COVID Vaccine

Types of COVID-19 Vaccines Available

*At this time, Star Community Health locations only provide the Pfizer vaccine.

There are four approved or authorized vaccines in the United States.

• Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines (mRNA vaccines)
• Novavax COVID-19 vaccine (a protein subunit vaccine)
• Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen (J&J/Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine (a viral vector vaccine and can be given in some situations)

For young children, these vaccines are administered via an injection into the muscle of the upper arm or thigh for young children. COVID-19 vaccine ingredients are considered safe for most people; virtually all the ingredients in COVID-19 vaccines are found in many foods—fats, sugar, and salts. None of the COVID-19 vaccines affect or interact with our DNA and the following are not included in the vaccines:

• No preservatives such as thimerosal or mercury or any other preservatives
• No antibiotics such as sulfonamide or any other antibiotics
• No medicines or therapeutics such as ivermectin or any other medications
• No tissues such as aborted fetal cells, gelatin, or any materials from any animal
• No food proteins such as eggs or egg products, gluten, peanuts, tree nuts, nut products, or any nut byproducts. (COVID-19 vaccines are not manufactured in facilities that produce food products)
• No metals such as iron, nickel, cobalt, titanium, or rare earth alloys; they also don’t have any manufactured products like microelectronics, electrodes, carbon nanotubes or other nanostructures, or nanowire semiconductors
• No latex. The vial stoppers used to hold the vaccine also don’t contain latex

After the body produces an immune response, it discards all of the vaccine ingredients, just as it would discard any substance that cells no longer need. This process is a part of normal body functioning.

All of the above information is from www.cdc.gov.

To receive a vaccine, you must be a patient (no walk-ins) and schedule an appointment.