{"id":11846,"date":"2021-06-01T18:17:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T22:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfsri.org\/?p=11846"},"modified":"2021-06-01T18:17:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T22:17:28","slug":"get-the-covid-vaccine-to-care-for-yourself-and-your-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2021\/06\/01\/get-the-covid-vaccine-to-care-for-yourself-and-your-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Get the COVID Vaccine to Care for Yourself and Your Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2020 and 2021 have brought unprecedented, overwhelming, often painful change with the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp; And yet, in the midst of this, there\u2019s a beacon of hope \u2013 scientists were able to develop a safe, effective vaccine that protects against COVID.&nbsp; In the midst of so much change, it can be hard to know what to trust.&nbsp; In the Strategy department at Children\u2019s Friend, we know how hard \u2013 but important \u2013 change can be!&nbsp; That\u2019s why we as Children\u2019s Friend want to assure our staff, clients, and community that <strong>the COVID vaccine is safe and effective \u2013 and getting it is an important way to take care of the most vulnerable people in our community.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Center for Disease Control, our country\u2019s authority on disease, has shared this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCOVID-19 vaccines were evaluated in tens of thousands of participants in clinical trials. The vaccines met the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s (FDA) rigorous scientific standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMillions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines, since they were authorized for emergency use by FDA. These vaccines have undergone and will continue to undergo the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history.\u201d [link: https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/safety\/safety-of-vaccines.html]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Individuals who get the vaccine are protected.&nbsp; But in order to stop the spread and mutation of COVID, a vast majority of us need to get the vaccine.&nbsp; <u>Please, do your part and get the vaccine.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cfsri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/webbob.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8113\" style=\"width:229px;height:256px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Hagberg\nChief of Strategy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Hagberg, Chief of Strategy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 and 2021 have brought unprecedented, overwhelming, often painful change with the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp; And yet, in the midst of this, there\u2019s a beacon of hope \u2013 scientists were able to develop a safe, effective vaccine that protects against COVID.&nbsp; In the midst of so much change, it can be hard to know what to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-11846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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