COVID-19BoosterShots WillBeMadeAvailableto EssentialWorkersin September
BySharonGlenn, Aug27,202110:40:11AM
Greatnews!Essentialworkerswillhave accesstotheCOVID-19boostershotbytheendofSeptember
Theseamazingfrontlineheroeshavebeenworkingthroughoutthepandemicanddoing theirbesttoprovidehealthservicesandhealthyenvironmentsforemployees,customers, patients,passengersandvisitors.
Theyhavebeenexposedtosomeofthehighestriskenvironmentsandhavehadtodeal withthementalandphysicalstressofthepotentialforcatchingand/orunknowingly spreadingtheCOVID-19virus.
WhenthePfizerandModernavaccinesbecameavailableundertheEmergencyUse Authorization(EUA),essentialworkerswereoneofthefirstgroupstobegivenaccessto theoriginalCOVID-19vaccines.Thisnotonlyallowedthemtobetterprotectthemselves andtheirfamilies,butalsopavethewayforahealthierfuture.
AsnewvariantsforCOVID-19havebecomemorerampant,especiallytheDeltavariant, therehavebeenmanymorebreakthroughcases(reportsoffullyvaccinatedindividuals catchingandsufferingfromCOVID-19).Thishasonceagainexposedfrontlineheroesto additionalsafetyandhealthrisks.
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