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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red;letter-spacing:-.15pt">REMINDER </span>
</b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt">UC Riverside 2022-23 Flu Vaccination Program<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0F0F0F"><br>
</span>This is a reminder to update your 2022-23 flu vaccination information by January 30, 2023.<span style="color:#00B050"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#0F0F0F"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">The </span>
<a href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/VaccinationProgramsPolicy">2022/2023 flu season policy</a><span style="color:#222222"> requires you to receive a flu shot, or opt-out and communicate your immunization status, to UC Riverside
</span><span style="color:black">by January 30, 2023</span><span style="color:#0F0F0F">.</span><span style="color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt">WHO IS REQUIRED TO GET A FLU VACCINE?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#0F0F0F">The executive order requires the vaccination for all faculty and staff who are working at a UC location. Employees with an approved 100% remote work agreement on file do not need to submit
their vaccine status. The university already has a clear policy on immunizations for students, and this action adds influenza to existing vaccination requirements for them, and extends the requirement to faculty and staff beyond those which presently exist
for all UC health care workers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt">WHERE DO I SUBMIT MY VACCINE INFORMATION OR DECLINE THE VACCINE?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">Both employees and students must access the Student Health Center/Employee Vaccine Record
</span><a href="https://auth.ucr.edu/cas/login?service=https%3a%2f%2fchconline.ucr.edu%2findex.aspx">patient portal</a><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> to record their vaccine information. This patient portal only maintains records that the employee has
provided or will provide to the campus Occupational Health program as part of the UC policy. The portal already contains UCR employee COVID-19 vaccination information previously provided by employees and updated in MyChart.
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">Details on how to access the system along with instructions can be found on the
</span><a href="https://campusreturn.ucr.edu/flu-vaccine"><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">UCR flu vaccine page</span></a><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt"><br>
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO IF I CHOOSE TO DECLINE THE FLU VACCINE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">If you choose to decline the 2022-2023 seasonal flu vaccine, you must:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">Indicate your choice to decline by accessing the
</span><a href="https://auth.ucr.edu/cas/login?service=https%3a%2f%2fchconline.ucr.edu%2findex.aspx">Employee Vaccine Record system</a><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">Continue to mask during the flu season, which ends in March 2023. Masking will be required while indoors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">Review the flu vaccine information material found
</span><a href="https://campusreturn.ucr.edu/flu-vaccine"><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">here</span></a><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black;letter-spacing:-.15pt"><br>
SUPPORT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#0F0F0F">For program support, contact your department’s Human Resources partner or UCR’s COVID Management Team at </span><a href="mailto:covid19@ucr.edu"><b>covid19@ucr.edu</b></a><span style="color:#0F0F0F"> or
</span><span style="color:black">call <span style="background:white">844-827-6827 and selecting option 1.</span></span><span style="color:#0F0F0F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#003662"><br>
</span><span style="color:black">Where can I get a flu vaccine?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">You can get a flu vaccine from a variety of sources:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:#222222">Your healthcare provider.</span></b><span style="color:#222222"> All UC medical plans that cover faculty, staff, and academic employees cover flu vaccinations at no cost to those covered by the plan.
In addition, for those without group health care coverage, all ACA-compliant health plans also cover flu vaccinations as part of a preventive care package that includes no copay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#222222">Use the </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/freeresources/flu-finder-widget.html"><span style="color:#01589D">CDC Vaccine Finder</span></a><span style="color:#222222"> to see where vaccines are
available near you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222"><br>
Vaccination against influenza is an important measure to protect the health of our communities based on a review of guidance from public health authorities and scientific studies, as well as consultation with UC experts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">Influenza vaccinations </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/spotlights/2017-2018/vaccine-reduces-risk-severe-illness.htm"><span style="color:#01589D">have proven effective</span></a><span style="color:#222222"> in
reducing the risk of flu-related hospitalizations and the most serious forms of the disease. With influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses circulating simultaneously, vaccination against both is needed to mitigate overburdening healthcare systems and the threat to
the health and safety of the UC community and the public at large. </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/season/faq-flu-season-2021-2022.htm"><span style="color:#01589D">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)</span></a><span style="color:#222222"> is
the best source for information on this year’s flu vaccination, which is readily available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">If you are 100% remote, then vaccination is not required, but is strongly encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#222222">More information:</span></b><span style="color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><a href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/VaccinationProgramsPolicy"><span style="color:#01589D">University of California – Policy on Vaccination Programs</span></a><span style="color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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