Let’s end COVID, Maryland.
Getting the COVID-19 vaccine opens a new world of possibilities: hanging with friends, visiting family, and living your best life. Do it to protect yourself and your loved ones.
Benefits of Getting Vaccinated
Getting the COVID-19 vaccine allows you to get back to doing the things you love. You can finally visit with Grandma safely, go with friends to a show, and even get back to playing sports. It keeps you and your loved ones safe. Do it for them and for yourself.
Unofficial side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine include:
Uncontrollable dancing
Celebrating your vaccination will bring you to your feet.
Cured homesickness
Safely rejoin family. They’ve missed you!
First date butterflies
Get vaccinated and get back out there.
A truckton of yeet
Getting vaccinated makes you a winner.
Trending Question
Question
Now that the Omicron variant has appeared in Maryland, are there any special precautions I should take? What is the state doing to prepare for the possibility of more cases?
Answer
While there is still much unknown about the Omicron variant and how it will spread, the most important thing Marylanders can do right now is to get vaccinated or get a booster shot. It is the best way to maintain your immunity and protect yourself and your family from severe illness.
Governor Hogan and state health officials have outlined the state’s preparedness efforts for the Omicron variant, including further expanding variant surveillance and making free at-home rapid antigen tests available to travelers upon arrival at the international terminal at BWI Airport.
Viruses constantly change or mutate, and new variants of viruses are expected to occur over time. In addition to the Omicron variant, other such variants identified in Maryland include the Alpha variant and the Beta variant, both first identified in Maryland in January; the Gamma variant, first identified in Maryland in February; and the Delta variant, first identified in Maryland in the spring of 2021. Of these variants, only Delta and Omicron are still considered variants of concern.
Why GoVAX?
Hear first responders, health care workers, and community leaders talk about the vaccine, why they’re getting vaccinated, and how the vaccine can help you.
Rode and Steve Twilley
Yvette Rode and Steve Twilley, Firefighters/Paramedics for the Ocean City Fire Department, believe in the COVID-19 vaccine. “The way we get back to some kind of normalcy is to get as many people vaccinated as possible.” said Twilley. Learn more about how you can do your part to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your community
Bob and Kendel Ehrlich
Bob and Kendel Ehrlich, 60th Governor and former First Lady of Maryland, got vaccinated to protect their family, friends and themselves. They acknowledge that it’s not a simple choice to get vaccinated, but it’s the right choice. GoVAX, Maryland
Juan Dixon
Juan Dixon, Head Basketball Coach at Coppin State University, is going to get the COVID-19 vaccine because “it’s the right thing to do.” He’s encouraging everyone to do their part to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, Viral Immunologist, Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health, explains why the COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective.
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