How to protect yourself and your family:

How to protect yourself and your family:

Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines
Get Tested and Seek Treatment
Improve Ventilation and Spend Time Outdoors
Stay Home and Avoid Contact if You or other people you know have Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
Follow Recommendations if you are Exposed

COVID-19 vaccines help your body develop protection from the virus that causes COVID-19.

Although vaccinated people sometimes get infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, staying up to date on COVID-19 vaccines significantly lowers the risk of getting very sick, being hospitalized, or dying from COVID-19.

If you are moderately or severely immunocompromised or severely allergic to COVID-19 vaccines: Talk with a healthcare provider about whether you are eligible for a medicine called EVUSHELD™ that you can take before you are exposed or test positive for COVID-19.

Effective treatments are now widely available and free, and you may be eligible.

Knowing if you are infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 allows you to take care of yourself and take actions to reduce the chance that you will infect others.

- Don’t delay! Treatment must be started within a few days after you first develop symptoms to be effective.

You can get tested, receive a prescription from a healthcare provider (either onsite or by telehealth), and have it filled all at one location.

Improving ventilation and filtration can help protect you from getting infected with and spreading the virus that causes COVID-19.

Viral particles spread between people more readily indoors than outdoors so spending time outside when possible, instead of inside can also help.

Increasing air filtration in your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, such as by changing filters frequently and using filters that are properly fitted and provide higher filtration.

- Using portable high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) cleaners.
- Turning on exhaust fans and using other fans to improve air flow.
- Turning your thermostat to the “ON” position instead of “AUTO” to ensure your HVAC system provides continuous airflow and filtration.

If you have COVID-19, you can spread it to others, even if you do not have symptoms.
If you have symptoms, get tested and stay home until you have your results.
Stay home and away from others for at least 5 days (possibly more, depending on how the virus affects you) and wear a high-quality mask when indoors around others for a period of time.
Avoiding contact with people who have COVID-19, whether or not they feel sick, can reduce your risk of catching the virus from them.
Sometimes it may not be practical for you to stay away from a person who has COVID-19 or you may want to help take care of them. In those situations, use as many prevention strategies as you can, such as practicing hand hygiene, consistently and correctly wearing a high-quality mask, improving ventilation, and keeping your distance, when possible, from the person who is sick or who tested positive.

The CDC recommends considering wearing masks or respirators and increasing space and distance in certain circumstances or at medium or high COVID-19 Community Levels.

Masks are made to contain droplets and particles that you breathe, cough, or sneeze out.
Respirators, like the N95, are made to protect you by fitting closely on the face to filter out particles, including the virus that causes COVID-19. They can also block droplets and particles you breathe, cough, or sneeze out so you do not spread them to others.
Small particles that people breathe out can contain virus particles. The closer you are to a greater number of people, the more likely you are to be exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19. To avoid this possible exposure, you may want to avoid crowded areas, or keep distance between yourself and others.

If you have any concerns or questions, call us at 919-742-1448