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COVID-19 Vaccines
Patient guidanceCOVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is an illness caused by a virus. This virus is a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Most people with COVID-19 have mild symptoms, but some people become very sick. You can protect yourself by getting a COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccines might help keep you from getting sick from COVID-19. And if you do get sick, the vaccines can reduce your risk for:
- Needing to go to urgent care or the emergency room
- Getting severe illness
- Being hospitalized
- Dying
- Getting long COVID
It's important to stay up to date with the COVID-19 vaccines. Contact your health care provider if you don't know when you need another vaccine or if you have other questions about the vaccines.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Why this: Advisory · medlineplus
COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is an illness caused by a virus. This virus is a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Most people with COVID-19 have mild symptoms, but some people become very sick. You can protect yourself by getting a COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccines might help keep you from getting sick from COVID-19. And if you do get sick, the vaccines can reduce your risk for:
- Needing to go to urgent care or the emergency room
- Getting severe illness
- Being hospitalized
- Dying
- Getting long COVID
It's important to stay up to date with the COVID-19 vaccines. Contact your health care provider if you don't know when you need another vaccine or if you have other questions about the vaccines.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Learn about the vaccines that have been approved and the vaccination program.
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- Infections, Immune System
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- 12, 22
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- English