For anyone having connectivity or email receipt issues, view our archive of PFT Coronavirus Updates, with the most recent at the top.
Please be sure to contact the PFT (Communications Director) if your member mail isn’t getting through.
- Jan. 20, 2023: New Schedule – Improved Data Tracker – Emergency’s End – Links
————————– 2022 ————————– - Nov. 11, 2022: Moderna New Booster – Immunity Gap & RSV – Statistics – Links
- Oct. 12, 2022: Not Done Yet – Age 5 & Up Boosters – Winter Advisory – Links
- Sept. 14, 2022: New Boosters – Infodemic – Long Covid Fight – Links
- Aug. 17, 2022: Back to School – CDC Guidance – Biden’s Lesson – Links
- July 27, 2022: Covid Origin – Harvard Health – Monkeypox Primer – Links
- July 13, 2022: BA.5 Variant Emerges – Booster Now or Later – Sobering Statistics – Links
- June 29, 2022: Finding Kids Vaccines – Inevitable Spread – New Variants .. Again – Links
- June 15, 2022: Covid Summer Spikes – Under 5 Approval – Moderna-Omicron Vax -Links
- June 1, 2022: Masks Return – PA Site Simplified – Then & Now -Links
- May 18, 2022_New Variant News – More Free Tests – One Million Lost -links
- May 4, 2022: 5-4-22: The Numbers – BA Variant Update – Summer Surge – Links
- April 20, 2022: 200,000 Parents Lost – Another Booster – New Variant- Links
- April 6, 2022: Good News – New Metrics for County – Then and Now – links
- March 23, 2022: BA.2 – Therapeutics – Allergy Confusion – Links
- March 9, 2022: Not Over Yet – Masks Work – Ultimate Vax FAQ’s – Links
- February 23, 2022: Vax for the Young – Masks Off – Omicron Immunity – Links
- February 9, 2022: Boosters – Mask Mandates – Randi Weighs In – Links
- January 26, 2022: Omicron Q & A – Peak Info – Times Insights – Links
- January 12, 2022: Omicron – Vaccines – Masking – Links
————————– 2021 ————————– - December 15, 2021: Grim Milestone – Variants – PA Challenges – Links
- December 1, 2021: Omicron – Boosters Expanded – Mask Mandate – Links
- November 10, 2021: UPMC Briefing – World News – Mythbusting – links
- October 20, 2021: Boosters – The Unvaxxed – Age 5 to 11 eligibility – links
- October 6, 2021: Covid Mythbusting – AFT Hits 90% – Understanding Delta – links
- September 22, 2021: Grim Milestone – Safer Masks – New Vax Trials — PPS Clinic – links
- September 8, 2021: Mask Mandate – Experts Weigh In – Under 12 ApprovalUnderstanding Immunity – links
- July 21, 2021: Delta Pandemic – Restrictions – Changing Anti-Vax Minds – Links
- June 9, 2021: Get Vaxxed – Delta Variant – Incentives – Links.pdf
- May 26, 2021: PA Unmasked – Statistics – High-Risk Group – Vax resources – links
- May 12, 2021: Vax State of the Union – Reopening Day – Vaccine Resources – Links.pdf
- April 21, 2021: New Mask Guidance – Vax Hesitancy – Covid Data – links
- April 7, 2021: Thank You – PA Stats – Vax Resources – What Now – links
- March 17, 2021: Vaccination Update – What Now – Restrictions Easing – links
- March 3, 2021: Teacher Vaccinations – More on J & J – Vaccines & Pregnancy – Town Hall – links
- February 16, 2021: Get Vaccinated – Biden on Teachers – AFT Covid Update – Nationwide Status – links
- February 3, 2021: PPS Info Update – Variants News – 1A Eligibility – links
- January 20, 2021: 5 Good Reasons – Vaccine Town Hall – Immunity – links.pdf
