• - COVID-19 vaccines are safe; millions of people have been safely vaccinated after extensive safety testing and monitoring
•  - COVID-19 vaccines are effective at providing protection against severe illness, hospitalization, and death
•  - Vaccination is the best defense against new variants
•  - COVID-19 vaccines are free
•  - The cost of COVID-19 disease can be very high, including missed work, ER visits, or hospitalization
•  - Vaccination is a safer way to build protection than natural infection
•  - It's safer for vaccinated people to travel and spend time together
•  - Vaccination provides a strong, robust immune response that's much safer and more protective than acquiring immunity through natural infection
•  - 1/3 of people who tested positive for COVID-19 are affected for weeks, months or longer
•  - Vaccines prevent long-term COVID-19 symptoms like fatigue, cough, headaches, loss of taste and smell, dizziness and more
•  - Vaccination protects your children and other loved ones by reducing your chances of getting infected and transmitting COVID-19 to vulnerable people who are too young to get the vaccine or have compromised immune systems

Visit covidvax.alaska.gov for more information. Call the Vaccine Helpline at 1-833-482-9547 for help, or text your zip code to 438829 to find vaccine sites near you.