COVID-19 Vaccine

"Options for Where to Get Vaccinated

• Everyone 5+ is eligible for vaccine in Wisconsin.
• Many people are eligible for vaccine boosters. 

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Mass Vaccination Clinics

BOOK AN APPOINTMENT

Public Health Madison & Dane County 

• Vaccine appointments for people 5+ are available at our East Washington Office and our South Madison Office.
• We recommend appointments at our South Madison & East Washington clinics. We accept walk-ins, but availability is not guaranteed. If you need help booking an appointment, please call (608) 242-6328.
• Free rides are available to Public Health Madison & Dane County offices for vaccination appointments. This is not an on-demand service; call (608) 243-0420 to schedule a ride.
• People under 18 must have a parent or guardian with them when they arrive to be vaccinated. If this is not possible, they must be reachable by phone.

• If you have a COVID-19 vaccine card, please bring it with you to your vaccination appointment, so that we can add additional/booster dose information. 

The Arena at Alliant Energy Center 

• Vaccine appointments for people 5+ are available at the Arena at Alliant Energy Center, which is now run by AMI Expeditionary Healthcare. AMI is a healthcare support organization that is contracted by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to operate vaccination clinics across the state.
• Appointments are recommended but not required. To book an appointment, visit our appointments page. 
• Free rides are available to the Arena for vaccination appointments. Call (608) 243-0420 to schedule a ride. This is not an on-demand service; you will be scheduling an appointment to get a free ride.

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Other Vaccination Options

• Local businesses and sites. VaccineFinder  allows you to easily find vaccine near you offered at pharmacies, healthcare providers, and community sites.

• Your healthcare provider. Some providers will vaccinate you, even if you are not their patient. Call your provider, or check a local healthcare provider’s website.

• UW-Madison. UW–Madison  is vaccinating all eligible students and employees. See website  for details.

• Vaccine for homebound residents. For Dane County residents who are homebound, the ADRC can assist with getting you vaccinated! Call ADRC at (608) 240-7400 for more information.

• Pop-up vaccination clinics. We are teaming up with community partners to host pop-up vaccination clinics. Find details by clicking a pin on the map  below:.."
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CDC Issues Orders Operationalizing the President’s Safer, More Stringent International Travel System

"Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing Orders to implement the new travel policy announced by the Biden administration to safely resume global travel to the United States while protecting the health and safety of American communities from COVID-19. These Orders put in place a stringent and consistent global international travel policy that is guided by public health.

Today’s announcement means that on November 8, non-U.S. citizens who are not immigrants to the United States will be required to be fully vaccinated and provide proof of their vaccination status to fly to the United States. There will be very limited exceptions to this vaccination requirement for certain non-U.S. citizens who are not immigrants, including children under the age of 18.

Fully vaccinated air passengers, regardless of citizenship, will continue to be required to show a negative pre-departure COVID-19 test taken no more than three days before they board their flight to the United States. For passengers who are not fully vaccinated, the rules will tighten to require a test taken no more than one day before departing to the United States.

All air passengers to the United States will also be required to provide basic contact information to airlines before boarding flights to the United States. This will allow airlines to better coordinate with public health agencies to share information when needed to keep the public safe and informed, and strengthen their ability to rapidly identify and contact people in the U.S. who may have been exposed to a communicable disease, such as COVID-19..."
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Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People

"Summary of Recent Changes

• Updated information for fully vaccinated people given new evidence on the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant currently circulating in the United States.
• Added a recommendation for fully vaccinated people to wear a mask in public indoor settings in areas of substantial or high transmission.
• Added information that fully vaccinated people might choose to wear a mask regardless of the level of transmission, particularly if they are immunocompromised or at increased risk for severe disease from COVID-19, or if they have someone in their household who is immunocompromised, at increased risk of severe disease or not fully vaccinated.
• Added a recommendation for fully vaccinated people who have a known exposure to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 to be tested 3-5 days after exposure, and to wear a mask in public indoor settings for 14 days or until they receive a negative test result.
• CDC recommends universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to schools, regardless of vaccination status.

