<div dir="ltr"><p id="gmail-E123" class="gmail-x-scope gmail-qowt-word-para-1" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px 0px 8pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.295;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="gmail-E124" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Governor’s </span><span id="gmail-E125" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">O</span><span id="gmail-E126" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">ffice </span><span id="gmail-E127" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">has announced new guidelines for </span><span id="gmail-E128" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">F</span><span id="gmail-E129" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">ully </span><span id="gmail-E130" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">V</span><span id="gmail-E131" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">accinated </span><span id="gmail-E132" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">people</span><span id="gmail-E133" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and SUNY has issued 2021 Summer and Fall Semester Planning updated COVID</span><span id="gmail-E134" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">-19</span><span id="gmail-E135" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"> protocols</span><span id="gmail-E136" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">. While the impact of several of these measures are still being finalized, we are pleased to announce the </span><span id="gmail-E137" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">following change to our weekly mandatory </span><span id="gmail-E138" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">COVID-19 su</span><span id="gmail-E141" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">rveillance pool </span><span id="gmail-E142" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">testing.</span></font></p><p id="gmail-E143" class="gmail-x-scope gmail-qowt-word-para-0" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px 0px 8pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.295;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="gmail-E144" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold">Effective immediately, fully </span><span id="gmail-E145" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold">v</span><span id="gmail-E146" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold">accinated </span><span id="gmail-E147" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold">employees</span><span id="gmail-E148" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold"> (including auxiliary workers and vendors with a regular on-campus presence)</span><span id="gmail-E149" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold">, who wish to disclose their </span><span id="gmail-E150" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold">COVID-19 </span><span id="gmail-E151" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold">vaccination status,</span><span id="gmail-E152" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold"> will no longer have to participate in </span><span id="gmail-E153" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold">the campus’ </span><span id="gmail-E154" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold">weekly </span><span id="gmail-E155" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold">COVID-19 surveillance </span><span id="gmail-E156" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold">pool testing.</span></font></p><p id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E123" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px 0px 8pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.295;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E160" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span id="gmail-E158" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline">In order to be exempt from testing, vaccinated employees will need to provide </span><span id="gmail-E159" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;text-decoration-line:underline">proof</span><span id="gmail-E160" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline"> of vaccination via the</span> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqs_CGtt3U--Cyc1N99GYJKJ8Ac5CA7NVPsERY9HjjZKhZkg/viewform" id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E161" target="_blank" style=""><span id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E162" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5,99,193)">Vaccination Attestation </span><span id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E163" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5,99,193)">F</span><span id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E164" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5,99,193)">orm</span></a><span id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E166" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic">.</span><span id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E167" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"> A</span>
<span id="gmail-E167" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">Acceptable proof is a copy of your completed </span><span id="gmail-E168" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">CDC </span><span id="gmail-E169" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">vaccination card or a screenshot of your </span><span id="gmail-E170" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">NYS</span> <a href="https://epass.ny.gov/home" id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E171" target="_blank" style=""><span id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E172" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5,99,193)">Excelsior Pass</span></a><span id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E174" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span id="gmail-E174" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">This information will be kept confidential and will not become part of your </span><span id="gmail-E175" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">campus </span><span id="gmail-E176" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">employment records.</span></font></p><p id="gmail-E177" class="gmail-x-scope gmail-qowt-word-para-1" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px 0px 8pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.295;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="gmail-E178" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">Those employees that do not wish to disclose their vaccination status or those employees that are not </span><span id="gmail-E179" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">F</span><span id="gmail-E180" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">ully </span><span id="gmail-E181" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">V</span><span id="gmail-E182" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">accinated </span><span id="gmail-E183" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">must continue to participate in weekly </span><span id="gmail-E184" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">COVID-19 </span><span id="gmail-E185" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">surveillance </span><span id="gmail-E186" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">pool testing. </span> </font></p><p id="gmail-E187" class="gmail-x-scope gmail-qowt-word-para-1" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px 0px 8pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.295;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span id="gmail-E188" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">“Fully Vaccinated” is defined as:</font></span></p><p id="gmail-E189" class="gmail-qowt-li-0_0 gmail-qowt-list gmail-qowt-stl-ListParagraph gmail-x-scope gmail-qowt-word-para-1" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px 0px 8pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 38.25pt;line-height:1.295;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></p><ul><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="gmail-E190" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">two weeks after the second dose in a </span><span id="gmail-E191" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">two</span><span id="gmail-E192" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">-dose </span><span id="gmail-E193" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">vaccination </span><span id="gmail-E194" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">series, such as the Pfizer</span><span id="gmail-E195" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">-</span><span id="gmail-E197" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">BioNTech</span><span id="gmail-E199" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or </span><span id="gmail-E201" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">Moderna</span><span id="gmail-E203" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"> vaccines, or</span><span id="gmail-E204" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span></font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">two weeks after a single dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine.</font></li></ul><p></p><p id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E207" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px 0px 8pt;margin:0px;line-height:1.295;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="gmail-E208" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please note that </span><span id="gmail-E209" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">all employees will be expected to</span><span id="gmail-E210" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"> continue to</span><span id="gmail-E211" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"> complete the </span><span id="gmail-E212" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">COVID-19 </span><span id="gmail-E213" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">daily screening form and, if reporting </span><span id="gmail-E214" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">physically </span><span id="gmail-E215" class="gmail-qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">to campus, conform to our</span><span id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E215" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/about/offices-divisions/administration-finance/management-services/campus-handbook/section-viii-health-safety/social-distancing-face-covering.html" id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E216" target="_blank" style=""><span id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E217" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5,99,193)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Social Distancing and Face Covering Policy</font></span></a><span id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E219" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E220" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contact Human Resource Services at </span><a href="mailto:hrs@plattsburgh.edu" id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E221" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E222" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5,99,193)">hrs@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span id="m_8961750750987430222gmail-E223" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"> if you have any questions or concerns.</span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE</b></font></div><div>Kehoe Building<br></div><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">101 Broad Street</font></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">Plattsburgh, NY 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