dots in shades of lighter blue. Text on the graphic is white and teal, and reads: You deserve safer health care now, and we want to empower you to get it, even if your province or territory is failing to institute protections.

Dark blue graphic with scattered dots in shades of lighter blue. Text on the graphic is white and teal, and reads: We've created a downloadable Accommodation Letter, so you can formally request all health care workers and staff wear an N95 mask in your presence, along with other mitigation options.

Dark blue graphic with scattered dots in shades of lighter blue. A screenshot of the health care accommodation letter is shown, and there’s a teal burst beside it with a darker teal arrow pointing downward. The text in the burst reads: Download the Health Care Accommodation Letter today!

Dark blue graphic with scattered dots in shades of lighter blue. White text in all caps reads: Access to safer health care is your right! “Your right” is emphasized with a teal underline.

Health care authorities across the country should take Covid protections seriously. But in the absence of that leadership, individuals need help accessing health care safely.
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A stay in the hospital is stressful enough without adding on a Covid infection that could lead to long Covid. It’s unacceptable that health care leaders have become careless about the risks of Covid.

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A graphic with the text: 39% Reduction In Covid Infections When Masks Were Worn By Health Care Employees"

Masks work - and when worn by health care staff they clearly reduce the spread of Covid and protect all patients.
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While acute respiratory infections are one of the most common reasons people visit the doctor, it absolutely shouldn’t be common to leave a routine visit with one.

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