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What is a coronavirus vaccine card, and do you need to keep it?
I understand that these cards are somewhat meaningless and can be replaced easily but I am happy to have my card. While I was doing my observation time yesterday, I took a picture of my card and texted to my kids My son is in the Pfzier trial and they are unblinding him tomorrow and will tell him if he is in the vaccine group or the control group. My son also wants his card if he is in the vaccine group
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains on its website that after the first inoculation, the vaccinated will receive either a card or printout telling them which coronavirus vaccine they received. Currently, two different vaccines have been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA): one from Pfizer/BioNTech, and one from Moderna. Both require two doses delivered in two separate shots for the vaccine to achieve full efficacy. For the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, patients receive the two doses three weeks apart; for the Moderna vaccine, the span of time is four weeks.
This distinction is a major reason why the COVID-19 vaccine card is important, in that it tells you — and perhaps your doctor or nurse — when you're due for your second dose.
"The vaccination card is a piece of paper that just says, for example, you got the Pfizer vaccine, this is the lot number, this is a date you got it, and this is the date you get your second dose," said Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Adalja said it wasn't anything special. "It's literally a flimsy piece of paper," he added. "It's not like a credit card, it's not laminated, and it's just for you to have a record that you got vaccinated."
This distinction is a major reason why the COVID-19 vaccine card is important, in that it tells you — and perhaps your doctor or nurse — when you're due for your second dose.
"The vaccination card is a piece of paper that just says, for example, you got the Pfizer vaccine, this is the lot number, this is a date you got it, and this is the date you get your second dose," said Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Adalja said it wasn't anything special. "It's literally a flimsy piece of paper," he added. "It's not like a credit card, it's not laminated, and it's just for you to have a record that you got vaccinated."
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