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Old 03-14-2021, 05:09 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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KEEP IT!

That is your proof of vaccination. You may need it if you travel outside the US or take a cruise.

I contacted my health care provider, provided them with a scan of the card, and asked that they add that to my health record. Not only will the information be useful if I get sick but if I misplace the card they can certify that I am vaccinated.
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Old 03-14-2021, 05:21 PM
 
Location: NMB, SC
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You can buy these cards on the black market for $20.
It's a vaccination reminder card.

More than likely you will be required to have a digital health passport which shows you are vaccinated.
The major tech firms and travel firms as well as governments have been working on them for quite some time now.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-vaccine-prove-it/


https://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...ummer-n1261022
After getting both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, I stored my appointment card in a safe. As a lead instructor for NATO special forces training, I'll need to prove my vaccination status before traveling to NATO headquarters in Belgium when in-person learning resumes, most likely this summer.

But my vaccine card, issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will actually not be enough to prove that I am fully vaccinated, especially for international travel. The cards are too easy to forge.

With more than 335 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered around the world so far, according to the World Health Organization, the race is on to develop a Covid-19 “vaccine passport.”
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Old 03-14-2021, 07:29 PM
 
Location: Niceville, FL
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The law lets pharmacies bill your insurance company an 'administrative fee' for covid vaccines. I'm actually glad we found our leftover vaccines at a Publix because they do indeed bill insurance that fee (something like $14 according to the pharmacy receipt) so I end up with a covid vaccine notation on my Florida Blue 'permanent record' that should be simple enough to move over to whatever vaccine travel documentation I need later on.
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Old 03-14-2021, 11:49 PM
 
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The appointment card is so janky I wouldn't be surprised if some don't even accept it as real proof. Like some library card I used to have from my grade school days, and that was many decades ago.

Whoever was the person giving me the first shot, simply hand wrote the date I got the vaccination and which vaccine (and scratched out something written incorrectly). Looked like some fifth grader's writing. For the second vaccination, at least there was a label printed out with the vaccine info including label. I'm going to see if there's something better I can use, I think my vaccine information is stored in my online health chart from my private doctor.
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Old 03-15-2021, 04:45 AM
 
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You can buy these cards on the black market for $20.
It's a vaccination reminder card.

More than likely you will be required to have a digital health passport which shows you are vaccinated.
The major tech firms and travel firms as well as governments have been working on them for quite some time now.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-vaccine-prove-it/


https://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...ummer-n1261022
After getting both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, I stored my appointment card in a safe. As a lead instructor for NATO special forces training, I'll need to prove my vaccination status before traveling to NATO headquarters in Belgium when in-person learning resumes, most likely this summer.

But my vaccine card, issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will actually not be enough to prove that I am fully vaccinated, especially for international travel. The cards are too easy to forge.

With more than 335 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered around the world so far, according to the World Health Organization, the race is on to develop a Covid-19 “vaccine passport.”
I’m in the CDC VAMS database. I can log into the portal and access my vaccine certificate. The certificate has my name, date of birth, a VAMS id, when and where I was vaccinated, type of vaccine, and the lot number. I can click on “download PDF”. I have a copy on my phone and can get another trivially. I don’t need to rely on a trivially forged flimsy piece of paper.
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Old 03-15-2021, 05:07 AM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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KEEP IT!

That is your proof of vaccination. You may need it if you travel outside the US or take a cruise.

I contacted my health care provider, provided them with a scan of the card, and asked that they add that to my health record. Not only will the information be useful if I get sick but if I misplace the card they can certify that I am vaccinated.
Nope. Better contact your airline and ask about requirements.
For international flights there will be app or/and proof of a test taken less than 72 hrs (some airports have test stations). Regulations change often, so better be prepared.
Those cards are reminders and useless for travel.
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Old 03-15-2021, 08:35 AM
 
Location: Niceville, FL
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I suspect that vaccine passports will happen at some point later in the year when countries start to agree on format and what vaccines 'count'. And that some countries will handle this about as well as they handle yellow fever cards.
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Old 03-15-2021, 09:27 AM
 
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Keep it because they may use the data for any potential boosters. You will have a record too.
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Old 03-15-2021, 09:42 AM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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I’m in the CDC VAMS database. I can log into the portal and access my vaccine certificate. The certificate has my name, date of birth, a VAMS id, when and where I was vaccinated, type of vaccine, and the lot number. I can click on “download PDF”. I have a copy on my phone and can get another trivially. I don’t need to rely on a trivially forged flimsy piece of paper.
How did you get in the CDC VAMS database?
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Old 03-15-2021, 10:37 AM
 
Location: NJ
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How did you get in the CDC VAMS database?


I guess you didn't try to google? See this page. Your vaccine provider has to participate with it.
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