Staying Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines 2024-2025

• WHAT TO KNOW
  • Everyone ages 6 months and older should get a 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine.
  • The COVID-19 vaccine helps protect you from severe disease, hospitalization, and death.
  • It is especially important to get your 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine if you are ages 65 and older, are at high risk for severe COVID-19, or have never received a COVID-19 vaccine.
  • Vaccine protection decreases over time, so it is important to stay up to date with your COVID-19 vaccine.

• PEOPLE WHO RECENTLY HAD COVID-19

  • People who recently had COVID-19 may delay getting a COVID-19 vaccine for 3 months.
  • The risk of getting COVID-19 is less likely in the weeks to months following a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
  • Certain factors could be reasons to get a vaccine sooner rather than later, such as:
    • Personal risk of severe COVID-19
    • Risk of COVID-19 in a family or household member or other close contact
    • Local levels of COVID-19 illness

• IMPORTANCE OF STAYING UP TO DATE

  • Getting the 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine is important because:
    • Protection from the COVID-19 vaccine decreases with time.
    • COVID-19 vaccines are updated to give you the best protection from the currently circulating strains.
  • Getting the 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine is especially important if you:
    • Never received a COVID-19 vaccine
    • Are ages 65 years and older
    • Are at high risk for severe COVID-19
    • Are living in a long-term care facility
    • Are pregnant, breastfeeding, trying to get pregnant, or might become pregnant in the future.
    • Want to lower your risk of getting Long COVID