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Jan 12, 2021 ·

Our nation needs a unified and comprehensive pandemic response

Help, guidance needed from highest levels of government to relieve the COVID-19 vaccine administration burdens shouldered by states.

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Susan R. Bailey, MD

Dec 18, 2020 ·

As pandemic rages, physician wellness suffers in silence

The AMA feels the weight of this moment on your shoulders. Learn about the tools and resources available to help doctors care for themselves and their colleagues.

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Dec 15, 2020 ·

Physicians will play key role building trust in COVID-19 vaccine

AMA is here to help you answer patients’ vaccine questions as you urge them to keep following the three W’s to limit SARS-CoV-2’s deadly spread.

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COVID-19 vaccine approvals: The AMA helps answer your questions

Learn how the AMA assists physicians—our most important vaccine ambassadors—in understanding the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine approval and distribution process.

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Effort to restore trust in science must begin now

Harms caused by politicizing science must be faced head on. Fighting vaccine hesitancy fed by misinformation is one our next major challenges.

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Susan R. Bailey, MD

Nov 17, 2020 ·

Why the federal transition in pandemic response must start now

The greatest public health crisis in our lifetime demands a unified response that transcends politics for the health and well-being of our nation.

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Coverage for preexisting conditions must be made permanent

The Supreme Court hears ACA case to determine the fate of protections for people with preexisting conditions. These protections must stay.

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Oct 27, 2020 ·

The assault on physicians and science must end

We will not allow political intimidation and fear-driven rhetoric to undermine the hard-won patient trust so critical to beating COVID-19.

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We must be able to trust the FDA vaccine approval process

Confidence in the regulatory review of a COVID-19 vaccine are critically important to broad uptake of the vaccine by the public.

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