Say goodbye to the COVID-19 vaccination card. The CDC has stopped printing them
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The once-critical white COVID-19 vaccination cards are being phased out. Vaccines are not being distributed by the federal government anymore, so the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped printing new cards.
  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    1•9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Now that COVID-19 vaccines are not being distributed by the federal government, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped printing new cards.

    The federal government shipped more than 980 million cards between late 2020, when the first vaccines came out, through May 10, according to the latest available data from the CDC.

    Federal and local health officials don’t expect the discontinuation of the cards to be a particularly big change, since the days of keeping them tucked in purses and wallets to ensure entry into festivals, bars and restaurants are largely over.

    Records from the mass vaccination sites held early in the pandemic also should be available in those registries, depending on state laws.

    For example, Texas requires patients’ written consent to be included in the registry, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District spokesman David Andres Alegria said.

    There could also be gaps in state databases; for example, if you were vaccinated by a federal health provider, those records may be tracked in a separate system.

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      • river
        1•9 months ago

        Correct, however, there is a new thing called bridge access program, where the govt gives them free to the under insured.

        Fromthis article

        The rollout of Novavax’s new shot comes months after the end of the U.S. Covid public health emergency.

        The end of that declaration means all three manufacturers will sell their updated shots directly to health-care providers and vie for commercial market share. Previously, the government purchased vaccines directly from manufacturers at a discount to distribute to all Americans for free.

        During the advisory meeting last month, Novavax said the list price of its vaccine is $130 per dose.

        Federal and corporate programs are aiming to fill the gap for uninsured Americans. That includes the Biden administration’s Bridge Access Program, which will provide Covid vaccines at no cost to underinsured and uninsured people.

        In my experience, going to vaccines.gov Will help you find participating locations. That said, I was covered for this one, but had I paid, my receipt said $159.99 was the retail charge. So someone isn’t reporting the correct math…