<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Hello,</font><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Last week President Reif announced that MIT received approval to serve as an employer-based distributor of the Covid-19 vaccine. The broad group of eligible individuals will include faculty, staff, postdocs, students and affiliates, as well as dependents of our community members – regardless of where you usually get your healthcare. </font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class="">You are now able to register your interest in receiving the vaccine through MIT Medical. To do so, go to <a href="https://covidpass.mit.edu/" class="">https://covidpass.mit.edu</a>. Note: you do not need to be a current COVIDPass user to complete the form. </font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class="">We do not have any other information at this time, but will pass along news as it becomes available. </font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Rebecca Chamberlain</font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Administrative Officer</font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class="">MIT Biology</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><div class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="" style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px;"></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 600px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; font-size: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="mj-outlook-group-fix mj-column-per-100" style="max-width: 100%; width: 600px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; vertical-align: top;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 600px;"><img alt="MIT President L. Rafael Reif Letterhead" class="" style="border: none; line-height: 13px; outline: none; display: block; font-size: 13px;" apple-inline="yes" id="FA786018-0BCD-49F7-879B-D827F6B664EC" src="cid:E508FD28-CEC1-4523-903E-2DCDC77C76EA@fios-router.home"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 600px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); direction: ltr; font-size: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center;"><div class="mj-outlook-group-fix mj-column-per-100" style="max-width: 100%; width: 600px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; vertical-align: top;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; padding: 0px 16px; word-break: break-word;"><div class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1;"><p class="text-build-content" data-testid="ykwUBMl-WY" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">To the members of the MIT community,</span></p><p class="text-build-content" data-testid="ykwUBMl-WY" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">As the Commonwealth of Massachusetts continues ramping up Covid-19 vaccinations, I write to share some encouraging news.</span></p><p class="text-build-content" data-testid="ykwUBMl-WY" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Last week, the Commonwealth approved MIT to serve as an employer-based distributor of the Covid-19 vaccine. This means that MIT will have permission to vaccinate the extended MIT community.</span></p><p class="text-build-content" data-testid="ykwUBMl-WY" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">This broad group will include all faculty, staff, postdocs, students and affiliates, as well as dependents of our community members – regardless of where you usually get your healthcare. As a result, MIT could eventually be able to immunize as many as 50,000 individuals. (And given the amazing organization and efficiency of MIT Medical's legendary flu shot clinics, we will be in very good hands.)</span></p><p class="text-build-content" data-testid="ykwUBMl-WY" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><i class="">You can </i></span><a class="link-build-content" target="_blank" href="http://inj9.mjt.lu/lnk/AUkAACCyGSEAAcroUDgAAAA8uxcAAAAAGqoAJQurAAiQzwBgFDJGjs8MiqDcSb2vFNXAEGn5dwAIIWc/1/fOzZ5Yei7X3zGVL7JVPqvA/aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLm1pdC5lZHUvMjAyMS9taXQtZnJhbWV3b3JrLWNvdmlkLTE5LXZhY2NpbmF0aW9ucy1jYW1wdXMtMDEyOQ" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(0, 86, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><i class=""><u class="">read more here</u></i></span></a><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><i class="">.</i></span></p><p class="text-build-content" data-testid="ykwUBMl-WY" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">There is still a great deal we do not know about how this effort will unfold, exactly which community members we can vaccinate in the different phases of the Commonwealth’s program and on what timetable vaccines will arrive. What we do now know is that, as the state and national roll-out widens, MIT community members will have the option of getting vaccinated through MIT.</span></p><p class="text-build-content" data-testid="ykwUBMl-WY" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Note, however, that depending on your personal circumstances, this may not be your best or fastest choice. If you have another option for getting vaccinated sooner, by all means do not wait to receive your shot from MIT!</span></p><p class="text-build-content" data-testid="ykwUBMl-WY" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">For now, our friends and colleagues at MIT Medical ask that you <i class="">do not</i> call or email them seeking a vaccine appointment. We will keep you updated on new developments as soon as possible, and you should look for another message next week, generated by Atlas, on how to pre-register for the vaccine drive and help MIT prepare for this enormous effort.</span></p><p class="text-build-content" data-testid="ykwUBMl-WY" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">One day, we will be able to gather again together without thinking twice. But to get there, we must continue to <i class="">pull together</i> – keeping our distance, keeping our masks on and keeping each other safe – until every member of our community is protected from Covid-19.</span></p><p class="text-build-content" data-testid="ykwUBMl-WY" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">With hope and gratitude,</span></p><p class="text-build-content" data-testid="ykwUBMl-WY" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">L. 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