COVID-19 Vaccines are now available to individuals age 6 months and older. Check with your provider. Note: Vaccines are no longer provided at this time. Please check back for any updates.

Your vaccine record should be posted in the California Immunization Registry, known as CAIR. As long as your identifying information was entered correctly, we should be able to find the record of your 1st dose and create a new vaccine card for you.

Yes. Community vaccine clinics are no longer being held.

Yes. When the vaccine becomes available, patients will have to make appointments to receive it.

If you have been a patient in the past two years, you can sign up to access your MyChart patient portal: https://mychart.ochin.org/mychartrfhc/Authentication/Login. After you register, you will regularly receive updates and be able to request an appointment to receive your COVID-19 vaccine. Note: Vaccines are no longer provided at this time. Please check back for any updates.

Yes. Ravenswood and MayView providers are offering COVID-19 vaccines to our registered patients at the time of their medical visits. Note: Vaccines are no longer provided at this time. Please check back for any updates.

The COVID-19 vaccine will teach your immune system how to recognize and fight the virus that causes COVID-19 so that you may either prevent an infection or have milder infection. The thousands of vaccine trials and the millions of people who have now been vaccinated have demonstrated that serious illness, hospitalization and death can be prevented when people are vaccinated against COVID-19.

Typically, it takes about 7-14 days to start developing immunity.

The most common side effects include: Local pain at the injection site, tiredness, headache, muscle pain, chills, joint pain, and fever. These typically last 1-3 days and are more commonly reported after the second dose. Severe allergic reactions are rare, but may occur. If it does occur, it will shortly be after receiving the vaccine injection. Therefore, we ask everyone to stay at least 15 minutes so that we can observe them for immediate side effects or 30 minutes if there is a history of severe allergic reactions. Please make sure to let us know if you have had these types of reactions before, or if you are a highly allergic individual so that we can watch you more closely. Please note that you may have reactions after the observation period. Once you leave, if you have any further reactions of concern to you, please contact 911 if you feel it is an emergency or contact your primary care provider if you have any other questions.

Yes. We do not know how long your own body’s immunity from having a COVID-19 infection lasts. From what we now know, natural immunity from COVID-19 may last 6-12 months. It is still recommended that you get vaccinated. You can receive the COVID-19 vaccine once your isolation period is completed and you do not have any remaining symptoms prior to your vaccination. Speak to your provider if you have additional questions.

Please check with your health care provider.