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Monday, February 22: Day 1: Focus on Building Trust and Vaccine Confidence
11:00 – 11:30 AM EST | Science Plenary
Cameron Webb, MD, JD | White House COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force, Senior Policy Advisor
Kizzmekia Corbett, PhD | Lead, Coronavirus Vaccines & Immunopathogenesis Team, National Institutes of Health
Lisa Sherman | President and Chief Executive Officer, The Ad Council
11:30 – 12:30 PM EST | Promising Practices Plenary Panel – Vaccinating with Confidence
Tuesday, February 23: Day 2: Focus on Data to Drive Vaccine Implementation
11:00 – 11:30 AM EST | Science Plenary
Bechara Choucair, MD | White House COVID-19 Response Team, Vaccinations Coordinator
Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH | Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
11:30 – 12:45 PM EST | Promising Practices Plenary Panel – Using Data to Inform Vaccine Implementation Strategies
CLEANING AND MAINTAINING HEALTHY FACILITIES
AND DIAGNOSTIC AND RAPID AND EFFICIENT-CONTACT TRACING, IN COMBINATION WITH ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE, AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WHILE EACH OF THESE, FIVE STRATEGIES IS IMPORTANT TO PREVENT AND REDUCE THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, AND TO SUPPORT SAFE, SCHOOL REOPENING, CDC RECOMMENDS PRIORITIZING THE FIRST TWO.
UNIVERSAL AND CORRECT USE OF MASKS, THAT SHOULD BE REQUIRED FOR ALL STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND STAFF. AND PHYSICAL DISTANCING OF AT LEAST 6 FEET BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH COHORTING OR PODDING OF STUDENTS TO MINIMIZE EXPOSURE ACROSS THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.
THESE TWO STRATEGIES ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, IN AREAS
THAT HAVE HIGH-COMMUNITY SPREAD OF COVID-19. WHICH RIGHT NOW IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.WE KNOW THAT MOST CLUSTERS IN THE SCHOOL SETTING HAVE OCCURRED WHEN THERE ARE BREACHES IN MASK WEARING.