Mom and dad live near Tampa. Both 65+. They eventually got through and got apps. Both will be double tapped soon
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They do let you keep the card, but I canât imagine it having much official use. Someone could very easily falsify one.
Iâve heard that some states have websites (not sure if it is all of them), where you can log on and see your vaccine status. A database like that is what is going to be needed if someoneâs status needs to be proven.
Iâm not sure how helpful it is, but they have done this.
They have? What are they supposed to do? Wear masks? Hug grandkids that havenât been vaccinated? Hug others who have been vaccinated? I donât think theyâve answered these questions. Iâve seen punditry about not giving guidance yet.
Their advice, which seems pretty generic to me, is:
Yes. To protect yourself and others, follow these recommendations:
- Wear a mask over your nose and mouth
- Stay at least 6 feet away from others
- Avoid crowds
- Avoid poorly ventilated spaces
- Wash your hands often
Itâs important for everyone to continue using all the tools available to help stop this pandemic as we learn more about how COVID-19 vaccines work in real-world conditions. Experts are also looking at how many people get vaccinated and how the virus is spreading in communities. We also donât yet know whether getting a COVID-19 vaccine will prevent you from spreading the virus that causes COVID-19 to other people, even if you donât get sick yourself. CDC will continue to update this page as we learn more.
Together, COVID-19 vaccination and following CDCâs recommendations for how to protect yourself and others will offer the best protection from getting and spreading COVID-19. Additional information can be found at key things to know about the COVID-19 vaccine. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/keythingstoknow.html.
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I think theyâre being asked to provide guidance that is different from the guidance given to people who havenât been vaccinated.
I made a deliberate effort to get my card into my important documents stash as soon as I got home from my first shot. But of course as soon as I walked in the door I couldnât find it. Searched everywhere. They ended up giving me another card at my 2nd appointment. As soon as I got that one home I found the first one.
Did they take your email address or anything? I also have an electronic record with the CDC showing both doses in case I ever need it.
Got my COVID shots scheduled.
First one is this coming Thursday and (strangely enough) my next one is April 8th.
Thought they were supposed to be 6 weeks apart but I ainât complaining. Gonna be vaxxed up earlier than I expected.
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Moderna is four weeks apart but two more weeks after second dose to consider yourself fully vaccinated. I was pleasantly surprised to learn Pfizer is only three weeks between doses.
The card is standardized by cdc throughout the country. It has your name, birthdate (I think Iâm not staring at mine right now), and when and where you took both doses of what vaccine, with the vaccine batch number written in as well. Yeah it could be forged, but thatâs true of anything. Iâm going to get mine laminated when I have the chance.
Yeah, weâre never getting close to 300k cases per day again, I agree with this completely.
What is the downside to giving someone who is not eligible a shot? I mean, yeah, I get in the abstract that is one less shot for someone who is eligible, but seriously, at this point in vaccine rollout, if someone wants the shot so damned badly that theyâre willing to lie to get it⌠fucking give them the shot who cares. Weâre weeks away from supply outstripping demand anyway and every shot in an arm is a good thing for society as a whole.
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This statement makes no sense. The control group people were in that same masked and socially distant environment. This is why we have a control group.
Meh. Do we have a statistic on how many people who got a flu shot die from the flu every year? Because, we have a vaccine for that.
The vaccinated group and control live in a masked and socially distanced environment which results in 91% efficacy. Now you put both groups in a very different environment. I donât think itâs obvious that this will also result in 91% efficacy.
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??? If masks reduce covid transmission by x percent, that x percent is going to be constant across both the vaccinated and control groups⌠That 91 percent figure you are quoting is the difference between covid cases in the control group and the vaccinated group.
I guess âweeks awayâ could mean a lot of things, but I think youâre underestimating the time frame here.
The vaccinations arenât the only factor that influences infection rates. For example if in a masked environment the viral loads are typically low and in an unmasked environment are very high this might make a difference if the vaccine is better at handling low loads.