Covid Questions – When families ask “Does the Covid-19 Vaccine still work?”
The answer is yes. The Covid Vaccine still does what it is supposed to do which is prevent serious disease and hospitalization:
Rate of Hospitalization from Covid-19 is 2-4 times higher in UNVACCINATED children
UNVACCINATED children are 14 X more likely to get serious disease and be hospitalized than VACCINATED
UNVACCINATED children are 20 X more likely to get serious disease and be hospitalized than those who were VACCINATED AND BOOSTED.
COVID-19 vaccines provide better immunity than natural infection.
COVID-19 vaccines protect patients from severe acute illness, hospitalization, and death.
COVID-19 vaccines protect against secondary complications of COVID such as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) and Post-COVID-19 Syndrome.
If a child has had COVID-19, it is still important to get them vaccinated. Natural immunity combined with vaccine immunity is very effective in protecting children from long-term complications. It is also the safest strategy for avoiding future SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Check out the Covid Vaccine Toolkit hand-out “Protection from Serious Disease and Hospitalization” also available in Spanish
Download graphic #3 (pictued above) from the Covid-19 Vaccine Toolkit Social Media Section and share on Facebook and Twitter.
Provide the recent covid vaccination recommendation for children ages 6 months-5 years, from the Ohio Chapter of the AAP and the Ohio Children’s Hospital Association.