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Source: Henry Ford Health System
June 29, 2021
DETROIT (June 29, 2021) – Henry Ford Health System announced today it will require the COVID-19 vaccination for its workforce. The requirement will take effect on Sept. 10, 2021, and applies to all team members, students, volunteers and contractors. In making the announcement, Henry Ford becomes the first health system in Michigan to require the COVID-19 vaccination, and the latest to join other U.S. health systems to do so.
Source: Henry Ford Health System
June 29, 2021
DETROIT (June 29, 2021) – Henry Ford Health System announced today it will require the COVID-19 vaccination for its workforce. The requirement will take effect on Sept. 10, 2021, and applies to all team members, students, volunteers and contractors. In making the announcement, Henry Ford becomes the first health system in Michigan to require the COVID-19 vaccination, and the latest to join other U.S. health systems to do so.
"We acknowledge the magnitude of this decision and we did not make it lightly," said President and CEO Wright Lassiter III. "As a leader and trusted voice in our communities, our patients and members depend on us to create a safe, healthy environment. We owe that same promise to our team members. Safety and infection prevention are everyone's responsibility."
Vaccinations are credited with the sharp decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases, as well as a vastly lower positivity rate. Currently, total COVID-19 admissions across all Henry Ford's hospitals are around 20, the lowest number since the early days of the pandemic. Still, emerging variants like Delta put those who are unvaccinated at extremely high risk for hospitalization and death and leave hospitals vulnerable to potential future surges.
"We have consistently advocated for vaccination as the best path forward for all of us," said Bob Riney, President of Healthcare Operations and Chief Operating Officer. "But for vaccinations to truly make a deep and lasting impact on this pandemic, we need everyone in this fight. There is no greater compassion we can show each other than to be vigilant about safety and preventing the spread of this devastating disease."
The vaccines were granted emergency use authorization by the FDA, beginning with Pfizer in December 2020. Since vaccinations began at Henry Ford on Dec. 17, 2020, Henry Ford's vaccination rate across the health system is 68%, or just over 23,000 team members. In Michigan, 61.4% of people ages 16 and older have received at least one dose of vaccine.
Henry Ford has been at the forefront of COVID-19 vaccine research, serving as a Phase 3 study site for three vaccine adult clinical trials: the two-dose Moderna vaccine and one-dose and two-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Last month, the health system began enrolling volunteers in a Moderna vaccine study for children ages 6 months to 11 years old.
Please go to Henry Ford health System to read more.
"We have consistently advocated for vaccination as the best path forward for all of us," said Bob Riney, President of Healthcare Operations and Chief Operating Officer. "But for vaccinations to truly make a deep and lasting impact on this pandemic, we need everyone in this fight. There is no greater compassion we can show each other than to be vigilant about safety and preventing the spread of this devastating disease."
The vaccines were granted emergency use authorization by the FDA, beginning with Pfizer in December 2020. Since vaccinations began at Henry Ford on Dec. 17, 2020, Henry Ford's vaccination rate across the health system is 68%, or just over 23,000 team members. In Michigan, 61.4% of people ages 16 and older have received at least one dose of vaccine.
Henry Ford has been at the forefront of COVID-19 vaccine research, serving as a Phase 3 study site for three vaccine adult clinical trials: the two-dose Moderna vaccine and one-dose and two-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Last month, the health system began enrolling volunteers in a Moderna vaccine study for children ages 6 months to 11 years old.
Please go to Henry Ford health System to read more.
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Why do the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two injections? Is it better to wait for the vaccine that requires only one dose? This is an info commercial at Facebook for Pfizer and Moderna injections. Henry Ford Health System's Betty Chu graduated from the University of Michigan (UoM) in obstetrics and gynecology. Chu is not a virologist yet she is leading Henry Ford Health System's response to Covid. Pfizer provides donations and works together on research along with many UoM graduates who end up at Pfizer's operations in Michigan and at Henry Ford Health Systems. A symbiotic relationship exists between Pfizer, UoM and many of these doctors working at these facilities including Chu.
Working with Pfizer and Moderna Henry Ford Health Systems will initiate testing Covid injections on 6 month old infants and older. Henry Ford Health Systems was designated as one of several Covid distribution centers in Michigan.
Michiganders 16+ are now eligible to receive the #COVID19 vaccine. Today several teens got their first dose at @fordfield along w/ @GovWhitmer, her daughter & daughter of @Lions great Lomas Brown Jr. Dr. Betty Chu, our chief quality officer, was even able to vaccinate her son. pic.twitter.com/z2OfN7TRIF
— Henry Ford Health System (@HenryFordNews) April 6, 2021
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