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COLUMBUS, OhioA Franklin County judge recently began including vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition of defendants terms of probation.

Common Pleas Judge Richard Frye said Thursday he added the vaccine as a condition on three cases this week of the roughly 20 sentences he imposed.

He said he discussed the matter in open court with the defendants, and they attributed their unvaccinated status to procrastination. None raised any philosophical, medical or religious objection.

It occurred to me that at least some of these folks need to be encouraged not to procrastinate, Frye said in an interview. I think its a reasonable condition when were telling people to get employed and be out in the community.

He declined to speculate what would happen if a defendant raised a medical, religious or philosophical exemption to vaccination, but said this is a different situation entirely than people who have simply put the matter off.

An example: a man named Cameron Stringer entered a guilty plea for one charge of improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, for which he was sentenced to two years of probation (community control, as its known in Ohio).

Stringer must submit to random drug screening; avoid further legal trouble; return a firearm in question to its rightful owner; and obtain a COVID-19 vaccine within 30 days and provide proof to the Probation Department, court documents show.

Its unclear how widespread this judicial practice is. Frye said he didnt know if any other judges were doing anything similar. A spokesman for the Supreme Court, which oversees lower courts, said he didnt know of any judges doing anything similar. However, he sent a link to a media report about a judge offering to shorten probation stretches for those who obtain a vaccine.

Gary Daniels, a lobbyist with the ACLU, expressed concern about the practice Thursday, comparing it to Ohio judges who have ordered defendants convicted of crimes not to procreate.

It doesnt have any real relationship to community control, Daniels said of Fryes practice, in a brief interview.

At a minimum, it appears to be problematic.

Fryes practice comes in a period of stagnation in a vaccination campaign against a disease that has killed more than 600,000 Americans. Despite a skyscraping death and morbidity toll; five $1 million lottery drawings for people who get vaccinated; and more than 6 months of availability, fewer than 48% of Ohioans have started the vaccination process against COVID-19.

I just wanted them to be safe in the community, Frye said.

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(WXYZ) We've seen cases around the country where people are risking their jobs when it comes to saying no to the COVID vaccine.

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"This is a new issue. It's not like tried and true. And we're used to this. It's like, 'wait a minute, this is a medical procedure, how is it you're making me get a shot in my arm?' So it does strike some people innately, like 'I shouldn't have to do this,'" said Deborah Gordon, an employment and civil rights attorney.

And one does not have to get a vaccine, but there can be consequences. This week at Houston Methodist, 153 employees, including nurses for the Texas hospital, were fired or resigned after refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In Ann Arbor, Michigan Medicine is not requiring their employees to get vaccinated. The same is the case for Beaumont Health because the FDA has only approved it under emergency use.

"Because the FDA has not taken that last step to remove this emergency authorization, the government is not out there, forcing its employees to get the vaccine," said Gordon.

But what if your boss says you have to get the shot?

"Yes, your private employer can say to you, 'you must have a vaccine to work here. You must show proof of a vaccine to work here,'" said Gordon.

But what if your doctor says your body, for whatever reason, can't handle the vaccine?

"If you truly cannot get the vaccine for a medical reason, now we flip over to another law, which is the Americans with Disabilities Act, or the state disability discrimination act," said Gordon.

And that means your employer has to accommodate your situation.

"If your employer can accommodate a legitimate medical situation that you have, he must he or she must do so," she said. "So what does that mean with a vaccine? If you're immunocompromised, and you can come to work, but you cannot get a vaccine, your employer may say to you, 'you go work in the back office over here in a place that's remote, you have to wear a mask, you have to take other precautions, I can accommodate that. But you cannot be a part of our general workforce here. I'm not going to put others at risk.'"

According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, "Federal EEO laws do not prevent an employer from requiring all employees physically entering the workplace to be vaccinated for COVID-19, so long as employers comply with the reasonable accommodation provisions of the ADA and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other EEO considerations."

