Resource Update: February 8, 2021

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Social media is no place for COVID-19 vaccination cards

  • Posting a photo of your vaccination card on social media could be inviting identity theft. The card contains information including your full name, date of birth, where you got your vaccine, and the dates you got it. When you post it to social media, you may be handing valuable information over to someone who could steal your identity.
  • Learn more by clicking Vaccination Card Identity Theft

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania COVID-19 Information

Communicating about COVID-19 with your Community

  • Having problems talking about COVID-19 and the vaccines with your community? Use this toolkit to adapt your message on a customizable template, print posters and handouts, organize your presentation, and continue to educate your community.
  • Click here for more: Communicating About COVID-19

A Closer Look: COVID-19 Accessible Materials for People with Disabilities Project

  • The ADA National Network is hosting a webinar, " A Closer Look: COVID-19 Accessible Materials for People with Disabilities Project," to discuss strategies and solutions for people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The webinar will take place on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 2:30 PM ET.
  • Click here to register before the February 10 deadline: COVID-19 and People with Disabilities
  • To request sign language interpreting, or for more information, www.adapacific.org and click on "email us."

Build COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence

  • FEMA Region II encourages you to help build confidence in the COVID-19 Vaccine by following these six simple steps.
  • Encourage leaders in your family and community to be vaccine champions.
  • Have discussions where people can openly discuss their views and ask questions.
  • Share key messages through multiple channels that people trust and that promote action.
  • Help educate people about COVID-19 vaccines, how they are developed and monitored for safety, and how individuals can talk to others about the vaccines.
  • Learn more about finding credible vaccine information. When you come across COVID-19 information, cross-check with CDC.gov and learn how to respond to misinformation you encounter.
  • When vaccine is offered to you, make your decision to get vaccinated visible and celebrate it!

The 2021 Nonprofit Security Grant Program and other Resources to Help Keep Your Facility Safe

Focus on mask upgrades

  • The new data highlights the importance of a good fit to maximize mask performance. It also emphasizes the fit of face masks—both cloth and surgical—can significantly reduce COVID-19 transmission to both infected and uninfected people who wear them properly.
  • The CDC study added to the masking guidelines by emphasizing two ways of improving the fit of medical procedure masks: fitting a cloth mask over a medical procedure mask; and, and knotting the ear loops of a medical procedure mask and then tucking in and flattening the extra material close to the face. 
  • To view the report and get more information about how each modification substantially improved source control and reduced wearer exposure, click here: Double Mask

Is it your turn to get vaccinated?

  • The PA Department of Health has established a website, called YOUR TURN, to help residents determine if it is your turn to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Pennsylvania and direct you on how to find a vaccine provider. 
  • Click here to access YOUR TURN

Event Risk Assessment Tool

  • The Georgia Institute of Technology together with the Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory at Sanford University has created an Event Risk Assessment Tool to provide information on COVID risks for various sized gatherings by county.
  • To access the tool, click here: Event Risk Assessment Tool 
Doug Hoy
Disaster Response Coordinator
drc@susumc.org 717-766-7441 ext. 3402

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