Breathe California Golden Gate Public Health Partnership

For some states, you might not need a smog certificate. Read more here: www.breathebayarea.org/donate-your-vehicle/!

Are you a care provider in the daycare or preschool setting that would like to learn more about asthma management for children? Breathe California offers a 27-minute training session that will cover the signs and symptoms of asthma. Visit (http://ow.ly/Dto450E0h3z) to schedule a LIVE training session with our very own Dr. Lula!

The San Francisco Department of Public Health and Walgreens are partnering to offer 600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. There are 6 Walgreens location across the city accepting walk-in appointments for eligible populations TODAY, March 15, 2021. No pre-registration needed. Please see details including locations and hours in this PDF - https://bit.ly/3cu6z9m. Here is the Eligibility Attestation Form mentioned in the PDF - https://bit.ly/3tkJX1O.

https://www.lungsrus.org//Vaccine-ZSFG-1b-030821-SPA-v2.pdf

https://www.lungsrus.org//Vaccine-ZSFG-1b-030821-FIL-v2.pdf

Happy Halloween and also happy last day of #RespiratoryCareWeek! Make sure to keep taking care of your respiratory care system, even beyond this week!

For the second to last day of #RespiratoryCareWeek, we want to provide you with a resource, in case you’re thinking of becoming a respiratory therapist: https://www.fnu.edu/6-respiratory-therapist/

Today is #WorldStrokeDay. Learn what you can do to prevent a stroke here: https://www.health.harvard.edu//8-things-you-can-do-to-pre

Your respiratory system is smart to the point that it has tiny hairs in your nose airway to block particles from entering your body! #FunFact #RespiratoryCareWeek #RCWeek20

Did you know that a respiratory therapist specializes in treating airway and breathing problems? They help, for example, premature infants whose lungs are poorly developed, or children and adults with asthma or pneumonia. #RespiratoryCareWeek #RCWeek20

If you’ve ever wondered what exactly goes into the respiratory system, #RespiratoryCareWeek resources are here to answer that for you! Just take a look at this graphic:

Breathe California offers a new line-up of resources helpful during the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit (http://ow.ly/TLpI50BDtcU) to learn more about what asthma is and its signs and symptoms, and to sign up for a virtual training session!

For day two of #RespiratoryCareWeek, we encourage you to learn more at the American Respiratory Care Foundation: https://www.arcfoundation.org/

This week is #RespiratoryCareWeek! This tradition dates back all the way to 1983 and celebrates the hard work of respiratory doctors and raises awareness as well. #RCWeek20

We can make arrangements so you don't have to be with your car at the time of donation! Read more here: www.breathebayarea.org/donate-your-vehicle/!

Big Tobacco is up to their old, deadly tricks again. SB 793 - passed with nearly unanimous bipartisan majorities by the California Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Newsom - will end the sale of candy-flavored tobacco products in California, also saving billions of dollars in healthcare costs for the state. Big Tobacco has spent over $11 million to gather signatures to qualify the referendum on SB 793 for the November 2022. The delay would enable Big Tobacco to generate... $1.1 billion in revenue from the sale of menthol cigarettes alone during the 22 months that California’s implementation of SB 793’s flavor ban is not in effect and hook 37,000 more kids on candy-flavored e-cigarettes by stalling flavored tobacco ban. This referendum won't be on the ballot until 2022, but in the meantime, remember that Big Tobacco cares about their money, not our people. See more

Special thanks to Santa Clara County Dental Society for sponsoring Breathe California's 2020 Virtual Breath of Life Walk, which will take place on Saturday, October 17th! Learn more about Santa Clara County Dental Society at www.sccds.org. Learn more about the Breath of Life Walk, register, or donate at www.breathoflifewalk.org.