IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED
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CDC has updated its guidance for people who are fully vaccinated.
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IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR SCHOOLS
CDC recommends schools continue to use the current COVID-19 prevention strategies for
the 2020-2021 school year.
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Important update: Healthcare facilities
CDC has updated select ways to operate healthcare systems effectively in response to COVID-19 vaccination.
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UPDATE
Getting vaccinated prevents severe illness, hospitalizations, and death. Unvaccinated people should get vaccinated and continue masking until they are fully vaccinated. With the Delta variant, this is more urgent than ever. CDC has updated guidance for fully vaccinated people based on new evidence on the Delta variant.
UPDATE
Given new evidence on the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant, CDC has updated the guidance for fully vaccinated people. CDC recommends universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status. Children should return to full-time in-person learning in the fall with layered prevention strategies in place.
COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit for Staff in School Settings and Childcare Programs
COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit for Staff in School Settings and Childcare Programs
Information for school districts, administrators, teachers, school staff, and other education and childcare professionals
Strong confidence in COVID-19 vaccines within communities leads to more people getting vaccinated, which leads to fewer COVID-19 illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths. This toolkit is designed to help educational leaders and partners reinforce confidence in this important prevention tool among teachers, childcare workers, teaching assistants, paraprofessional educators, office staff, bus drivers, school nurses and counselors, school nutrition staff, coaches and athletic trainers, custodians, and security staff.
Get Started Promoting COVID-19 Vaccination
- CDC recommends everyone 12 years and older get a COVID-19 vaccine to help protect against COVID-19. Get vaccinated as soon as you can.
- Encourage leaders in your school community to be vaccine champions and talk with others about COVID-19 vaccines.
- Help people identify their personal reasons for getting vaccinated.
- Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines.
Provide Regular Updates
- Foster transparent, two-way communication about the benefits, safety, side effects, and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and about COVID-19 health disparities.
- Help people find credible vaccine information and get the facts to respond to misinformation.
- Use key messages about COVID-19 vaccines to write social media posts or articles and blog posts for organizational publications and affinity groups.
- Use free posters, factsheets, graphics, and videos to share accurate information.
- Proactively address and mitigate the spread and harm of misinformation by sharing credible and accurate information.
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- Be sure to plan for staff to have time away from work if they develop side effects following COVID-19 vaccination.
Planning for Staff Vaccination
- Visit Vaccines.gov to find out where to get vaccinated in your community.
- Learn more about CDC’s Federal Retail Pharmacy Program.
- Refer to Considerations for Planning School-Located Vaccination Clinics for more information on planning and implementing vaccination clinics for any routinely-recommended vaccine as well as COVID-19 vaccines.
- Encourage all staff to enroll in the v-safe After Vaccination Health Checker as they get vaccinated. Share answers to the frequently asked questions about v-safe.
Continuity of Operations
- Possible side effects may affect some people’s ability to do daily activities, but they should go away within a few days. Some people have no side effects. We encourage employers to provide flexible leave policies for those who may have side effects after vaccination.
- Consider staggering employee vaccination to avoid worker shortages due to possible vaccine side effects. Staggering may cause delays in vaccinating staff, and the decision to stagger vaccination will need to be weighed against potential inconveniences that might reduce vaccine acceptance.
Show Social Support
- Invite your staff to wear stickers once they have been vaccinated.
- Encourage staff to post vaccination selfies on social media using the hashtag #sleeveupforschools, #sleeveupforchildcare, or #sleeveupforheadstart and tag your school, district, or program.