Mask Mandate Updates from the NDAAP
Dear Fellow Pediatricians,
I am writing with updates from last week’s open letter Mandating Masks that many of you signed onto. First, I would like to thank Dr. Grant Syverson and Dr. Cliff Mauriello for being that spark in our organization to move positive change forward by co-authoring this letter and choosing to share it with all of us. Who would have thought that small NDAAP Meet and Greets over the summer would have allowed us to move such an impactful plea forward with such speed and force?! The letter went from an idea, to the desk of the governor, into newspapers across the state, signed by now 70+ pediatricians in less than 24 hours because of your hard work and commitment. From there, the letter was sent to the ND Health Council, and has been a the topic of discussion on both regional and national news! We have also received positive feedback from other individuals and organizations discussing the spread of our letter regionally through social media.
While we still do not yet have a mask mandate, we have made waves and and are able to hear the strength of our voices, especially when we raise them together. Thank you for joining us in advocating for what we know is right in our state and communities.
Here is the letter with some inspirational quotes to follow:
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill
With Purpose and Hope,
Kathy
Kathy Anderson, MD, FAAP, CLC, CEIM
Dear Fellow Pediatricians,
I am writing with updates from last week’s open letter Mandating Masks that many of you signed onto. First, I would like to thank Dr. Grant Syverson and Dr. Cliff Mauriello for being that spark in our organization to move positive change forward by co-authoring this letter and choosing to share it with all of us. Who would have thought that small NDAAP Meet and Greets over the summer would have allowed us to move such an impactful plea forward with such speed and force?! The letter went from an idea, to the desk of the governor, into newspapers across the state, signed by now 70+ pediatricians in less than 24 hours because of your hard work and commitment. From there, the letter was sent to the ND Health Council, and has been a the topic of discussion on both regional and national news! We have also received positive feedback from other individuals and organizations discussing the spread of our letter regionally through social media.
While we still do not yet have a mask mandate, we have made waves and and are able to hear the strength of our voices, especially when we raise them together. Thank you for joining us in advocating for what we know is right in our state and communities.
Here is the letter with some inspirational quotes to follow:
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill
With Purpose and Hope,
Kathy
Kathy Anderson, MD, FAAP, CLC, CEIM
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