COVID-19 IS A DISEASE CAUSED BY A VIRUS CALLED SARS-COV-2. MOST PEOPLE WITH COVID-19 HAVE MILD TO MODERATE SYMPTOMS, BUT SOME PEOPLE CAN BECOME SEVERELY ILL. ALTHOUGH MOST PEOPLE WITH COVID-19 GET BETTER WITHIN WEEKS OF ILLNESS. POST- COVID CONDITIONS ARE A WIDE RANGE OF NEW, RETURNING, OR ONGOING HEALTH PROBLEMS. PEOPLE CAN EXPERIENCE MORE THAN FOUR WEEKS AFTER FIRST BEING INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS THAT CAUSES COVID-19. OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO HAVE CERTAIN UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET SEVERELY ILL FROM COVID-19. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN ANTIBODY LEVELS COULD REMAIN HIGH FOR AT LEAST 9 MONTHS AFTER AN INFECTION, REGARDLESS IF THE INDIVIDUAL WAS SYMPTOMATIC OR ASYMPTOMATIC.
BENEFITS OF GETTING COVID- 19 VACCINATED:
COVID-19 VACCINES ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE:
- COVID-19 VACCINES WERE DEVELOPED USING SCIENCE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES.
- COVID-19 VACCINES ARE NOT EXPERIMENTAL. THEY WENT THROUGH ALL THE REQUIRED STAGES OF CLINICAL TRIALS. EXTENSIVE TESTING AND MONITORING HAVE SHOWN THAT THESE VACCINES ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.
- THE COVID-19 VACCINES HAVE RECEIVED AND CONTINUE TO UNDERGO THE MOST INTENSIVE SAFETY MONITORING IN U.S. HISTORY.
- THEY CAN KEEP YOU FROM GETTING AND SPREADING THE VIRUS THAT CAUSES COVID-19.
- COVID-19 VACCINES ALSO HELP KEEP YOU FROM GETTING SERIOUSLY ILL EVEN IF YOU DO.
- VACCINES CONTINUE TO REDUCE A PERSON’S RISK OF CONTRACTING THE VIRUS THAT CAUSES
COVID-19, INCLUDING THIS VARIANT. - FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE WITH BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS FROM THIS VARIANT APPEAR TO BE INFECTIOUS FOR A SHORTER PERIOD.
- THERE IS CURRENTLY NO EVIDENCE THAT COVID-19 VACCINATION CAUSES ANY PROBLEMS WITH PREGNANCY, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLACENTA. IN ADDITION, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT FEMALE OR MALE FERTILITY PROBLEMS.
- THERE ARE NO PATIENT WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION, AND COVID-19 VACCINE DOSAGE DOES NOT VARY BY PATIENT WEIGHT.
