The CDC is now offering V-Safe: the After Vaccination Health Checker App

V-Safe After-Vaccine Health Checker App
V-Safe After Vaccine Health Checker
What is v-safe?
V-safe is a smartphone-based tool that uses text messaging and web surveys to provide personalized health check-ins after you receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Through v-safe, you can quickly tell CDC if you have any side effects after getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Depending on your answers, someone from CDC may call to check on you. And v-safe will remind you to get your second COVID-19 vaccine dose if you need one. Your participation in CDC’s v-safe makes a difference — it helps keep COVID-19 vaccines safe.
 
How can I participate?
Once you get a COVID-19 vaccine, you can enroll in v-safe using your smartphone. Participation is voluntary and you can opt out at any time. You will receive text messages from v-safe around 2 p.m. local time. To opt out, simply text “STOP” when v-safe sends you a text message. You can also start v-safe again by texting “START.”
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How long do v-safe check-ins last?
During the first week after you get your vaccine, v-safe will send you a text message each day to ask how you are doing. Then you will get check-in messages once a week for up to 5 weeks. The questions v-safe asks should take less than 5 minutes to answer. If you need a second dose of vaccine, v-safe will provide a new 6-week check-in process so you can share your second-dose vaccine experience as well. You’ll also receive check-ins 3, 6, and 12 months after your final dose of vaccine.
 
Is my health information safe?
Yes. Your personal information in v-safe is protected so that it stays confidential and private.
 
How to register and use v-safe:
You will need your smartphone and information about the COVID-19 vaccine you received. This information can be found on your vaccination record card; if you cannot find your card, please contact your healthcare provider. Click here to download the flyer with full instructions on how to register and use v-safe or visit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/vsafe.html
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