COVID-19 vaccination protects you from becoming extremely ill and dying.

You do not have significant

amounts of protection for the first fourteen days after receiving a vaccination, but this steadily improves.
Immunity to a single dose vaccine usually develops two weeks following inoculation. Both doses of a
two-dose vaccine are required to get the highest level of protection.
While the COVID-19 vaccine protects you against major disease and death, we're still learning how
effective it is at preventing you from becoming sick and spreading the virus to others (transmission). The
data coming out of countries shows that the vaccines now in use are effective in preventing serious
disease and hospitalization. However, no vaccine is guaranteed to be 100 percent effective, and
breakthrough infections are unavoidable. Vaccines give some protection against infection and
transmission, but not as much as they do against serious illness and mortality, according to current
research. We're still learning about the virus variants that are causing concern, and if immunizations are
as effective against these strains as they are against the non-variant virus. For these reasons, even if many
people in the community have not yet been vaccinated, it is critical to maintain other preventative
measures, particularly in areas where SARS CoV-2 is prevalent. While efforts to reduce virus
transmission and increase vaccine coverage continue, you should maintain at least a 1-meter distance
from others, cover a cough or sneeze in your elbow, wash your hands frequently, and wear a mask,
especially in confined, crowded, or poorly ventilated spaces.