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Key Points

The following recommendations apply to non-healthcare settings. For related information for healthcare settings, visit Updated Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations in Response to COVID-19 Vaccination.

Fully vaccinated people can:

• Participate in many of the activities that they did before the pandemic; for some of these activities, they may choose to wear a mask.
• Resume domestic travel and refrain from testing before or after travel and from self-quarantine after travel.
• Refrain from testing before leaving the United States for international travel (unless required by the destination) and refrain from self-quarantine after arriving back in the United States.
• Refrain from routine screening testing if feasible.

Infections happen in only a small proportion of people who are fully vaccinated, even with the Delta variant. However, preliminary evidence suggests that fully vaccinated people who do become infected with the Delta variant can spread the virus to others. To reduce their risk of becoming infected with the Delta variant and potentially spreading it to others: CDC recommends that fully vaccinated people:

• Wear a mask in public indoor settings if they are in an area of substantial or high transmission.
  • Fully vaccinated people might choose to mask regardless of the level of transmission, particularly if they or someone in their household is immunocompromised or at increased risk for severe disease, or if someone in their household is unvaccinated. People who are at increased risk for severe disease include older adults and those who have certain medical conditions, such as diabetes, overweight or obesity, and heart conditions.
• Get tested if experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.
• Get tested 3-5 days following a known exposure to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 and wear a mask in public indoor settings for 14 days after exposure or until a negative test result.
• Isolate if they have tested positive for COVID-19 in the prior 10 days or are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.
• Follow any applicable federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations.

People who are immunocompromised should be counseled about the potential for reduced immune responses to COVID-19 vaccines and to follow current prevention measures (including wearing a mask, staying 6 feet apart from others they don’t live with, and avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated indoor spaces) regardless of their vaccination status to protect themselves against COVID-19 until advised otherwise by their healthcare provider..."
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COVID-19 Vaccination: Selected U.S. Data Sources

"The sources below can help congressional staff track the progress of the U.S. COVID-19 vaccination campaign at the national, state, and local levels.

Sources were selected for having commonly cited and frequently requested data. This list is not intended to be comprehensive. Additional sources may be added in future updates. Because different resources use different methodologies, readers should check websites’ notes, definitions, and caveats. Readers should also use caution when comparing data across sources or geographies. For assistance in interpreting or analyzing these data, congressional staff should contact CRS (202-707-5700, or place a request at the CRS website).

For an overview of vaccine data systems and considerations for Congress, see CRS Insight IN11584, Tracking COVID-19 Vaccines: U.S. Data Systems and Related Issues.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) COVID-19 Vaccine website can assist constituents with vaccine questions, including “How Do I Get a Vaccine?” Vaccine eligibility varies by state, locality, and provider. Sources tracking state eligibility policies include Kaiser Family Foundation, New York Times, USAFacts, National Governors Association, Johns Hopkins University, and NationalAcademy for State Health Policy.

Example data sources on public attitudes toward vaccination include Census Bureau (tables), Universityof Southern California, Kaiser Family Foundation, Carnegie Mellon University, AP-NORC, University ofMinnesota, Pew, and scholarly articles..."
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When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated

"COVID-19 vaccines are effective at protecting you from getting sick. Based on what we know about COVID-19 vaccines, people who have been fully vaccinated can start to do some things that they had stopped doing because of the pandemic.

We’re still learning how vaccines will affect the spread of COVID-19. After you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, you should keep taking precautions in public places like wearing a mask, staying 6 feet apart from others, and avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated spaces until we know more.

What’s Changed

If you’ve been fully vaccinated:

• You can gather indoors with fully vaccinated people without wearing a mask.
• You can gather indoors with unvaccinated people from one other household (for example, visiting with relatives who all live together) without masks, unless any of those people or anyone they live with has an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
• If you’ve been around someone who has COVID-19, you do not need to stay away from others or get tested unless you have symptoms.
  • However, if you live in a group setting (like a correctional or detention facility or group home) and are around someone who has COVID-19, you should still stay away from others for 14 days and get tested, even if you don’t have symptoms..."
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Tetanus Vaccination

"Tetanus is an uncommon but very serious disease caused by spores of bacteria found in the environment. Make sure you and your loved ones are up to date with their tetanus vaccine so you can enjoy being outdoors safely.

