Prevention

While you should receive a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is available to you, you may have questions. Here are some common questions.

General Gus Perna, Chief Operating Officer for Operation Warp Speed, explains the five key tenets behind the successful operation to rapidly develop, produce and distribute a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine to the American people.

What happens after you get a COVID-19 vaccine injection? Here's what you need to know.

COVID-19 vaccination will help protect you from getting COVID-19. You may have some side effects, which are normal signs that your body is building protection. These side effects may feel like flu and may even affect your ability to do daily activities, but they should go away in a few days.

Understand what a vaccine is and how it works to protect you, as well as those around you, from the germs that are all around us.

Watch this to understand the importance of staying up-to-date on your vaccinations, including boosters.

Watch this to understand the importance of receiving immunization boosters as recommended.

Understand that there are disease causing germs all around us, but you can be protected from many of them by being vaccinated. Also, learn how a vaccine works in the body and recognize the importance of staying up to date with all of your vaccines.

Learn how the flu spreads as well as how it affects people, and understand that the best way to be protected is to be vaccinated for it each year. Also, learn the various options for administering the vaccine and that the best option will be used for you.

Learn how pneumococcal bacteria spread and the different types of illnesses an infection can cause. Also, understand that the best way to be protected is to be vaccinated and that most people need two vaccines to fully prevent all types of the disease.

Learn that Tdap stands for tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis and how each may be contracted and affect the body. Understand that vaccination is best for staying protected and that you may receive a Td booster for tetanus and diphtheria every ten years.

Learn that Td stands for tetanus and diphtheria and how each may enter and affect the body. Understand that the best way to continually protect yourself from both tetanus and diphtheria is to get the booster every 10 years.

Learn the cause of shingles and how it affects the body. Understand who should and should not receive this vaccine, its effectiveness, and that the best way to prevent shingles is to be vaccinated.

Watch this clip to learn how hepatitis B spreads and the health problems it can cause. Also, understand that everyone is at risk for hepatitis B; however, some are at greater risk, and that the best way to protect yourself against it is to be vaccinated.