Additional information from HR on COVID-19 Vaccinations In Potsdam
Non-exempt employees can use work time as needed to get their vaccination appointment, just let your supervisor know. Also, if you do not have access to a computer to complete the registration and attestation forms, HR staff are happy to help you. You can reach HR at 315.268.7928
Also, to calculate your BMI, you can use:
You can calculate your BMI for weight factor eligiblity, you can use: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm
University Community,
NYS representatives have shared with us that there are over 3,500 vaccination appointments available from today through next week at the SUNY Potsdam Field House (Maxcy Hall) for persons eligible under NYS 1a and 1b and with underlying health conditions/comorbidities such as asthma, body mass indices and high blood pressure among many others. These are detailed below from the NYS Website.
You can make an appointment at https://am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/ Persons with an underlying health condition can complete a self-identification form https://forms.ny.gov/s3/vaccine in lieu of a medical providers note. Persons eligible under 1a and 1b may also provide a paystub as proof of employment among other forms of identification and do not need a letter from their employer.
*If you are scheduled later in the spring for your first dose, you may make a new appointment for this week and cancel the future one.*
List of Comorbidities and Underlying Conditions:
New Yorkers age 16 and older with the following conditions qualify for the vaccine:
· Pulmonary Disease, including but not limited to, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), asthma (moderate-to-severe), pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, and 9/11 related pulmonary diseases
· Obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30 kg/m2 or higher but < 40 kg/m2) Severe Obesity (BMI 40 kg/m2),
· Heart conditions, including but not limited to heart failure, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies, or hypertension (high blood pressure)
· Cancer (current or in remission, including 9/11-related cancers)
· Chronic kidney disease
· Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities including Down Syndrome
· Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) including but not limited to solid organ transplant or from blood or bone marrow transplant, immune deficiencies, HIV, use of corticosteroids, use of other immune weakening medicines, or other causes
· Pregnancy
· Sickle cell disease or Thalassemia
· Type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus
· Cerebrovascular disease (affects blood vessels and blood supply to the brain)
· Neurologic conditions including but not limited to Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia
· Liver disease
The list is subject to change as additional scientific evidence is published and as New York State obtains and analyzes additional state-specific data.
Eligible New Yorkers in Phase 1a and 1b are:
· Individuals Age 65 and older who reside in New York
· First Responder or Support Staff for First Responder Agency
· Fire
· State Fire Service, including firefighters and investigators (professional and volunteer)
· Local Fire Service, including firefighters and investigators (professional and volunteer)
· Police and Investigations
· State Police, including Troopers
· State Park Police, DEC Police, Forest Rangers
· SUNY Police
· Sheriffs’ Offices
· County Police Departments and Police Districts
· City, Town, and Village Police Departments
· Transit of other Public Authority Police Departments
· State Field Investigations, including DMV, SCOC, Justice Center, DFS, IG, Tax, OCFS, SLA
· Public Safety Communications
· Emergency Communication and PSAP Personnel, including dispatchers and technicians
· Other Sworn and Civilian Personnel
· Court Officer
· Other Police or Peace Officer
· Support or Civilian Staff for Any of the Above Services, Agencies, or Facilities
· Corrections
· State DOCCS Personnel, including correction and parole officers
· Local Correctional Facilities, including correction officers
· Local Probation Departments, including probation officers
· State Juvenile Detention and Rehabilitation Facilities
· Local Juvenile Detention and Rehabilitation Facilities
· P-12 Schools
· P-12 school (public or non-public) or school district faculty or staff (includes all teachers, substitute teachers, student teachers, school administrators, paraprofessional staff, and support staff including bus drivers)
· Contractor working in a P-12 school or school district (including contracted bus drivers)
· Licensed, registered, approved or legally exempt group childcare
· In-person college faculty and instructors
· Employees or Support Staff of licensed, registered, approved or legally exempt group Childcare Setting
· Licensed, registered, approved or legally exempt group Childcare Provider
· Public Transit
· Airline and airport employee
· Passenger railroad employee
· Subway and mass transit employee (i.e., MTA, LIRR, Metro North, NYC Transit, Upstate transit)
· Ferry employee
· Port Authority employee
· Public bus employee
· Public facing grocery store workers, including convenience stores, bodegas, regional food banks, food pantries and permitted home-delivered meal programs
· Individual living in a homeless shelter where sleeping, bathing or eating accommodations must be shared with individuals and families who are not part of your household
· Individual working (paid or unpaid) in a homeless shelter where sleeping, bathing or eating accommodations must be shared by individuals and families who are not part of the same household, in a position where there is potential for interaction with shelter residents
· High-risk hospital and FQHC staff, including OMH psychiatric centers
· Health care or other high-risk essential staff who come into contact with residents/patients working in LTCFs and long-term, congregate settings overseen by OPWDD, OMH, OCFS, OTDA and OASAS, and residents in congregate living situations, overseen or funded by the OPWDD, OMH, OCFS, OTDA and OASAS
· Certified NYS EMS provider, including but not limited to Certified First Responder, Emergency Medical Technician, Advanced Emergency Medical Technician, Emergency Medical Technician – Critical Care, Paramedic, Ambulance Emergency Vehicle Operator, or Non-Certified Ambulance Assistant
· County Coroner or Medical Examiner, or employer or contractor thereof who is exposed to infectious material or bodily fluids
· Licensed funeral director, or owner, operator, employee, or contractor of a funeral firm licensed and registered in New York State, who is exposed to infectious material or bodily fluids
· Staff of urgent care provider
· Staff who administer COVID-19 vaccine
· All Outpatient/Ambulatory front-line, high-risk health care workers of any age who provide direct in-person patient care, or other staff in a position in which they have direct contact with patients (i.e., intake staff)
· All front-line, high-risk public health workers who have direct contact with patients, including those conducting COVID-19 tests, handling COVID-19 specimens and COVID-19 vaccinations
· Home care workers and aides, hospice workers, personal care aides, and consumer-directed personal care workers
· Staff and residents of nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, and adult care facilities
· Restaurant employees, including workers in permitted soup kitchen and congregate meal programs*
· Restaurant delivery workers*
· Public facing hotel workers*
· For-hire vehicle drivers, including taxi, livery, black car, and transportation network company drivers*
*Eligible for vaccination at State-operated mass vaccination sites, and, at the option of local health departments (LHDs) at LHD-operated point of distribution sites.
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