Vaccines reduce the risk of COVID-19, including the risk of severe illness and death among people who are fully vaccinated.
Vaccines reduce the risk of COVID-19, including the risk of severe illness and death among people who are fully vaccinated.
COVID-19 and Vaccinations
Vaccines help people develop immunity to a virus or other germ. A vaccine introduces a less harmful part of that germ into a person’s body. The body’s immune system develops antibodies that fight that particular germ and keep the person from getting sick. Later, if the person encounters that germ again, their immune system can recognize it and remember how to fight it off.
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of Texas's population are fully vaccinated.
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of Uvalde’s population is fully vaccinated.
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of Real County's population is fully vaccinated.
Benefits of Getting The Vaccine
Protects you from getting COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccines help our bodies develop immunity to the COVID-19 virus without us having to get the illness.
COVID-19 vaccines help protect against severe illness and death
COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective in preventing the most severe outcomes from a COVID-19 infection.
Helps limit the spread of COVID-19
Vaccination can reduce the spread of disease, which helps protect those who get vaccinated and the people around them.
COVID-19 VACCINES PROTECT YOUR HEALTH
Vaccination remains the safest strategy for avoiding hospitalizations, long-term health outcomes, and death.
Safety Monitoring
COVID-19 vaccines are undergoing the most intense safety monitoring in US history. They are safe and effective.
No Evidence that COVID-19 Vaccines Affect Fertility
No evidence that vaccine ingredients/antibodies would cause any problems with becoming pregnant now or in the future.
Protects you from getting COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccines help our bodies develop immunity to the COVID-19 virus without us having to get the illness.
COVID-19 vaccines help protect against severe illness and death
COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective in preventing the most severe outcomes from a COVID-19 infection.
Helps limit the spread of COVID-19
Vaccination can reduce the spread of disease, which helps protect those who get vaccinated and the people around them.
COVID-19 VACCINES PROTECT YOUR HEALTH
Vaccination remains the safest strategy for avoiding hospitalizations, long-term health outcomes, and death.
Safety Monitoring
COVID-19 vaccines are undergoing the most intense safety monitoring in US history. They are safe and effective.
No Evidence that COVID-19 Vaccines Affect Fertility
No evidence that vaccine ingredients/antibodies would cause any problems with becoming pregnant now or in the future.
How to Get the Vaccine
Vaccines available on a walkin basis at Our Health, Rolling Hills Health, and Canyon Health Center.
Call us to schedule a vaccine clinic at your workplace.
Check out our website to find out where we’ll be holding upcoming mobile vaccine clinics.
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Rolling Hills Health
Canyon Health Center
Community Locations
Our Health / Nuestro Centro de Salud
Rolling Hills Health
Canyon Health Center
700 Frio Street, Camp Wood, TX 78833
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I get more than one updated COVID-19 booster?
No. Currently, CDC recommends one updated COVID-19 booster dose: (1) For everyone aged 5 years and older. (2) For children aged 6 months–4 years who completed the Moderna primary series.
Am I still considered “fully vaccinated” if I don’t get a booster?
Yes, you are fully vaccinated even if you haven’t gotten your booster yet. The definition of fully vaccinated does not include a COVID-19 booster. Fully vaccinated, however, is not the same as having the best protection. People are best protected when they stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations, which includes getting a booster when eligible.
Does the definition of “up to date” include boosters?
Yes. You are up to date if you have completed a COVID-19 vaccine primary series and received the most recent booster dose recommended for you by CDC.
What are the risks to getting a booster?
Adults and children may have some side effects from a COVID-19 vaccine, including pain, redness or swelling at the injection site, tiredness, headache, muscle pain, chills, fever, and nausea. Serious side effects are rare, but may occur.
How long does protection from a COVID-19 vaccine last?
Scientists are monitoring how long COVID-19 vaccine protection lasts. COVID-19 vaccines work well to prevent severe illness, hospitalization, and death. However, public health experts are seeing decreases in the protection COVID-19 vaccines provide overtime, especially for certain groups of people. Due to this, CDC recommends everyone stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines for their age group.
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