{"id":1250,"date":"2021-03-01T20:25:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T20:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2021-09-20T18:45:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T18:45:51","slug":"tell-us-why-you-got-the-covid-19-vaccine-cheyenne-simmons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/2021\/03\/01\/tell-us-why-you-got-the-covid-19-vaccine-cheyenne-simmons\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell Us Why You Got the COVID-19 Vaccine: Cheyenne Simmons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Written By:\u00a0<\/strong>Joanne Morrison, UMB Senior Director of Media and Public Relations<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong> This post was originally published on the University of Maryland, Baltimore&#8217;s (UMB) <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elm.umaryland.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elm website<\/a><\/strong> as part of the University&#8217;s #UMBVaccinesWork campaign.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cheyenne Simmons, a student in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/academics\/ms-medical-cannabis-science-and-therapeutics\/\"><strong>MS in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics<\/strong><\/a> program and a laboratory technician in a Frederick facility, was recently vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine for many reasons, but most importantly to keep her mother safe.<\/p>\n<p>Her mother suffers from several underlying conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and is at heightened risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been actively working in a laboratory since March 2020. There is always the chance I could accidentally expose my mom,\u201d Simmons explains. \u201cAside from my family, I got vaccinated to help flatten the curve. The unknown can be frightening, but please do your research and help keep others safe!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Share Your Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why did you decide to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Why should others get it? These are questions on the minds of many now that vaccines are available to help end the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>At the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), personnel from UMB, the University of Maryland Medical Center, and Faculty Physicians, Inc. are being vaccinated at the SMC Campus Center.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next few months, we will be highlighting members of the community and their vaccination experience. Share your experience getting vaccinated by tagging us\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Use alt + click to follow the link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMBaltimore\">@umbaltimore<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and using #UMBVaccinesWork on Twitter or Instagram. Include why you got the vaccine.\u00a0You can also\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Use alt + click to follow the link\" href=\"https:\/\/umbforms.wufoo.com\/forms\/umbvaccineswork\/\">submit your photos and comments about your vaccine experience<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheyenne Simmons, a student in the MS in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics Program, got vaccinated for many reasons but mainly to help her mom remain healthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":1251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[391,309,393,392],"class_list":["post-1250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-cheyenne-simmons","tag-covid-19","tag-ms-in-medical-cannabis-science-and-therapeutics","tag-vaccine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1250"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1256,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions\/1256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}