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March 27, 2020

Dear President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Ambassador Birx:

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Thank you for actively engaging the health care communityparticularly the nations physicians and the organizations that represent themin addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

As more than 800,000 physicians across more than 40 specialties in medicine, we continue to support travel and gathering restrictions to slow the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Physicians, other health professionals, and staff are putting themselves in harms way without adequate personal protective equipment or necessary tools (such as ventilators) as well as with no proven treatment or vaccine for the virus.

Significant COVID-19 transmission continues across the United States, and we need your leadership in supporting science-based recommendations on social distancing that can slow the virus. Our societies have closely adhered to these measures by moving our staff to fulltime telework and canceling in-person meetings (including annual meetings). These actions have helped to keep physicians and other health professionals in health care facilities, including hospitals, and reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19.

Statewide efforts alone will not sufficiently control this public health crisis. A strong nationwide plan that supports and enforces social distancingand recognizes that our health and our economy are inextricably linkedshould remain in place until public health and medical experts indicate it can be lifted.

Federal, state, and local governments should only set a date for lifting nationwide social distancing restrictions consistent with assessments by public health and medical experts. Lifting restrictions sooner will gravely jeopardize the health of all Americans and extend the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Again, thank you for actively engaging the nations physicians and the organizations that represent them. We appreciate your considering these comments and welcome an opportunity for further dialogue.

Sincerely,

Council of Medical Specialty Societies

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyAmerican Academy of DermatologyAmerican Academy of Family PhysiciansAmerican Academy of Hospice and Palliative MedicineAmerican Academy of NeurologyAmerican Academy of OphthalmologyAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic SurgeonsAmerican Academy of PediatricsAmerican Academy of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Association of Clinical EndocrinologistsAmerican College of CardiologyAmerican College of Emergency PhysiciansAmerican College of Medical Genetics and GenomicsAmerican College of Obstetricians and GynecologistsAmerican College of Occupational and Environmental MedicineAmerican College of PhysiciansAmerican College of Preventive MedicineAmerican College of RadiologyAmerican College of RheumatologyAmerican College of SurgeonsAmerican Epilepsy SocietyAmerican Gastroenterological AssociationAmerican Geriatrics SocietyAmerican Medical Informatics AssociationAmerican Psychiatric AssociationAmerican Society of AnesthesiologistsAmerican Society for Clinical PathologyAmerican Society of Colon and Rectal SurgeonsAmerican Society of HematologyAmerican Society of NephrologyAmerican Society for Radiation OncologyAmerican Society for Reproductive MedicineAmerican Thoracic SocietyAmerican Urological AssociationAssociation for Clinical OncologyInfectious Diseases Society of AmericaNorth American Spine SocietySociety of Critical Care MedicineSociety of Gynecologic OncologySociety of Hospital MedicineSociety of Interventional RadiologySociety of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingSociety of Thoracic SurgeonsSociety for Vascular Surgery

Founded in 1965 as the Tri-College Council, CMSS was created to provide an independent forum for the discussion by medical specialists of issues of national interest and mutual concern.Founding members were the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Physicians, and the American College of Surgeons.In 1967, as other specialty societies joined, CMSS adopted its current name.Today,43 societies with more than 790,000 U.S. physician membersare members of CMSS. CMSS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit association incorporated in the state of Illinois. http://www.cmss.org

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CMSS: 800000 physicians across 40 specialties continue to support travel and gathering restrictions - YubaNet

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