The Covid-19 Vaccine

The COVID-19 vaccine: It’s Almost our turn to roll up our sleeves and get vaccinated!

It’s hard to imagine a time when we didn’t know COVID-19 existed. Now when people say “virus,” we know what they mean. The impact of COVID-19 on our lives, our work, our activities, and our freedom has affected us all. You’ve kept our library district running through one of the most challenging times in our history. The responsibility is ours, as a community, to help stop this virus. Now we have a new, safe, and effective tool to help us do that—COVID-19 vaccines.
 
COVID-19 vaccination is one of the strongest tools we can use to fight this pandemic together. Here are some things you should know about COVID-19 vaccination:

• All COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States are very effective at preventing the disease.
• The most common side effects are temporary pain in the arm where you got the shot, feeling tired, headache, body aches, chills, and fever.
• Stopping a pandemic requires using all the tools we have available—wearing masks, social distancing, washing hands frequently, and getting vaccinated.
• PCCLD endorses the COVID-19 vaccination as the exit strategy from the pandemic and is awarding any PCCLD employee who receives the COVID-19 vaccination a Wellness Day off. More information on this benefit is forthcoming from Human Resources.

The Library District administrative team is closely monitoring vaccine distribution and will work to keep all employees informed about when, where, and how we can receive the vaccine as library workers. We encourage you to learn more about the safety and efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine. You can do this by visiting reliable sources like the Center for Disease Control (CDC) at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html.