COVID Resources

Prevention

The best ways to prevent COVID infection are:

• Wear a well-fitting, high-filtration mask (N95, KN95, or KF94), and encourage others to do the same
• Use air purifiers with HEPA filters
• Ventilate indoor spaces by opening windows and turning on ceiling fans
• Monitor CO2 in indoors spaces to find out how well ventilation is working
• Avoid crowds (even outdoors)
• Ask people to test negative before gathering and follow guidelines for safer in-person gatherings
• Avoid indoor dining
• If you have school-aged children, advocate for masking and clean air in your child’s school
• Stay up-to-date on COVID vaccines (NOTE: vaccines help prevent hospitalization and death, but do not prevent infection. Vaccinated people can still get Long COVID.)

Masks

• Find a mask bloc (mutual aid organization that gives out free masks) on COVID Action Map http://covidactionmap.org
• Choosing a mask https://cleanaircrew.org/masks/
• Kids’ masks https://cleanaircrew.org/kids-masks/
• Places to shop for masks:
  • BonaFide Masks https://bonafidemasks.com/
  • Well Before https://wellbefore.com/
  • Flomask (child size available) https://www.flomask.com/
  • Readimask (great metal-free N95 masks for MRIs and haircuts) https://readimask.com/
  • Home Depot https://www.homedepot.com/b/Safety-Equipment-Respirator-Masks/N95/N-5yc1vZc25kZ1z195hh

Clean Air

• Using CO2 monitors https://cleanaircrew.org/co2/
• Buying guide for HEPA air cleaners https://cleanaircrew.org/air-cleaners/
• DIY box fan air cleaners https://cleanaircrew.org/box-fan-filters/

Testing

• Types of COVID tests https://peoplescdc.org/2023/06/14/testing/
• At-home NAAT testing
  • Metrix COVID-19 tests https://shop.aptitudemedical.com/

Avoiding Infection When Getting Healthcare

• World Health Network COVID Safe Provider Database https://whn.global/search-providers/
• COVID safety at the dentist https://cleanaircrew.org/covid-safety-at-the-dentist-orthodontist/
• Personal Air Filters https://cleanaircrew.org/personal-air-filters/
• Redimask metal-free N95 mask for MRI and other imaging https://readimask.com/

Treatment and Recovery

• Paxcess program for obtaining free or low-cost Paxlovid antiviral https://www.paxlovid.com/paxcess
• What to do if you have COVID (People’s CDC) https://peoplescdc.org/2023/01/10/what-to-do-if-you-have-covid/
• Why You Should Rest—a Lot—If You Have COVID-19 https://time.com/6215346/covid-19-rest-helps/

Data

• Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative COVID Forecasting Model https://www.pmc19.com/data/index.php
• CDC wastewater data https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/index.html
• Biobot wastewater data https://biobot.io/risk-reports/
• CDC variant tracking https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions

COVID Conscious Media

• The Sick Times https://thesicktimes.org/
• The Gauntlet https://www.thegauntlet.news/

Long COVID

Education

• What is Long COVID? https://longcovidjustice.org/long-covid-justice/learn-about-long-covid/
• Long COVID and ME/CFS https://www.meaction.net/long-covid-me-understanding-the-connection/
• ME/CFS and Long COVID https://longcovidjustice.org/me-cfs/
• “Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/debilitating-a-generation-expert-warns-that-long-covid-may-eventually-affect-most-americans?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZVveZr41afLyVpy_QTsuX-N_Gx9BH0NKPK4uWD02oY1szX_eEFWxSR25k_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

Research

• Davis et al. Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9839201/
• Ewing et al. Review of organ damage from COVID and Long COVID: a disease with a spectrum of pathology https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mr-2024-0030/html
• Cai et al. Three-year outcomes of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11186764/
• Yin et al. Long COVID manifests with T cell dysregulation, inflammation and an uncoordinated adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-023-01724-6

Advocacy

• Long COVID Justice https://longcovidjustice.org/
• Mask Together America https://masktogetheramerica.org/
• COVID Safe Campus https://www.covidsafecampus.org/
• World Health Network https://whn.global/
• People’s CDC https://peoplescdc.org/
• Action Care Equity (Los Angeles-based) https://www.actioncareequity.org/