As we have shared with you before even the first case of Covid-19 was reported in Allegheny County, the health and safety of our members, guests, and professional staff is the JCC’s top priority.
For over 2 ½ years, we have followed the science and the ongoing guidance from our panel of medical experts and national and local health authorities. Our approach has enabled us to serve thousands of you throughout our region – in-person and virtually – adapting and modifying programming and health and safety procedures along the way. Our Covid-19 protocols were designed and implemented to be open-ended, with changes informed by infection rates, transmission data, new coronavirus variants, and local, state, or federal regulations, and intended initially to mitigate the risk of community spread of the virus and most recently to reduce the likelihood of serious illness.
It is increasingly evident that we have emerged to a new phase of response to the worldwide pandemic. While Covid-19 and its multiple variants will remain for the foreseeable future, high vaccination rates have successfully reduced hospitalizations and death across the region. Our JCC community – members, guests, and professional staff – have contributed greatly to our region’s response to the pandemic and we thank you for your cooperation over these many months.
With this in mind, effective December 1, 2022, the JCC is modifying its current policy and will not require demonstrating proof of Covid-19 vaccination to enter our facilities and participate in JCC sponsored programs and activities. We continue to strongly recommend that JCC members and guests be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and seasonal flu and will continue to work with local providers in scheduling regular vaccination clinics. We remain steadfast in our efforts to minimize community spread by reminding our guests to continue to self-monitor for symptoms of Covid-19 and not to enter our facilities if experiencing symptoms. Our vaccination policy remains open-ended and may be revised for the protection of our members, staff and guests to the extent the current conditions related to COVID or other health risks change in any way.
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