![]() ![]() You can fill out a survey, find out if you're eligible and provide contact information. There's an Appointment Scheduler that can be used to preregister people.The Suffolk County website directs you to county sites, state-run sites, pharmacies and the Northwell Health website for appointments.The Nassau County website directs people to links to make vaccine appointments at county sites, through pharmacies, Northwell Health and the state.Try getting an appointment at state-run sites by phone: Call the New York State Vaccination Hotline at 1-833-NYS-4VAX (1-83) for more information on making appointments at state-run sites. Reid also thinks laminating your card is a good idea, but warns people to make sure that the lamination is non-reflective, so that you can still easily read the card.By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. “I have family photos my grandfather took me to laminate when I was a child, and they are still perfectly preserved decades later,” he says. Loya says that after your final shot, laminating the card is a smart idea. Several people, including professional organizers Daniel Loya of Spaces Transformed and Brennan Reid of Aristotle Organizing, as well as an employee at the site where one Strategist senior editor got his vaccine, recommend laminating vaccine cards. Should you laminate your vaccination card? If you’re like me and want to protect the card itself, I spoke to multiple experts - doctors, professional organizers, and an archivist who works specifically with valuable works on paper - on the best ways to do it. ![]() For now, though, De-Lin recommends that people scan or photograph both sides of their cards and keep a digital copy somewhere that’s easily accessible. It just makes sense that in the time of a virus that’s so deadly and so widespread we would require the same.” Both De-Lin and Adalja think that some sort of digital proof of vaccination makes more sense than (and will probably replace) the paper cards that aren’t very durable and are potentially easy to forge. ![]() “I’ve had to show proof of my MMR vaccination and my flu vaccine. “I’ve traveled to places in Africa where I have to show a yellow-fever card just to get into the country and in order for me to enter hospitals to work as a doctor,” she says. Stacy De-Lin, a family-medicine specialist in New York City, says there’s plenty of precedent for having to show proof of vaccination for work or travel. You often have the option of using an app to prove your vaccination status, but even so, you’ll still want to hold on to the paper card.ĭr. Plus, recent events have made proof of vaccination very important: In response to the rapidly spreading Delta variant, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on August 3 that New York City will require it for a number of activities, including indoor dining, gyms, and movie theaters. Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, says keeping your COVID-19 vaccine card safe is important because it could be used to record a booster shot in the near future. I quickly realized my mistake and went back for the card. I followed her instructions and then, in all of my excitement, I got up and started to walk away, almost leaving it behind on the table. “If you like to travel like I do, you’re going to need to show this card a lot,” she said. Unaware of my swelling affection, she told me to carefully check all the information on the card and to keep it safe. I had to hold back the urge to hug the nurse who gave me the shot as she handed me my brand-new vaccination card. Like many of my friends and family, I found the experience to be surreal and emotional. I got my COVID-19 vaccination at the Javits Center in Manhattan on March 14. ![]() Photo: Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images ![]()
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