Hang on to that COVID-19 vaccination card -- it's important

[Raftergirl]

36. When I made my appointment online

at a local supermarket’s pharmacy I had to enter quite a bit of info including my Primary Care Physician. After completing my registration I got an email confirmation from NYS COVID Vaccine Program (with a .gov email address.) Has the submitted date and a Submission ID #. I am going to assume that I am now in the NYS Data base if I ever need to retrieve my vax status in the future. Of course, I also took a picture of my card and have the card in a safe place.

Since NYS is instituting the Excelsior Pass (which will be issued like airline boarding passes are) and it will enable people to keep it in Apple Wallet (and I guess there is something similar for android phones) the info needed is in a NYS govt data base.

All the paper work everyone files, whether online or in person is going to go some government agency in every state. Those administering the vaccine just aren’t throwing people’s paperwork in the trash.

Of course, keeping your card is still the smart thing to do, like one keeps their birth certificate, so instead of having to file to get a new one issued, you have the card already.

I’m sure there will also be a way the vaxx info the state has will get to my PCP because almost every physicians office has electronic record keeping now and can be shared easily between providers.