COVID-19 vaccines are proven to reduce the risk of severe complications from COVID-19, including:
- COVID-19 symptoms
- Severe illness and hospitalization
- Long-term health effects, such as Long COVID
The best way to protect yourself and others from COVID-19 is to stay up to date with the COVID-19 vaccination. Everyone 6 months and older should get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, even if they’ve received previous COVID-19 vaccines. This new vaccine protects against current variants of the virus that causes COVID-19. Young children, seniors, and people at high-risk may need extra doses; talk to your medical provider.
If you recently had COVID-19, talk to your medical provider about when you should get your next vaccine.
