During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lululemon was one of multiple companies to offer a discount on their products in an effort to show ALL healthcare workers how appreciated they were during those unprecedented times. However, on October 19, the company changed their policy to include only medical doctors and licensed nurses (in addition to firefighters, law enforcement, search and rescue, military and EMTs).

The company website states "For all you give. We’re grateful every day for those who serve our country and keep us safe and healthy". Lululemon - there are MANY other healthcare workers that keep you safe and healthy aside from doctors and nurses. 

I work as a Physician Assistant in an Intensive Care Unit. PAs have been at the forefront of this pandemic - we are important members of the medical team and are responsible for assessing, diagnosing and managing patients, with and without COVID-19, just like doctors and nurse practitioners. While I am frustrated that PAs have been excluded from this discount when we have the same job duties as a physician and NP, this petition was also created for all the other healthcare workers who have faced this pandemic with strength and grace. 

For the pharmacists, who worked over time due to the volume of critically ill patients, mixing and dispensing the medications needed for treatment. For the respiratory therapists, who were responsible for intubating, participating in cardiac arrest codes and managing COVID positive lungs. For the imaging technicians, who were performing x-rays and sonography on these critically ill patients, putting themselves at risk with exposures. For the physiotherapists and occupational therapists who are responsible for rehab-ing survivors and helping them get back to baseline. And all the other allied health care workers I am failing to list because the list is just too long. 

Lululemon, it is not only doctors and nurses that have fought during this pandemic. Exercise is important to all of us as it has helped many get through the last two years. We all have been avid Lululemon customers in the past, however if your policy remains unchanged, there will be no future with us and your products.