Vaccines

• COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective
• Everyone 6 months and older get 1 updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to be up to date.
• People aged 65 years and older may get a 2nd dose of updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
• People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may get additional doses of updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
• Children aged 6 months–5 years may need multiple doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be up to date, including at least 1 dose of updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, depending on the number of doses they’ve previously received and their age.
• COVID-19 vaccine recommendations will be updated as needed.

Viruses are constantly changing to create new variants. Some changes and mutations allow the virus to spread more easily or make it resistant to treatments or vaccines. As the virus spreads, it may change and become harder to stop. Even if an infection caused by a particular variant is less likely to cause severe disease compared to other variants, an increase in the total number of cases could cause an increase in hospitalizations, put more strain on healthcare resources, and potentially lead to more deaths. CDC is working with many public health officials and partners to monitor all variants.

Stay updated on current COVID-19 variants.

• Bust Myths and Learn Facts about the COVID-19 Vaccine: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/facts.html
• Vaccine Info from the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/index.html
• Vaccine Info from CDPHE: https://covid19.colorado.gov/vaccine
• State and U.S. Data: the Colorado vaccine data and CDC vaccine data COVID-19 dashboards have the latest information on the phases, total vaccine providers, doses distributed, and people immunized.