By Darlynn Williams
Powder River Public Health is excited to announce that the COVID-19 vaccination bus will be coming to Broadus. The vaccination bus will be here on June 23 from 11am-6pm. It will be set up on the courthouse square. Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be available. This is an opportunity for anyone age 12 and older to receive a COVID-19 vaccination!
Powder River County has less than 25% of the population fully vaccinated. Our goal is to get 70% of the population vaccinated. Protect yourself, your family and your community by getting vaccinated. Call 436-2297 for more information.
To date, millions of people including thousands of teens have received the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines – as of Tuesday 145 million Americans, or 44.2% of the population, has been fully vaccinated. The vaccines are safe. COVID-19 infection is still circulating and is still a risk to the health of our community.
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The COVID-19 vaccines were tested to make sure they meet safety standards. Many people volunteered in trials to see how the vaccines would work with people of different ages, races, and ethnicities. The trials also tested people with different medical conditions.
The FDA and CDC will continue to monitor the safety of the vaccine, to make sure even long-term side effects are documented. If there are safety concerns, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will work to solve any issues.
Both this disease and the vaccine are new, and scientists continue to learn about the virus that causes COVID-19 and how to stop the spread. We do not know for sure how long protection lasts for those who get infected versus those who are vaccinated. What we do know is that COVID-19 has caused very serious illness and death for a lot of people. If you get COVID-19, you also risk giving it to loved ones who may get very sick.
All COVID-19 vaccines were tested in large trials done on thousands of volunteers. So far, studies show that immunity from the vaccine seems to last longer than immunity from fighting the natural virus.
If you have had COVID-19, you may delay 90 days before getting the vaccine. The reason is that natural infection immunity seems to wear out after two to three months. We are hoping that the vaccine will provide longer lasting immunity. So far, the antibody responses to the vaccine seem to last longer than the antibody responses to natural infection.
You may experience some side effects from this vaccination. The most common side effects are listed below. These are signs your immune system is working the way it is supposed to work, and that you are building up protection against COVID-19. Any of these symptoms will typically go away within a week. If you have any of these side effects that don’t go away on their own after a week, be sure to contact your primary care physician.
• Injection site pain
• Tiredness or fatigue
• Headache
• Muscle pain
• Chills
• Joint pain
• Fever
• Injection site swelling or redness
• Nausea
• Swollen lymph nodes
• Generally feeling unwell
You cannot get COVID-19 disease from vaccination. None of the COVID-19 vaccines currently being developed in the United States have the virus that causes COVID-19 in them. If you happen to get infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 just before or just after you received the vaccine, you could still get COVID-19. This is because the vaccine has not had enough time to provide protection from the virus.
Sometimes people get a fever or feel tired for a day or so after getting a vaccine. These symptoms are normal and are a sign that the body is building immunity. It usually takes a few weeks for the body to build immunity after vaccination.
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