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Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition calls for mask mandates in health & social care

On 16th July, the Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition sent a detailed letter to the Scottish government urging a return to mask mandates across health and social care. The letter further calls on the government to provide effective FFP2 or FFP3 masks to all health and social care workers and to improve ventilation and air filtration in order to protect staff, patients and care home residents.

The letter provides links to dozens of scientific studies detailing the continued harm to health caused by Covid infections as well as the evidence around aerosol spread and effective infection control measures.

Click here to download a copy of the letter.

SHWC Letter to First MinisterDownload
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    […] Click on this link to read the whole letter: Covid Action Scotland, Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition […]

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    […] July 2023, the Scottish Health Workers Coalition published a detailed, well-referenced letter highlighting the serious harm caused by the lack of masks and other infection control measures […]

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    […] a letter to first minister Humza Yousaf, the Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition said the government should rethink its decision to […]

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    […] a letter to first minister Humza Yousaf, the Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition said the government should rethink its decision to […]

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    […] Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition: “[Removing universal masking in healthcare] is not based on the science of SARS-Cov-2 transmission and represents a flawed and dangerous decision which will result in more infections in health and social care settings.” Read the full statement. […]

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