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COVID-19 Vaccine Information
The No. 保护我们社区的一种方法是让每一个有资格接种COVID-19疫苗的人都接种, to get one.
Find a provider near you & make an appointment online at vaccines.gov.
如果你在犹豫是否要接种疫苗，或者你知道有人在接种疫苗, 为了你的健康，以下是你需要做出明智决定的事实.
Vaccines are free for everyone.
- 你不能因为无法支付疫苗管理费而被拒绝接种疫苗.
- 无论移民身份如何，你都可以接种疫苗.
- 到目前为止，12岁以上的人都可以接种疫苗.
- You can find providers nears you at vaccines.gov.
Vaccines are safe and effective.
- 而人们在接受COVID-19疫苗后确实会经历各种副作用, 接种疫苗比感染病毒安全得多.
- Millions of people have been safely vaccinated.
- 在美国，还没有其他疫苗在安全性方面进行过如此多的测试.S. history.
疫苗使你不太可能感染COVID-19，并保护你免受严重疾病.
- 充分接种疫苗可以降低你感染COVID-19的几率. CDC data shows that people who aren’t fully vaccinated are more than 10 times as likely to be hospitalized from COVID-19 and more than 10 times likely to die from it.
- 如果你在接种疫苗后感染了COVID-19，疫苗可以保护你不患上重病.
- 疫苗能有效地保护你不受新变种病毒的感染.
Vaccine side effects are normal.
- 副作用意味着疫苗会教会你的身体如何对抗COVID-19.
- 副作用包括类似流感的症状(头痛, chills, or fever), 以及接种疫苗的手臂疼痛或肿胀. Most last only a day or two.
- Some of the COVID-19 vaccines require two shots. 副作用可能会令人不愉快，但为了充分保护，两种疫苗都要接种是很重要的.
Myth-Busting COVID-19 & Vaccine Misinformation
Myth: COVID-19 is the same as the flu.
事实:COVID-19的传染性和致死率是季节性流感的三倍. In fact, 新冠肺炎造成的死亡人数是过去十年最严重流感季节的10倍以上.
Myth: The Delta variant of COVID-19 is overblown.
事实:疾病控制中心的官员说 Delta变种似乎比原始病毒引起更严重的疾病，并像水痘一样容易传播. Well, as chickenpox did before 我们有疫苗，这是德州学生需要的.
谬论:孩子不会感染COVID-19或不会感染COVID-19.
事实:儿童一直是COVID-19的易感人群. But with the Delta variant’s “hypertransmissibility,” 越来越多的孩子生病了，而且病情越来越严重.
谬论:接种疫苗的人得到的是Delta变种，所以接种疫苗没有意义.
FACT: 99.在所有新冠肺炎住院和死亡病例中，5%发生在未接种疫苗的人群中. While vaccinated people can still contract the virus, 他们几乎只有轻微或没有症状.
谬论:COVID-19疫苗是匆忙生产的，而且太新了，不值得信任.
事实:用于制造COVID-19疫苗的技术是 in development for almost two decades. Vaccine-makers started early, worked smart, 并且有足够的资源来制造95%有效的疫苗.
谬论:我接种了疫苗，所以我不需要再戴口罩了.
FACT: The Delta variant changed the game. 研究表明接种疫苗的人会感染并传播病毒尽管他们不太可能患上严重疾病. 接种疫苗和戴口罩不仅保护你自己，也保护其他未接种的人——包括孩子.
Myth: Mask mandates are an infringement of my rights.
FACT: We wear shoes and a shirt to a restaurant. We buckle our seatbelts in the car. 我们被要求为自己和他人的利益做各种各样的事情. 在公共卫生危机中，我们有责任互相保护.
Myth: Masks don’t work, so mandates are pointless.
FACT: Universal masking works to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. 证据是，我们中的许多人仍然在这里辩论这一事实.
有关疫苗接种和COVID-19安全措施的安全性和重要性的更多信息，请访问 http://aft.org/coronavirus.
Why is this important? 在经历了一年多的大流行后，老师们希望能在教室里与学生们在一起 safely.
Other COVID-19 Resources
Webinar Recordings
- Know Your Rights Part 1 Webinar (Video 8.19.20)
- Know Your Rights Part 2 Webinar (Video 8.19.20)
- Know Your Rights Part 3 Webinar (Video 9.23.20)
- Know Your Rights Webinar PowerPoint (8.19.20)
- Know Your Rights Webinar PowerPoint (9.23.20)
FMLA & ADA
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- FMLA and ADA Webinar Video (7.9.20)
- FMLA and ADA PowerPoint (7.9.20)
- Handout 1: FMLA and ADA (PDF)
- Handout 2: FMLA & ADA 1-Pager (PDF)
- Handout 3: FMLA & ADA 1-Pager Spanish (PDF)
- Handout 4: FMLA & ADA Taking Days and Pay (PDF)
General Know Your Rights Resources
- General Know Your Rights Page
- FAQ: Workers’ Rights During COVID-19
- COVID-19 Legal Guidance for Union Members
- Right to Join a Union
- Campus Safety Committee Toolkit
- Whistleblower Protections
- Contract Abandonment
Campus Safety Committees
安全委员会是收集员工关注的问题并让领导人承担责任的重要途径. 问问你当地的工会或者学校的护士，看看你们学校有没有这样的护士. If not, you can start one yourself with our toolkit.