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COVID-19 vaccines are free.
You can get the COVID-19 vaccine even if you don’t have insurance and regardless of your immigration status.
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COVID-19 vaccines are safe.
COVID-19 vaccines have gone through all the same safety steps as any other vaccine.
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COVID-19 vaccines work.
COVID-19 vaccines are good at protecting people from COVID-19 disease. If you do get sick with COVID-19 after being vaccinated, the vaccine will help protect you from getting very sick or having to go to the hospital.
It takes two weeks after your second dose in a two-dose series or first dose in a one-dose series to build up protection against COVID-19. You are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after you have received your primary series of COVID-19 vaccine.
You are considered up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines when you have received all doses in the primary series and all boosters recommended for you, when eligible. The person who gives you the vaccine can tell you how many doses of vaccine you need and when to get them, including when to get a booster shot. It is important to get all the doses you need for the best protection.
People with conditions that weaken the immune system should get an additional dose as part of their primary series and the timing of their booster shot will be different. Talk to your health care provider. For more information on immunocompromising conditions visit CDC: COVID-19 Vaccines for Moderately or Severely Immunocompromised People.
CDC recommends that people 50 and older, those with certain immunocompromising conditions, and people who got two doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine get a second booster four months after their first booster. Find vaccine locations at https://mn.gov/covid19/
