How you communicate about COVID-19 now that the emergency response phase of the pandemic is ending will influence your employees’ decisions about their health. 

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You can empower your employees to take control of their health by providing clear and actionable guidance that will help them assess their risk for getting very sick from COVID-19 and learn how to access treatment if they do test positive.

• ‍Why it matters: About 3 in 5 U.S. adults are at high risk of getting very sick from COVID-19 due to their age or underlying health conditions. For them, prescription treatment is available in the form of a pill they can take at home. Treatment has been shown to be effective at keeping minor or mild COVID-19 from progressing to a severe illness, but it must be started in the first 5 days of symptoms. 

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Our new Act Fast Against COVID-19 Toolkit provides the key messages, communication tips and more to help your employees understand their risk and make a plan for treatment.

• ‍Targeted communication: To ensure sick employees don’t lose valuable time, the toolkit also offers a sample automated message you can send to any employee who calls in sick, which walks them through common high-risk factors and when to ask a doctor about available treatment.
• ‍‍Afraid of overstepping? Don’t be. The 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer shows people are looking to employers for reliable information: Those who say business should deliver more trustworthy information outnumber by 5 to 1 those who say business is already overstepping.

Sharing information your employees need to understand the risks they still face from COVID-19 and the treatment options available to them is a valuable way to protect employee health and limit long health-related absences.

Download the toolkit

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