Facts on the Vax: CHI Health experts answer top COVID-19 vaccine questions

If you have any questions about the shot, you can call 402-717-1255 every day throughout August

If you have any questions about the shot, you can call 402-717-1255 every day throughout August

FOR THIS NEW HOTLI.NE >> THIS IS ONE OF THE PHESON THAT EXPERTS LIKE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT DARCIE JONES WILL ANSWER SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. HOW MANY CALLS HAVE YOU RECEIVED SO FAR? >> OVER THE 50 -- OVER 50 ON THE PHONES KPEE WINNING -- EPKE RINGING. >> IT IS THE END GOAL? >> WE HOPE TO INCREASE COVID VACCINATION RATES IN NEBRASKA. >> WE ASKED SOME POPULAR QUESONSTI ABOUT THE VACCINE AND SHE IS DEBUNKING ANY MISINFORMATION GIVING US THE , FACTS ON THE X.VA STAFF WITH CHI HEALTH SAY THEY'V’ HEARD JUST ABOUT EVERY QUESTION. BUT THEY WANTO T MAKE SURE TO GIVE YOU A PERSONAL ANSWER. ONE TOFHE MOST COMMONLY ASKED, IF I’VE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19, DO I NEED THE VACCINE? >> YOU SHOULD HAVE SOM IEMMUNITY FROM BNGEI SICK BUT WE FEEL THE SHOT WILL GIVE YOU LONGER-LASTING PROTECTION SITO IS IMPORTANT TO GET THAT VACCINE REGARDLESS IF YOU HAVE HAD COVID IN THE PAST. WHEN YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO STAY HOME FOR A TENAY-D PERIOD WHEN YOU HAVE HAD COVID, YOU MAY BE -- YOU MAY WANT TO WAIT UNTIL YOU’RE ABLE TO BE OUT BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT CONTAGIOUS ANYMORE. BUT AFTER QUARANTINE, PLEASE COME OUT AND GET THAT SHOT. >> DOES MY CHILD REALLY NEED THE COVID SHOT? I THOUGHT THEY DON’T GET VERY SICK WITH IT. >> EVERYBODY WHO CAN GETHE T COVID VACCINATION SHOULD GET IT, SO EVERYBODY WHO’S 12 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, AS LONG AS YOU DON’T HAVE ANY ALLERGYO A T COMPONENT OF THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET IT. JUST WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE TTGEING BACK TO SCHOOL, WE KIND OFEE S PEOPLE SHANGRI THEIR COLDS OR GERMS IF YOU WILL. SO COVID CAN BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS AS WELL, SO WE WANT TO KEMA SURE THEY ARE NOT BURNING ANYTHING HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES. >> I’M PREGNANT OR PLANNI TNGO BECOME PREGNANT. WILL THE SHOT CAUSE INFERTILITY? >> I THINK INITIALLY WHEN THE VA CCINES CAME OUT, THAT WAS OUT THERE, BUT IT HAS BEEN PROVEN NOT TO BE TRUE SO THAT SHOULD NOT ABE CONCERN AT ALL. >> THE PHONE BANK IS TOTALLY FREE AND ANONYMOUS. THESE EXPERTS ARE AVAILABLE SEVEN DAYS A WEEFRK OM 7:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M. TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, CALL 402-717-1255 YOU DON’T HA

Facts on the Vax: CHI Health experts answer top COVID-19 vaccine questions

If you have any questions about the shot, you can call 402-717-1255 every day throughout August

Staff with CHI Health said they have heard just about every question, but they want to make sure to give you a personal answer.Physician assistant Darcy Jones with CHI answered some of the top questions on the COVID-19 vaccine. If you have any questions about the shot you can call the CHI Health COVID-19 hotline at 402-717-1255. Health experts will answer the phone seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.Question 1: If I've been diagnosed with COVID-19, do I need the vaccine?Jones: "You should have some immunity from being sick, but we feel that this shot will give you longer lasting protection. So it's just really important to get that vaccine, regardless if you've had COVID in the past. There's no waiting time, the only thing we would say is, when you're supposed to stay home for a 10-day period when you've had COVID, you may want to wait until you're able to be out because you're not contagious any more. But, after quarantine period, please come out and get that shot." Question 2: Does my child really need the COVID-19 shot? I thought kids don't get very sick from the virus.Jones: "Everybody who can get the COVID vaccination should get it, so again everybody who's 12 years of age or older, as long as you don't have any allergy component from vaccination should get it. Just when we see people getting back to school, we kind of see people get sick anyways, and they're sharing their cold germs if you will. So COVID can be one of those things as well, so we want to protect your children. We also want to make sure they're not bringing anything home to their families."Question 3: I'm pregnant or planning to become pregnant. Will the shot cause infertility? Jones: "I think initially when the vaccines came out, that was out there, but has since been proven not to be true. So, that should not be a concern at all."

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Staff with CHI Health said they have heard just about every question, but they want to make sure to give you a personal answer.

Physician assistant Darcy Jones with CHI answered some of the top questions on the COVID-19 vaccine. If you have any questions about the shot you can call the CHI Health COVID-19 hotline at 402-717-1255. Health experts will answer the phone seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Question 1: If I've been diagnosed with COVID-19, do I need the vaccine?

Jones: "You should have some immunity from being sick, but we feel that this shot will give you longer lasting protection. So it's just really important to get that vaccine, regardless if you've had COVID in the past. There's no waiting time, the only thing we would say is, when you're supposed to stay home for a 10-day period when you've had COVID, you may want to wait until you're able to be out because you're not contagious any more. But, after quarantine period, please come out and get that shot."

Question 2: Does my child really need the COVID-19 shot? I thought kids don't get very sick from the virus.

Jones: "Everybody who can get the COVID vaccination should get it, so again everybody who's 12 years of age or older, as long as you don't have any allergy component from vaccination should get it. Just when we see people getting back to school, we kind of see people get sick anyways, and they're sharing their cold germs if you will. So COVID can be one of those things as well, so we want to protect your children. We also want to make sure they're not bringing anything home to their families."

Question 3: I'm pregnant or planning to become pregnant. Will the shot cause infertility?

Jones: "I think initially when the vaccines came out, that was out there, but has since been proven not to be true. So, that should not be a concern at all."

Facts on the Vax: CHI Health experts answer top COVID-19 vaccine questions

If you have any questions about the shot, you can call 402-717-1255 every day throughout August

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