Reynolds County Health Center Covid Vaccinations 
We are holding COVID Vaccination Clinics every Tuesday and Wednesday from 8:30am to 4:30pm. Bring your covid card/Immunization record to be updated if possible. Walk-Ins welcome!!

Possible Side Effects After Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine

What You Need to Know

Side effects after getting a COVID-19 vaccine can vary from person to person.
Some people experience a little discomfort and can continue to go about their day. Others have side effects that affect their ability to do daily activities.
Side effects generally go away in a few days.
Even if you don’t experience any side effects, your body is building protection against the virus that causes COVID-19.
Adverse events (serious health problems) are rare but can cause long-term health problems. They usually happen within six weeks of getting a vaccine.

Common Side Effects

Side effects after a COVID-19 vaccination tend to be mild, temporary, and like those experienced after routine vaccinations. They can vary across different age groups.

Covid 19; What You Need to Know

CDC recommends everyone stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines for their age group:
- Children and teens aged 6 months–17 years
- Adults aged 18 years and older
Getting a COVID-19 vaccine after you have recovered from COVID-19 infection provides added protection against COVID-19.
People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised have different recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 vaccine and booster recommendations may be updated as CDC continues to monitor the latest COVID-19 data.

Updated Boosters Are Recommended

CDC recommends 1 updated COVID-19 vaccine dose for everyone aged 6 months and older.

About COVID-19 Vaccines

COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States are effective at protecting people from getting seriously ill, being hospitalized, and dying. As with other vaccine-preventable diseases, you are protected best from COVID-19 when you stay up to date with the recommended vaccinations, including recommended boosters.

Four COVID-19 vaccines are approved or authorized in the United States:

Pfizer-BioNTech
Moderna
Novavax
Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen (J&J/Janssen) (CDC recommends that the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine only be considered in certain situations, due to safety concerns.)

To find COVID-19 vaccine locations near you: Search vaccines.gov, text your ZIP code to 438829, or call 1-800-232-0233.

COVID-19 Boosters

The updated boosters are called “updated” because they protect against both the original virus that causes COVID-19 and the Omicron variant BA.4 and BA.5. Two COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, Pfizer and Moderna, have developed updated COVID-19 boosters.

Updated COVID-19 boosters became available on:

September 2, 2022, for people aged 12 years and older
October 12, 2022, for people aged 5–11 years
December 9, 2022, for children aged 6 months–4 years who completed the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine primary series
March 17, 2023, for children aged 6 months–4 years who completed their 3-dose primary series with the original Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

If you have received your updated booster dose, you are currently up to date. There is not a recommendation to get another updated booster dose.

Previous boosters are called “original” because they were designed to protect against the original virus that causes COVID-19. They also provide some protection against Omicron, but not as much as the updated boosters.

When Are You Up to Date?

You are up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines when you have completed a COVID-19 vaccine primary series and got the most recent booster dose recommended for you by CDC.

If you have completed your primary series—but are not yet eligible for a booster—you are also considered up to date.
If you become ill with COVID-19 after you received all COVID-19 vaccine doses recommended for you, you are also considered up to date. You do not need to be revaccinated or receive an additional booster.

COVID-19 vaccine recommendations are based on three things:

Your age
The vaccine you first received, and
The length of time since your last dose

People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised have different recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines.

Getting Vaccines If You Had or Currently Have COVID-19

If you recently had COVID-19, you still need to stay up to date with your vaccines, but you may consider delaying your next vaccine dose (whether a primary dose or booster) by 3 months from:

when your symptoms started.
Or, if you had no symptoms, when you first received a positive test.

Reinfection is less likely in the weeks to months after infection. However, certain factors could be reasons to get a vaccine sooner rather than later, such as:

personal risk of severe disease,
or risk of disease in a loved one or close contact,
local COVID-19 Community Level,
and the most common COVID-19 variant currently causing illness.

Getting your 2nd dose: Talk to your healthcare or vaccine provider about the timing for the 2nd dose in your primary series.

People aged 6 months through 64 years, and especially males aged 12 through 39 years, may consider getting the 2nd primary dose of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Novavax 8 weeks after the 1st dose.
- A longer time between the 1st and 2nd primary doses may increase how much protection the vaccines offer, and further minimize the rare risk of myocarditis and pericarditis.
Anyone wanting protection due to high levels of community transmission, people aged 65 years and older, or people who are more likely to get very sick from COVID-19, should get the second dose of:
- Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine 3 weeks (or 21 days) after the first dose.
- Moderna COVID-19 vaccine 4 weeks (or 28 days) after the first dose.
- Novavax COVID-19 vaccine 3 weeks (or 21 days) after the first dose.

Novavax booster: You may get a Novavax booster if you are unable or unwilling to receive a Pfizer or Moderna updated COVID-19 booster and you meet the following requirements:

You are 18 years of age or older
You completed a COVID-19 vaccine primary series at least 6 months ago
You have not gotten any other booster dose

One updated booster dose: If you have completed your updated booster dose, you are currently up to date. There is not a recommendation to get another updated booster dose.

Updated Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine:

Children aged 6 months–4 years who completed their primary series with 3 doses of the original Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are recommended to receive an updated Pfizer-BioNTech booster.
Children aged 6 months-4 years who completed their primary series with 2 doses of the original Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and a 3^rd dose of the updated Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are not currently recommended to get an updated Pfizer-BioNTech booster.

Staying up to date: If you have completed your primary series, but are not yet eligible for a booster, you are also considered up to date.

Currently unavailable: The original Moderna primary series vaccines have expired and are not available after April 1, 2023, for people aged 6 years and older. Talk to your healthcare provider about other options for your COVID-19 vaccines. Because Moderna is not currently available for a 2nd primary dose, you can get a dose of another type of COVID-19 vaccine, for example. Moderna updated boosters are still available.

Mixing COVID-19 Vaccine Products

Primary Series

While CDC does not recommend mixing products for your primary doses, there are four exceptions:

The same vaccine product is not available, for example, the original Moderna primary series vaccines being unavailable after April 1, 2023 for people aged 6 years and older.
The previous dose was given, but the product administered is unknown.
The person would otherwise not complete the primary series.
The person starts but is unable to complete a primary series with the same COVID-19 vaccine due to a contraindication.

Mixing Boosters

The following information applies to people who want to get different products for their booster vaccine.

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2022 Data

Last year 2022 Reynolds County had 720 tested with 397 being negative & 323 positive, and 6 Deaths. In 2021, 1796 tested, 1252 negative, 464 positive, 11 deaths. In 2020, 1820 tested, 1409 negative, 411 positive, & 4 deaths.