But if you just don't want to get the vaccine, like in Texas, don't be surprised if your employer gives you the axe. But some companies may not want to risk losing any workers. Gordon says just know what's on the line.

"This is going to continue to bubble up. Because we still have a certain number of people in the community, our population, that don't want to get vaccines," she said.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Researchers will evaluate antibody responses in vaccinated participants and their infants.

A new observational study has begun to evaluate the immune responses generated by COVID-19 vaccines administered to pregnant or postpartum people. Researchers will measure the development and durability of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in people vaccinated during pregnancy or the first two postpartum months. Researchers also will assess vaccine safety and evaluate the transfer of vaccine-induced antibodies to infants across the placenta and through breast milk.

The study, called MOMI-VAX, is sponsored and funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. MOMI-VAX is conducted by theNIAID-funded Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium (IDCRC).

Tens of thousands of pregnant and breastfeeding people in the United States have chosen to receive the COVID-19 vaccines available under emergency use authorization. However, we lack robust, prospective clinical data on vaccination in these populations, said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., The results of this study will fill gaps in our knowledge and help inform policy recommendations and personal decision-making on COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and in the postpartum period.

Pregnant people with COVID-19 are more likely to be hospitalized, be admitted to the intensive care unit, require mechanical ventilation, and die from the illness than their non-pregnant peers. Severe COVID-19 during pregnancy also may put the infant at risk for complications such as preterm birth. Individuals who are pregnant or breastfeeding can choose to receive authorized COVID-19 vaccines, and studies to gather safety data in these populations are ongoing. So far, COVID-19 vaccines appear to be safe in these populations. The NIAID study will build on these studies by improving the understanding of antibody responses to COVID-19 vaccines among pregnant and postpartum people and the transfer of antibodies to their infants during pregnancy or through breast milk. Experience with other diseases suggests that the transfer of vaccine-induced antibodies from mother to baby could help protect newborns and infants from COVID-19 during early life.

Investigators will enroll up to 750 pregnant individuals and 250 postpartum individuals within two months of delivery who have received or will receive any COVID-19 vaccine authorized or licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Their infants also will be enrolled in the study. Vaccines are not provided to participants as part of the study protocol. Currently, three COVID-19 vaccines are available in the United States under emergency use authorization: the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccines and the Johnson & Johnson adenoviral vector vaccine. The study is designed to assess up to five types of FDA-licensed or authorized COVID-19 vaccines, should additional options become available.

Participants and their infants will be followed through the first year after delivery. To assess the development and durability of vaccine-induced antibodies overall and by vaccine type and vaccine platform, researchers will analyze blood samples collected from pregnant and postpartum participants. These samples will be collected at study enrollment; at delivery for participants who enrolled during pregnancy; and two, six, and 12 months after delivery. Pregnant participants enrolled in the study prior to receiving the vaccine will have blood drawn at enrollment as well as approximately one month after vaccination. To assess transfer of antibodies through the placenta and the levels and durability of antibodies in infants, researchers will perform antibody testing on samples from umbilical cord blood collected at delivery and blood samples collected from infants two and six months after delivery.

Investigators also will assess the potential effects on maternal immune responses and transfer of antibodies across the placenta according to the mothers age, the trimester of pregnancy during which the vaccine was received, the mothers health, and the mothers COVID-19 risk status. Additionally, mothers will have the option of providing breast milk samples at approximately two weeks, two months, six months, and 12 months after delivery. The investigators will evaluate breast milk antibodies to assess the potential for protection against COVID-19 in breastfed infants. Study staff also will gather information on COVID-19 illnesses in pregnant and postpartum participants, birth and neonatal outcomes, and COVID-19 illnesses in infant participants.

The work is led by principal investigators Flor M. Munoz, M.D., of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and Richard H. Beigi, M.D., of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The study will be conducted at up to 20 clinical research sites nationwide. More information about the study, including a list of sites, is available on the IDCRC website.

