How Safe is the COVID-19 Vaccine
Our experts talk about the vaccine's safety and their own personal experience receiving the vaccine.
The FDA has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the first COVID vaccine. We do not know exactly how soon everyone will get the vaccine, but we can tell you the order of prioritization as we follow state guidelines. State Guidelines (Nebraska). State guidelines (Iowa).
At CommonSpirit Health, safety is our priority, and we only administer vaccines that are recommended by the FDA as safe and effective.
Initial supply of a COVID-19 vaccine may be limited, and federal guidelines indicate that health care workers should be among the first to get the vaccine in order to ensure health systems are able to continue to provide care through the pandemic and beyond. Additionally, first responders and employees and patients in long-term care centers and other similar facilities will also likely receive the vaccines first, when they are available. We expect that vaccines may be widely available by spring or summer 2021.
Please check back to this page for updates on how to schedule to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as they become available.
The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two doses, administered three or four weeks apart. When a vaccine is given, information will be provided about when to get the second dose.
To learn more about COVID-19 vaccines, Frequently Asked Questions are available on the CDC website and FDA website.
Also visit the DHHS website for local information in Nebraska, or the IDPH website for information in Iowa.