Several vaccines protect against tetanus, all of which also protect against other diseases:

• DTaP protects against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough)
• DT protects against diphtheria and tetanus
• Tdap protects against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis
• Td protects against tetanus and diphtheria

CDC Recommends Tetanus Vaccines for People of All Ages

The vaccine recommended for someone depends on their age. The graphic below gives information, by age, about CDC’s tetanus vaccine recommendations.

This graphicimage icon highlights CDC’s tetanus vaccination recommendations for young children, preteens, and adults.

Children who should not get vaccines that contain whooping cough can receive DT for protection against diphtheria and tetanus. Talk to a doctor if you have questions about tetanus vaccines.

Tetanus Vaccines Are Safe

Most people who get a tetanus vaccine do not have any serious problems with it. However, side effects can occur. Most side effects are mild, meaning they do not affect daily activities. See the vaccine information statement for each vaccine to learn more about the most common side effects..."
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Vaccine for Measles

"Prevent measles and talk to your doctor about the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, especially especially if planning to travel.

Prevent measles with MMR vaccine

Measles can be prevented with MMR vaccine. The vaccine protects against three diseases: measles, mumps, and rubella. MMR vaccine is given later than some other childhood vaccines because antibodies transferred from the mother to the baby can provide some protection from disease and make the MMR vaccine less effective until about 1 year of age.

Schedule for MMR vaccine if you’re not traveling

Schedule for MMR vaccine if you’re not traveling

	First Dose	Second Dose
Children*	Age 12-15 months	Age 4-6 years
Teenagers and adults with no evidence of immunity**	As soon as possible	N/A

* CDC recommends this schedule for children 12 months and older. Infants younger than 12 months old and children traveling outside the U.S. should follow another schedule.

** Acceptable evidence of immunity against measles includes at least one of the following: written documentation of adequate vaccination, laboratory evidence of immunity, laboratory confirmation of measles, or birth in the United States before 1957..."
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Keeping Your Vaccine Records Up to Date

"Your vaccination record (sometimes called your immunization record) provides a history of all the vaccines you received as a child and adult. This record may be required for certain jobs, travel abroad, or school registration.

How to Locate Your Vaccination Records

Unfortunately, there is no national organization that maintains vaccination records. The CDC does not have this information. The records that exist are the ones you or your parents were given when the vaccines were administered and the ones in the medical record of the doctor or clinic where the vaccines were given.

If you need official copies of vaccination records, or if you need to update your personal records, there are several places you can look:

• Ask parents or other caregivers if they have records of your childhood immunizations.
• Try looking through baby books or other saved documents from your childhood.
• Check with your high school and/or college health services for dates of any immunizations. Keep in mind that generally records are kept only for 1-2 years after students leave the system.
• Check with previous employers (including the military) that may have required immunizations.
• Check with your doctor or public health clinic. Keep in mind that vaccination records are maintained at doctor’s office for a limited number of years.
• Contact your state’s health department. Some states have registries (Immunization Information Systems) that include adult vaccines..."
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Vaccinate Your Baby for Best Protection

"Immunization is one of the best ways parents can protect their babies from 14 serious childhood diseases before age 2.

Immunization is one of the best ways parents can protect their babies from 14 serious childhood diseases before age 2. Vaccinate your child according to the CDC’s recommended immunization schedule for safe, proven disease protection.

Diseases that vaccines prevent can be very serious – even deadly – especially for infants and young children. Vaccines work with your baby’s natural defenses to help them safely build immunity to these diseases.

Most parents today have never seen first-hand the devastating consequences that vaccine-preventable diseases have on a family or community. Some diseases that are prevented by vaccines, like pertussis (whooping cough) and chickenpox, remain common in the United States.

