For my advocacy project I will most likely work with Facebook. Since they are such a large social networking site, they are using their power and service to spread up to date news on the pandemic. Their goal is to keep people safe and informed by using Facebook to communicate from person to person and institution to person. They are using their business setup and streaming services to broadcast live news.

However, I will be using them in a different way. With such a high demand for masks, there are people who are taking advantage of the demand for profit. I find this to be morally wrong. I know what it costs to source and advertise these products, and almost every site I see has a strong markup on their products. Therefore, I will partner with Facebooks advertising service to bring masks to the consumer at the literal base price. They will pay exactly what it cost me to advertise and bring them their masks. I will also donate the 10% per sale commission that I get on every product to a support group of my choice. This is similar to Facebook because they too are accepting donations.

What this will do is allow people to allocate their funds to more meaningful causes. People will be able to buy more food and necessities rather than paying over a dollar per mask. Out of the scope of this assignment, I am also partnering with many of the nation’s leading hospitals and office-based labs to bring millions of masks to their professionals and patients. This again will allow for better allocation of funds to fight this virus and promote better public health.