Comment submissions are closed next Thursday (July 7th) so DO NOT WAIT to show your support. Instructions:
- Tap on link: tinyurl.com/ct6n22ft
- Fill in the comment box with your message
- Select Option: Device Industry C0012
- Enter your email
- Tell about yourself: choose either Individual or Anonymous
- Check the box that you have read/understood
- Tap the GREEN Submit button
- THAT'S IT! All in under 2 minutes!
Do you like continuous access to your CGM BG data so that your DIY Loop WORKS?! Do you know that we might lose that access with Dexcom G7 and Abbott Libre3 has never allowed access? I NEED YOU TO ACT ... IT MATTERS! Please join me in a letter-writing campaign to fill their inbox with our comments and concerns! NOW! Suggested text: "I live with insulin-requiring diabetes, an incurable chronic disease requiring continuous monitoring of blood glucose values and administration of insulin. It is imperative that access to my own devices remains possible. The ability to receive glucose values from my continuous glucose monitor and the ability to command my insulin pump to deliver insulin are already permitted and expected of me. In fact, if I don't do these, I will die. So please do not let medical device manufacturers use cybersecurity as a pretense to prevent me from accessing my own devices." When you put your name (or even if you post anonymously) consider including 'pwd' or 't1d' or however you identify yourself as someone with diabetes, I.e. 'Sally Smith, T1D' so that they know our community has a voice You can see the comments that have already been submitted and approved:
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FDA-2021-D-1158/comments
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