- January 6, 2021: D.C. Statement – Vaccine Availability – COVID Variant – AFT Form – Info links.pdf
————————– 2020 ————————— - December 16, 2020: Holiday Realities – Statistics – Educator Vaccines – Info links
- December 2, 2020: Shorter Quarantines – Hospitalizations – PA ICU Beds -Testing Sites – Links.pdf
- November 11, 2020: Vaccine News – COVID Stats – New Mask Guidance -Covid-v-Flu- Links.pdf
- October 21, 2020: Surging Numbers – 1918 Flu – App Update – Covid V Flu – Links.pdf
- October 7, 2020: Realities – Testing Sites – Tracing App Info – Resources/links
- September 23, 2020: Testing Sites- Contact Tracing App- Pitt News- Flu-v-Covid – links
- August 26-2020: CDC Mystery- Covid Stats- PA Stress Help – Blues- links
- August 5, 2020: Reopening Perspective- COVID & Census- links
- July 29, 2020: Dr. Fauci & AFT- Florida Cases Spike- Misinformation- links
- July 22, 2020: Reopening Vote- AFT Outcry- COVID Crisis- HEROES- links
- July 15, 2020: Masks- PA Resources- Census- Bill Nye- links
- July 8, 2020: PA Dashboard- HEROES Action – School Funding- Mask PSA- links
- June 3, 2020:–Reducing mail- Green Phase- Covid Labor Event-Census- Bluesday- links
- May 27, 2020: PA Ed. Budget- Going Green- Support Personnel day- links
- May 20, 2020: AFT Webinar- Resources- Census- Crescent Vid- links
- May 13, 2020: Moving 2 Yellow- Turzai Outcry- CTE mask-making- links
- May 6, 2020: What’s on your mind?- Help Webinars- Census & Covid – Westwood vid- links
- April 29, 2020: PFT, AFTPA, & PA Reopen Info- Stats- Symptoms- AFT Mourns- South Hills Middle Vid- links
- April 22, 2020: Wolf Reopening – Mask Order – AFT Ed Resources Webinar – COVID Anxiety – Phillips Vid – Links
- April 15, 2020: AFT Mourns – AFT webinar – Allergy Concerns – PCA vid – links
- April 13, 2020: Unemployment $ Available – AFT Town Hall – Less Mail – Colfax vid – links
- April 9, 2020: School Closures – Food Bank Event – Helpline Info – Brookline Vid – links
- April 8, 2020: Free Ed Resources – Nina KDKA – Fraud Alert – Carmalt vid
- April 7, 2020: AFT Tele-Town Hall RSVP — ACLC Good Info — Dilworth Vid – links
- April 6, 2020: Tele Town Hall Recording – CARES Act – Maskmaking – Woolslair vid – links
- April 3, 2020: PA-Specific Resources – Student Debt – Allegheny K-5 – links
- April 2, 2020: Stay At Home Order – No Gloves – UPrep FBVid – links
- April 1, 2020: Town Hall RSVP2 – Beechwood Vid – links
- March 31, 2020: Tele Town Hall RSVP – Arlington Vid -links
- March 30, 2020: Schools Closed Indef. – TownHall – Arsenal Vid -links
- March 27, 2020: MOU – Health Tips – AFT News – Parent Tweets – links
- March 26, 2020: Talk w/ Children About COVID – Mindfulness – links
- March 25, 2020: Teacher Pay Law Explained – links
- March 24, 2020: Gov. Stay-at-Home Order – Social Distancing – links
- March 23, 2020: District Answers ?’s (part 1) – Trip Planning – links
- March 20, 2020: Coronavirus Self Checker Tool
- March 19, 2020: No Testing — Labor Council News – PFT FAQ Answers
- March 18, 2020: Substitute Pay for All E-mail Action
- March 17, 2020: Negotiations Update – Pay Update – PFT Staff Schedule
- March 16, 2020: School Police Shout Out – Closure Update – links
- March 15, 2020: Two Week Closure Update–Letter from Nina
- March 13, 2020: PFT Meeting Cancellations
