Stamford schools good to go after teachers suffer COVID vaccine side effects
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Kindergarten teacher Jaime Michaels sets up her classroom with COVID-19 precautions in place as students prepare to return five-days-a-week at Northeast Elementary School in Stamford, Conn. on Monday, March 8, 2021. For the first time in about a year, elementary students will return to full-time in-person learning starting Wednesday.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Classrooms are set up with COVID-19 precautions in place as students prepare to return five-days-a-week at Northeast Elementary School in Stamford, Conn. on Monday, March 8, 2021. For the first time in about a year, elementary students will return to full-time in-person learning starting Wednesday.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
Colchester teachers call out due to side effects from COVID-19 vaccine
The town s First Selectman there was a large vaccine clinic Saturday for educators and they received the J&J vaccine, with side effects being normal. Author: Rick Lessard (FOX61) Updated: 9:34 PM EST March 8, 2021
COLCHESTER, Conn. The First Selectman s Office in Colchester posted on Facebook Monday, addressing multiple teachers calling out due to side-effects caused by the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
A large vaccine clinic was held last Saturday for educators and childcare providers. According to the Selectman s Office, over 700 people were vaccinated at the event.
The vaccine that was given was said to be Johnson & Johnson. This vaccine requires one shot instead of two like Pfizer and Moderna.
Included in that group were educators and staff from the Colchester School District.
Three coronavirus vaccines have been approved and school district leaders were not sure before the clinic opened which type of COVID-19 vaccine staff members were going to receive.
Colchester school officials said the district originally expected Pfizer or Moderna shots, which are two-dose vaccinations, so they were planning for staff to receive their second dose in April, or around Good Friday, and have another day for school staff to recover after receiving their second shot.
Then, a day or two before the vaccination clinic, they realized they would be receiving Johnson & Johnson vaccines, which are single-dose vaccines.