NIAID conducts and supports researchat NIH, throughout the United States, and worldwideto study the causes of infectious and immune-mediated diseases, and to develop better means of preventing, diagnosing and treating these illnesses. News releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID website.

About the National Institutes of Health (NIH):NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov.

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SALEM, Ore. The state of Oregon will shed its coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday, June 30 or whenever it hits the 70 percent adult vaccination goal, whichever comes first. Governor Kate Brown revealed in a press briefing on Friday morning.

Governor Brown announced back in May that the state would reopen once 70 percent of adults received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In spite of a lottery incentive campaign revealed less than two weeks later, the statewide rate of daily doses administered has been dropping since mid-May, with only a slight uptick at the beginning of June.

As a result, Oregon has continued to inch toward Brown's goal, but with no guarantee that it would be achieved by the end of June. As of Friday morning, the statewide rate stood at 68.9 percent.

In a statement, Brown's office said that she would issue a new executive order, rescinding the previous order that codified the statewide mask mandate and the county risk level system in place since late 2020.This would effectively end physical distancing requirements, capacity limits, mandated closing times for businesses, and other measures.

Brown signed the new order in her live press briefing on Friday.

"I'm proud of our collective efforts to vaccinate more than 2.3 million Oregonians. It is because of this success that we can move Oregon forward and into the next chapter of this pandemic. We are ready," said Governor Brown.

Some mask requirements could stay in place for specialized settings following current CDC guidance, including for airports, public transit, and health care settings.

Brown's new "recovery order" is set to last until December 31 of 2021 unless terminated earlier. Despite the repeal of other executive orders, the Governor's office said that the emergency declaration for COVID-19 would be extended again with a more limited scope, focusing on "COVID-19 recovery efforts, similar to the recovery executive order currently in place for 2020 wildfire season recovery."

"We should all take pride in the work we have done to bring us to this moment," Brown continued. "The efforts underway to close our vaccine equity gap and reach every Oregonian with information and a vaccine have definitely helped bring us this far. Thank you to all who are going the extra mile to vaccinate Oregonians."

Brown's office said that she would also rescind the executive orders concerning schools and childcare, handing back the reins to individual schools, districts, and communities for health and safety decision-making.

Almost simultaneously, the Oregon Department of Education issued a final set of guidance for the coming school year, prioritizing the return of full-time, in-person instruction in the fall. Schools will still be expected to follow regulations on the control of infectious diseases and plan accordingly.

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A last-minute change approved in the Ohio House would prevent employers, both public and private, from requiring that employees be vaccinated if the shot hasn't received full U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.

That would apply to all three COVID-19 vaccines, which received emergency use authorization. The change would also prevent employers from treating employees differently based on vaccination status.

The amendment was added to Senate Bill 111, whichallocates $422 million in federal COVID-19 stimulus funds to local governments, with a 57-38 vote split largely along party lines.

The change came afterHouse Bill 248, which included a number of provisions to prevent requiring vaccines, was presumed dead. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce and the Ohio Manufacturers Association came out against the bill.

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Ohio Senate President Matt Huffmanalso opposed that bill, saying that government should not impose mandates on private businesses.

That proposalgained international attention after an Ohio doctor shared conspiracy theories about vaccines magnetizing people. But the language added Thursday afternoon was closer to House Bill 350, introduced by Rep. Al Cutrona, R-Canfield, who also wanted to ban vaccine passports.

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"The vaccine has been scientifically vetted and is currently saving lives," said Rep. Beth Liston, a Dublin Democrat and physician. "This amendment would be harmful to our health and our communities.

The Ohio House approved Senate Bill 111 in a 60-34 vote, sending the bill to the Ohio Senate to review the changes. If passed, DeWine could line-item veto the change.

DeWine has consistently said he opposes legislation that discourages vaccination or prevents businesses from keeping their employees safe.

Jessie Balmert is a reporter for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Akron Beacon Journal, Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch and 18 other affiliated news organizations across Ohio.

