Savannah Crashes The COVID Silence With CDC-Funded Campaign

I came down with COVID for the first time last August — and have frankly been dreading another go-round this month.

Indeed, COVID cases go up nationwide every summer, but during the first year of Trump 2.0 and RFK Jr., public service health campaigns cautioning the public about that fact seem to be an endangered species.

I found one in Savannah, Georgia., where an “Avoid the COVID Crasher” campaign has been co-launched by Healthy Savannah – a nonprofit  partnership of more than 200 businesses, schools, healthcare and government organizations, and others — and the YMCA of Coastal Georgia.

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Healthy Savannah tackles summer COVID wave with awareness campaign

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