Henry County Health Department: Re-set clocks, prep for emergency
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The Henry and Stark County Health Departments Emergency Services Division and the American Public Health Association are encouraging the public to remember to make sure that their emergency preparedness stockpiles are up to date when they change their clocks next week.
This is all a part of the APHA s Get Ready: Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks campaign. RaeAnn Tucker, Health Department Director of Health Promotion, states The effort is designed to remind Americans to make sure their emergency preparedness stockpiles have adequate food, water and supplies and ensure that nothing is missing or has expired. The biannual campaign is also designed to encourage Americans who don t have an emergency stockpile to create one.
Entire School District in Ohio Cancels Classes After Too Many School Staff Have Negative Reactions to the Experimental COVID mRNA Injections
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Editor, Health Impact News
An entire school district in Ohio canceled classes on Monday this week after so many of the staff suffered side effects from one of the experimental COVID mRNA injections over the weekend.
Two days after employees were given their first round of COVID-19 vaccinations, the Fairless Local School District canceled classes, attributing it to many developing side effects and becoming ill.
In most cases, as much as 80 percent of the eligible employees are accepting the vaccinations. Medina County schools canceled classes on Friday to allow employees to all be vaccinated on the same day. Other districts are choosing to have their mass vaccinations over the weekends so as not to interfere with classes. (Full article here.)
More than 34,000 Stark County residents have received at least the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine.
But they shouldn t throw away those masks quite yet. Local health departments are encouraging vaccinated folks to continue practicing social distancing, washing their hands, wearing a mask, and avoiding crowds until more people have a chance to get the shot. The vaccine is not a free pass, said Chris Cugini, communication specialist with the Stark County Health Department.
Even though the county s latest COVID-19 data is promising, this is still a critical time, he said. We realize how difficult this has been for so many people, but we ve all made those sacrifices, and we don t want to ruin those sacrifices we ve made, he added.
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MASSILLON Brian Sifferlin didn t hesitate when Massillon City Schools officials asked if he wanted the COVID-19 vaccine.
He was the first staff member at Washington High School to get the shot on Monday. The city Health Department provided 130 doses to high school employees and another 30 to staff at the administrative building.
Earlier next week, the agency will vaccinate about 180 staff members at the district s three elementary schools as well as at St. Mary and St. Barbara catholic schools and Massillon Christian School.
They will vaccinate about 200 staff members at the Massillon Intermediate and Junior High Schools and R.G. Drage Career Technical Center later that week.