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Please check out the new Kansas Vaccine website, http://www.KansasVaccine.gov. It has information including the Vaccine Phase Chart by Population and Weekly Updates.

The COVID-19 vaccine initially is available in very limited doses -- but will scale up in production rapidly, allowing for enough supply to vaccinate all. Planning efforts are based on three phases of availability:

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(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) The UC Davis MIND Institute has launched a new COVID-19 vaccine clinic, custom-designed for individuals with autism, Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome and other neurodevelopmental conditions.

The typical COVID-19 vaccine clinic often a large, noisy space can be overwhelming for children with these conditions, who often face anxiety and challenges with sensory overload. The new MIND Institute clinic offers the opposite experience.

This clinic really focuses on quality rather than quantity, explained Scott Akins, director of UC Davis Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and director of clinical programs at the MIND Institute. We want to provide an inclusive, supportive experience for families, so were vaccinating three families per hour, which allows us to have three quiet rooms, an uncrowded waiting area and staff fully dedicated to each patient.

13-year-old Freddie Miller plays with a pop-it toy before receiving his first COVID-19 shot, with the sensory machine in the background.

The COVID-19 clinic is open one day per week (Thursday or Friday), from 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Its available for all individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions and their family members, ages 12 and older, regardless of health care provider or insurance status.

The clinic is being funded in part through a $68,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the MIND Institutes Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. Its unique because child life specialists, trained in helping children with neurodevelopmental conditions cope with medical procedures, are involved at every step of the vaccination process.

Its really important that as child life specialists, we look at the development of the child, because you may have a 20-year-old whos developmentally less mature, so we want to be able to prep them in a way that is matched to what they understand and need, said Erin Roseborough, a child life specialist at the MIND Institute.

She and her colleagues contact the family of each patient who has an appointment beforehand to find out what the childs needs and interests are. They also share information about what to expect, so that there are no surprises.

We develop an individualized coping plan with the family ahead of their arrival, explained Veronica Tuss, another child life specialist at the MIND Institute. We provide preparation materials such as a social story, which is a step-by-step description, with photos, of what to expect at each stage of the appointment, starting in the parking lot.

Scott Akins

Patients receive the COVID-19 vaccine in a room equipped with a comfortable chair and a large sensory machine that contains a calming tube of bubbles and can utilize lights, aromatherapy and a projector that displays images on the ceiling. Other sensory items available include squeeze balls and pop-it toys, and a big selection of unique bandages shaped like doughnuts, tacos, ninjas and more.

After being vaccinated, patients spend a 15-minute observation period in a quiet room. This area is really important for our patients, noted Akins. Many children are dysregulated immediately after a blood draw or a vaccine.

Child life specialists set the room up specifically to cater to each patients interests. One recent patient was into art, so we had drawing supplies all set up for her and ready to go, and she colored the whole time, said Roseborough.

Video games are also available, which was great news for 13-year-old Freddie Miller, who received his first Pfizer shot last week.

I was kind of nervous getting the shot, said Miller, who has autism and enjoyed playing with a yellow, pineapple-shaped pop-it toy while sitting in the vaccine chair. Its just a little bit of a pinch. It wasnt that bad.

Millers mom, Syerra Logan, was glad she brought him to the MIND Institute for his first vaccine dose. I wanted a more controlled environment that wasnt so chaotic for him. The loud noises can really trigger some of his anxieties and so I wanted to bring him here where itd be a little more quiet and neutral, she explained.

Miller picked out some applesauce for a snack while he played video games after the shot.

Patients can choose from a fun selection of bandages after their shot.

Logan, who is an ambulatory care administrative supervisor at UC Davis Health, was thrilled with the outcome. It went amazing! He got a little bit nervous right before we started, but the rest of the process has been smooth, she said. Its a relief to know hes a bit more protected, especially when were going out, and Im excited to get him the second one just to protect us a little bit more.

