With millions of Americans receiving COVID-19 shots, individuals are also leaving with a vaccination card from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The cards include the patient's name, date of birth, which vaccination was given and when and where it took place.
In addition, it serves as a reminder for when to get the second shot of either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine only requires one dose, but recipients will still get a card indicating they received it.
Although it’s not recommended you share an image of the card to social media, the CDC does recommend taking a photo of it for your own safekeeping.
But what should you do if you lose your COVID-19 vaccination card?
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According to the CDC and other health experts, if you misplace the card you should contact the facility that administered the shot as they should have retained an electronic version of the documentation. The CDC does not keep a record of COVID vaccinations.
“I would go back to the place that actually administered your vaccine and see if they can recreate the card based on the data,” Dr. Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, told ABC News.
Since the cards contain personal information, both the Better Business Bureau and the FBI have previously advised to not share an image of it on social media.
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As an alternative, the BBB suggests sharing the sticker or pin given to you after your vaccine or setting a frame around your profile picture that indicates you have been vaccinated.
As of Friday, 100 million vaccine doses have been administered in the US since Joe Biden was inaugurated president on January 20th.
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