How Do I?

Now is the time to schedule student vaccinations!

Don't wait to schedule school-required vaccinations. The Health Department is offering vaccines BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

To get students fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in time for the start of the school year, act now. It takes 5 weeks to be fully vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine, the only vaccine currently available for adolescents 12-17 years. See:

• Health Department Urges Parents to Update Their Child’s School Immunizations to Meet New Requirements Immediately
• Health Department Urges Parents to Get Adolescents Ages 12-18 Vaccinated Against COVID-19 By July 19; FCPS to Host COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics

Find out what you need to know about e-cigarette, or vaping, and how to quit with these resources:

• Vape-Free Fairfax
• Vaping Raises Risk of COVID-19 Complications in Teenagers
• Vaping and Your Health: What You Need To Know 
• Vaping: What Students Should Know
• Protecting Young People From E-cigarettes (CDC)
• Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with the Use of E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Products (CDC)
• Video: Vaping-Related Lung Illness: What You Need to Know 
• Video: Health Dept. and FCPS are Helping Kids Stay Vape-Free
• 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)