Vaccination helps protect against COVID-19, and early research indicates that the vaccines may also help people from spreading the virus to others. The vaccine can also help keep people from getting seriously sick if they do contract COVID-19.

Many families asked the question, Have other individuals with autism or other neurodevelopmental disabilities had this vaccine and is this vaccine safe for people with my healthcare condition? said Akins. That was a really common concern, and now six months into vaccinating, we do know that is it safe for all individuals, including those with autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities.

Learn more about how to make an appointment at the MIND Institute vaccine clinic. You can also call 916-703-5555.

The UC Davis MIND Institute in Sacramento, Calif. was founded in 1998 as a unique interdisciplinary research center where families, community leaders, researchers, clinicians and volunteers work together toward a common goal: researching causes, treatments and potential prevention of neurodevelopmental disabilities. The institute has major research efforts in autism, fragile X syndrome, chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Down syndrome. More information about the institute and its Distinguished Lecturer Series, including previous presentations in this series, is available on the Web at mindinstitute.ucdavis.edu.

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) The CDC reports the second dose of the COVID 19 vaccine is having heart issues in some patients. Most are men, between the ages of 12-30 and doctors say the condition is extremely rare, often correcting itself without treatment.

Dr. Sunal Makadia, Cardiologist at LifeBridge Health said, there have been very few cases of myocarditis or pericarditis; inflammation of the heart muscle associated with the vaccine. Its about 12 in a million chance of that happening.

16-year-old Noah Hier was one of the unlucky ones who was pulled from sleep due to these side effects. I woke up at 2 am with chest pain, he told CBS.

Most of the effects have been linked to Pfizer, and again, the second dose. Side effects can vary and can happen to anyone, according to Makadia. Within a week or two weeks after the second dose people can experience fever. Fatigue, chest discomfort, sharp chest pain that gets worse when they take deep breaths. They can feel heart arrhythmias or palpitations, like a fluttering or racing. Said Dr. Makadia.

You might need to take it easy. Makadia said most of the time its going away on its own. It might take some time and there are certainly restrictions on exercise and activity.

Hier said he is not regretting the vaccine. His younger brother was also vaccinated after his scare. This experience was much better than getting Covid, Hier said.

Dr. Makadia said the CDC has not reported any deaths due to these vaccine complications.

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Among the many COVID-19 vaccine myths circulating on social media, one of the more persistent false rumors is that the vaccine causes infertility, according to leading doctors.

Rumors about vaccines impacting fertility have been rampant and difficult to overcome, Susan Bailey, M.D., immediate past president of the American Medical Association, told lawmakers on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

Doctors play a critical role as vaccination ambassadors,Bailey testified Tuesday during a hearing to address vaccine hesitancy.

"Physicians need to be part empathetic counselors, part research scientists and part myth busters," she said.

But in their efforts to debunk vaccine myths, doctors are trying to combat a deluge of misinformation and false stories rampantly spreading on social media platforms like Facebook, which fuel fears about the COVID-19 vaccine.

"The AMA believes that social media networksneed to have some responsibility for spreading false information and we need to be able to counter that with factual information from trusted sources. If we completely bow out of social media and dont participate, we are ceding that territory to those are who are willing to spread misinformation," Bailey said.

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The United States has fully vaccinated 150 million people against COVID-19, but the nation is expected to fall short of President Bidens goal of getting at least one shot into the arms of 70% of U.S. adults by the Fourth of July.

Vaccination rates across the country continue to slow as health officials sound the alarm about the contagious delta variant.

"Its so important that we keep pushing because the rapid spread of the delta variant in India is showing that this pandemic is not over and the threat it poses is still very real," said Sen.Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of theHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

"Too many people with genuine concerns are being misled by false information and we need to address the misinformation and make sure that people with questions are getting reliable answers," Murray said. "Facts, science and experts are an essential part of that work but educating people to get vaccinated is notjust about getting the facts right, its about trust."

