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MCC Daily Tribune

MCC Staff who work in person are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine

Beginning today, March 17, enrolled providers other than pharmacies may vaccinate any eligible individual. The following MCC employees are now included under Phase 1B of New York’s Phased Vaccine Distribution Plan:

  • Faculty who teach in person.
  • Staff assigned to work in person, including Facilities and Public Safety staff.
  • Guon Child Care Center staff.
  • Housing and Residence Life staff who provide residence life programming to students and/or who live on site at the Brighton Campus.

As MCC Interim President Dr. Kate Douglas shared last week, updated NYS DOH COVID-19 Vaccine Program guidance states that all in-person, essential staff at colleges and universities are now also eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at any state or local health department-operated vaccine site. (MCC is not a designated vaccine site.)

MCC employees may use up to four hours paid time off to receive the COVID vaccine (media release). Please use the newly added “Covid-19 vaccination” code that appears in your web-based timesheet. The new code is effective for the current March 12-25 pay period (April 1 pay date). 

Note to Faculty: Because the COVID-19 vaccination code is not associated with your accrued leave bank, please enter a comment on your monthly leave report stating “covid-19 vaccination leave taken MM-DD-YY" and the respective hours taken. 

Faculty and Staff are responsible for making their own vaccination appointments. Helpful links are provided below: 

If your chosen vaccination site requires a letter to prove your eligibility, please contact me at klowe5@monroecc.edu.

While MCC strongly encourages you to consider getting a COVID-19 vaccination, SUNY and MCC do not require immunization. Even after you have received the vaccine, you must continue to adhere to all aspects of our SUNY-approved Winter/Spring Semester 2021 Plan and all health and safety protocols, including participating in weekly COVID-19 pooled testing*, wearing a mask, socially distancing, and washing your hands often.

*Although a certain level of immunity exists after vaccination, building immunity against COVID-19 takes time and will still require us to socially distance, wear masks and test. More studies need to be conducted to determine the exact duration of immunity. It is too early to know the length of immunity at this time.

Kristin Lowe
Human Resources
03/17/2021