Protect Your Child from Serious Diseases

Measles is an example of the how serious vaccine preventable diseases can be. Cases and outbreaks still occur when the disease is brought into the United States by unvaccinated travelers (Americans or foreign visitors) who get infected when they are in other countries. Measles is still a common disease in many parts of the world. The viral disease is highly contagious and can spread easily when it reaches a community in the U.S. where groups of people are unvaccinated. Measles can be serious and can cause pneumonia, encephalitis (swelling of the brain), and even death. Young children are at highest risk for serious complications from measles.

Another example is whopping cough (pertussis). The U.S. has experienced an increase in whooping cough cases and outbreaks reported over the last few decades. Whooping cough can be deadly, especially for young babies who are too young to get their own vaccines. Since 2010, there have been tens of thousands of whooping cough cases reported each year nationwide, with a peak of more than 48,000 cases reported in 2012.

The Diseases Vaccines Prevent

• Diphtheria
• Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib)
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Influenza (flu)
• Measles
• Mumps
• Pertussis (Whooping cough)
• Pneumococcal disease
• Polio
• Rubella (German measles)
• Tetanus (lockjaw)
• Rotavirus
• Varicella (chickenpox).."
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Vaccinate Your Preteen This Summer

"Because most preteens get their shots in the month of August before school begins, it can be difficult to get in to see your child’s doctor or nurse. Make an appointment to get your child vaccinated earlier this summer and beat the back-to-school rush!

Vaccines help protect your preteen, as well as their friends and family members, from serious illness.

What vaccines does CDC recommend for my preteen?

Boys and girls should get the following vaccines at age 11 or 12 years:

• HPV VaccineHuman papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine helps protect against HPV infections that cause cancer. All boys and girls should get two doses of HPV vaccine before they turn 13 years old. Children who start the vaccine series on or after their 15th birthday need three doses to get complete protection.
• Meningococcal conjugate vaccineMeningococcal conjugate vaccine protects against four types (serogroups A, C, W, and Y) of Neisseria meningitidis bacteria. These bacteria can cause infections of the lining of the brain and spinal cord (meningitis) and bloodstream infections (septicemia). Teens should get a booster dose of this vaccine at 16 years old.
• Tdap vaccineTdap vaccine provides a booster to continue protection from childhood against three serious diseases: tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (also called whooping cough)..."
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Pregnant? Get vaccinated

"Learn about the vaccines you need before and during your pregnancy to help protect yourself and your newest family member from serious diseases.

Vaccines are an important part of planning and having a healthy pregnancy. If you are planning to get pregnant, check with your doctor to make sure you are up-to-date on your vaccines. If you are pregnant now, CDC, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Nurse midwives and many other professional medical groups recommend you get two vaccines during your pregnancy:

• Tdap to help protect against whooping cough (pertussis)
• A flu shot to help protect against influenza (flu)..."

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Pregnant? Get vaccinated.

"Learn about the vaccines you will need before and during your pregnancy to help protect yourself and your newest family member from serious diseases.

Vaccines are an important part of planning and having a healthy pregnancy. If you are planning a pregnancy, check with your doctor to make sure you are up-to-date on your vaccines. If you are currently pregnant, doctors and midwives recommend you receive 2 vaccines during your pregnancy:

• Tdap to help protect against whooping cough, and
• The flu shot to help protect against influenza..."

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What are the Reasons to Vaccinate My Baby?

"Raising a child comes with many decisions. Some are a matter of taste, like what color to paint the nursery. Others are essential, especially when it comes to safety, like baby proofing your home for potential hazards. But, what about the hazards that you can't see and that can cause serious illness, disability, or even death in young children? Immunization gives you the power to protect your baby from 14 serious childhood diseases..."
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HPV Vaccination (DVD)

"August is National Immunization Awareness Month. Learn more about a 13-minute DVD that effectively promotes and increases the completion of the 3-dose HPV vaccine series that prevents most types of cervical cancer..."
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