This little piece of paper is going to be very valuable in the coming months. (Photo by: Joan Slatkin / Educational Photos / Universal Image Group via Getty Images)
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Your most valuable summer travel accessory seems to be a small piece of white paper.
Some destinations and tour lines already require passengers to provide proof that they have been vaccinated against Covid-19. Other businesses, like Krispy Kreme, offer freebies and other items to people who can prove they are circulating.
If you are among the 47 million Americans who have received a full vaccine against Covid-19, the only proof that you have received your Covid pictures is usually your paper vaccine registration card with the CDC logo in the corner to the right. -high.
The vaccine card tells you what Covid-19 vaccine you received, the date you received it, and where you received it – but that information is not stored in a database centralized, easy to study.
If you lose your card, you should return to your vaccination site and ask for another one. “If you do not receive a Covid-19 vaccine card at your appointment, contact the vaccine provider’s site where you received the vaccine or your state health department to find out how to obtain a card,” says the website. CDC.
That’s easy enough if you got the vaccine at a pharmacy chain but more difficult if you had to travel across the state or between states to get the vaccine.
Digital vaccine licenses may come into existence in the future, but for now your paper vaccine registration card is going to be a valuable asset. Here are four easy ways to protect it to keep it safe.
Get your laminated CDC vaccine registration card.
Melting your vaccine card will make it more durable and protect it from being torn, worn or damaged. Your card should be laminated after you have been fully vaccinated, then kept in your wallet or purse.
You can laminate your card yourself with self-adhesive laminating sheets that are available at most large box office stores as well as Walmart and Target.
But having a professionally laminate your vaccine card is an even easier, cheaper option for you. Staples will be offering free lamination of vaccine cards through May 1. Office Depot, which also owns Office Max, will be laminating free vaccine cards to the fully vaccinated people through July 25.
Take a picture of your CDC vaccine registration card.
“Keep your vaccination card in case you need it for future use,” says the CDC website. “Consider taking a photo of your vaccine card as a backup.”
You should store an image of your Covid-19 vaccine registration card in your photo library or digital wallet on your smartphone, where it can be easily retrieved.
Additionally, email yourself a copy of the image and download it to your computer or laptop. That way, you’ll have one copy on your phone and another on a second device. This will come in handy if you are planning to travel or other activity that requires attachment of documents proving that you have been vaccinated.
Request a digital backup of your vaccine card.
If you have been vaccinated at a pharmacy chain, ask if you can get a digital copy of your immunization record.
“Walgreens maintains digital copies of patient vaccination records and can verify vaccine status on behalf of patients if a dose card is lost or damaged,” said Erin Loverher, a Walgreens spokesperson. “We are also exploring a number of ways to improve the customer vaccination experience, including a digital dose card and controller.”
In the not too distant future, customers who receive the vaccine at Walmart will also be able to verify their status with a well-known smartphone app. “Our goal is to give Walmart customers free and secure digital access to their vaccination registry and allow them to share that information with third parties seeking to improve the quality of their business. confirm their immunization, ”John Furner, CEO and president of Walmart US, said in a statement.
Save your vaccination card to an app.
Many digital identity apps allow you to store digital versions of health records, including a vaccine registration card, on your phone, but it is very important to choose one with strict privacy controls. One notable option is the Digital Identity App & Airside Health Package, which stores data only on the user’s encrypted device and allows users to control not only who they are to share the information but for so long.
How you choose to protect your vaccine registration card is up to you. Just be sure to keep several copies – the paper copy and the digital copy – so you’ll be sure to have access to it in most situations and from multiple devices.
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