Professor andtheologian Curtis Chang told lawmakers that social media can be a critical tool for health officials to get their message out to vaccine-hesitant Americans.

RELATED:Congress grills Facebook, tech CEOs over COVID-19 misinformation

"I encourage efforts by thegovernment to fund more outreach through social media and targeted advertising. Social media is the battlefield right now for vaccine trust efforts," he said.

And social media can be a big influencer for a key demographic that continues to be one of the most resistant to the vaccinewhite evangelical Christians, Chang said.

"The pathway to ending the pandemic runs through the evangelical church. At the national level, white evangelicals comprise the single largest vaccine-hesitant demographic. At the state level, a map of the states with the lowest vaccination rates corresponds tightly with a map of the Bible Belt," said Chang, who is onfaculty at the Duke Divinity School and co-founder of Christians And The Vaccine.

To the extent that public health has engaged faith communities, it has overwhelmingly been with minority faith communities, and those efforts have been remarkably effective, he said.

"This focus has not matched attention to the largest and most vaccine-hesitant community. As a person of color, I need public health to focus on white evangelicals, what they decide affects my community," he told lawmakers.

A key lesson learned during the past few months of putting shots in arms is reaching people where they are, whether thats at town halls, churches,consulates oronline, testified Michelle Nichols, M.D., associate dean of clinical affairs at Morehouse School of Medicine.

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As one of four historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) medical schools, Morehouse focused its vaccine outreach to communities of color by forming partnerships with trusted, local organizations and rolling out a mobile traveling vaccination program, Nichols said.Morehouse has been able to boost vaccinations among minority communitiesmore than 75% of vaccine recipients were African American compared to only approximately 9% nationally based on recent CDC data, she said.

To reach the Hispanic community, Morehouse tapped its bilingual Spanish-speaking students, nurses, and providers to vaccinate and educate.

Patients tend to trust people who look like them and have similar backgrounds and experiences, she said.

And social media campaigns play a large role in these efforts if its targeted the right way, she said.

Nichols provided these tips: Provide information and education to dispel myths and misinformation and to educate on vaccines through panel discussions, town halls, media, PSAs, social media, Q&As and pamphlets. The material needs to be multi-lingual, multi-media and at appropriate educational levels."

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The City of El Pasos COVID Response Team and El Paso Animal Services team up to host El Pasos first-ever, large-scale, drive-thru clinic for pets and people.

On Sunday, June 27, the City of El Paso will be offering free pet vaccinations and microchips to hundreds of pets while pet owners will also have an opportunity to receive free COVID-19 vaccines.

This unique large-scale clinic aims at making it easier for owners to keep their pets, and themselves, healthy and safe. The clinic will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 301 George Perry Boulevard.

This is a first-come, first-served event and services are limited to the first 500 pets and their owners. Pets must remain in the vehicle; all dogs must be on a leash and cats must be placed in a secure carrier while visiting the drive-thru clinic.

Residents planning to get their COVID-19 vaccine are asked to please wear a face mask, be prepared to show form of identification, wear clothing that allows staff to easily access your upper arm and bring your vaccination record card if you are getting your second vaccine.

More information about the COVID-19 vaccine is available atwww.EPCovidVaccine.com.

Dogs will receive a parvo/distemper vaccination, while cats will receive a feline viral rhinotracheitis, calicivirus, and panleukopenia (FVRCP) vaccination, both will also be given a microchip. Pets must be six-weeks-old or older to receive vaccines. No other pet vaccinations will be available at this drive-thru event.

Additionally, thanks to a generous donation from Best Friends Animal Society, free pet food will also be given to families while supplies last.

Organizers add that as temperatures are expected to rise later in the day, attendees are encouraged to bring plenty of water for their pets and themselves to stay cool.

WHAT: Drive-Thru Pet Clinic and COVID-19 Vaccination Event

WHEN:8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, June 27, 2021

WHERE:301 George Perry Blvd.

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