COVID-19 Vaccination

Reid Health believes the COVID-19 vaccine represents our greatest opportunity to end the coronavirus pandemic.

We hope these interviews with leading experts will help you make an informed decision.

Should you be concerned about getting the COVID-19 vaccine?

Continue to practice health safety guidelines

Vaccine Hesitancy

The latest vaccine information

All those 12 years and older are eligible to be vaccinated, but only the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for those ages 12-17. Reid Health uses the Pfizer vaccine.

A parent or legal guardian must be present, and a signature is required to vaccinate a minor.

The FDA has expanded the Emergency Use Authorizations for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to include a third shoot for those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised.

Plans have been announced to eventually allow a booster shot for all those who have received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, starting eight months after they received their second dose.

It's likely those who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine also will need a booster shot, but more data is needed before federal health officials make that decision.

Community members can schedule a vaccination appointment through their state's website, ourshot.in.gov or gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov. In Indiana, if you need assistance from the state to schedule your appointment, you may call 211.

Reid Health is providing free vaccine appointments at select locations.

Kulhman Center (appointment preferred; walk-ins available) 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday and Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Friday
Reid Pediatric & Internal Medicine 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday
Reid Health Residency Clinic 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday
Reid Primary & Specialty Care - Cambridge City 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday

When you schedule your appointment, you will select your preferred location and receive details about where to go.

Refer to the Indiana state website for other important information on the vaccine.

Ohio residents can find up to date vaccine distribution information at Ohio Department of Health COVID-19 Vaccine Program.

FAQs

With the recent FDA emergency use authorization of COVID-19 vaccines, Reid Health will be distributing vaccines according to state and federal guidelines.

In case you have questions regarding vaccine safety and/or distribution, visit our FAQs.

COVID-19 vaccine FAQs

Thomas Huth, MD

Vice President, Medical Affairs

The vaccines have lived up to expectations in greatly reducing your chances of hospitalization and death. Now is the time for those who still have not done so to vaccinate to protect themselves because most of the people around them are also unvaccinated and don’t understand they are a hazard to others. Even younger, healthy people who might not have significant personal risk from COVID-19 illness are nevertheless the route of transmission to at-risk people, almost always unwittingly. Don’t they have a social responsibility to help break the chain of transmission?

True or False: Busting myths & confirming facts about the COVID-19 vaccine

Downloadable True or False Poster PDF

Downloadable information from CDC

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