COVID Vaccine Information

Why Should I Get Vaccinated?

Staying up to date with your COVID vaccines can help reduce the risk that you will:

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Get severely ill, need hospitalized, or die from COVID-19.

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Develop long COVID.

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Spread the disease to loved ones, putting their health and lives at risk.

Why Should I Get Vaccinated?

Staying up to date with your COVID vaccines can help reduce the risk that you will:

Hospital icon

Get severely ill, need hospitalized, or die from COVID-19.

Virus Defense icon

Develop long COVID.

Community icon

Spread the disease to loved ones, putting their health and lives at risk.

COVID Myths

  1. The vaccine will give you COVID-19.

  2. The ingredients in the vaccine are dangerous.

  3. The vaccine will alter your DNA.

  4. The vaccine contains a microchip.

COVID Facts

  1.  None of the authorized COVID-19 vaccines in the United States contain the live virus that causes COVID-19.

  2. Almost all ingredients in the COVID-19 vaccines are also ingredients in many foods.

  3. COVID-19 vaccines do not alter DNA in any way.

  4. COVID-19 vaccines do not contain microchips. They are developed to fight against disease and not administered to track your movement.

COVID Myths

  1. The vaccine will give you COVID-19.

  2. The ingredients in the vaccine are dangerous.

  3. The vaccine will alter your DNA.

  4. The vaccine contains a microchip.

COVID Facts

  1.  None of the authorized COVID-19 vaccines in the United States contain the live virus that causes COVID-19.

  2. Almost all ingredients in the COVID-19 vaccines are also ingredients in many foods.

  3. COVID-19 vaccines do not alter DNA in any way.

  4. COVID-19 vaccines do not contain microchips. They are developed to fight against disease and not administered to track your movement.

When Are You Up to Date?

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Everyone 6 years and older is considered up to date if they have had 1 updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

Children who got the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are considered up to date if they are 6 months-4 years old and have had 3 COVID vaccine doses, including at least one updated dose. If you are 5 years old and have had at least 1 updated dose, you are considered up to date.

If you recently had COVID, you should wait 3 months…” with, “Children 6 months-5 years old who got the Moderna vaccine are considered up to date when they have had 2 doses, including at least 1 updated dose.

Want to Know More About COVID-19 and the Updated Vaccines?

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LECOM Center for Health and Aging

(814) 488-3939 
vaccineinfo@lecomslc.org