{"id":2954,"date":"2021-01-28T10:23:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/?p=2954"},"modified":"2021-01-28T10:23:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:23:54","slug":"get-vaccinated-to-protect-yourself-family-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/get-vaccinated-to-protect-yourself-family-and-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Vaccinated to Protect Yourself, Family, and Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Get Vaccinated to Protect Yourself, Family, and Community<\/h1>\n<h3>American Indians and Alaska Natives are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A vaccine helps people from catching a certain disease, like COVID-19. All vaccines are as safe as possible and are a simple way to prevent illness and community outbreaks. A vaccination is not a treatment for people who are already sick with COVID-19. Getting vaccinated helps everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192Know the facts and avoid sharing misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192Start by sharing information from trusted sources like CDC.gov and IHS.gov<\/p>\n<p>\u2192Encourage your loved ones to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192The more people in your community get vaccinated, the better everyone will be protected against COVID-19, especially those who are more vulnerable to serious illness, like elders and people in high-risk groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192A COVID-19 vaccine will help you from spreading the disease, and reduce you<\/p>\n<p>r risk of getting sick, being hospitalized, or dying.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192<strong>COVID-19 vaccines are one of many important tools to help us stop this pandemic.<\/strong> It is important to use all the tools available to stop the pandemic, wear a mask, wash your hands, and watch your distance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>How to cope with anxiety related to vaccination<\/h3>\n<p>\u2192Stay connected with family and friends while keeping a safe physical distance. Take care of yourself and each other, and know when to get help.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192Create a list of personal self-care activities you enjoy such as exercising, meditating, singing a traditional song, praying, or connecting with nature.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192Take deep breaths and stretch.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192Maintain a sense of hope and positive thinking and remember these strong feelings of stress and anxiety will fade.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2956\" src=\"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New_Anxiety_and_COVID-19_Vaccine_01.08.2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>We are all in this together. Show compassion for those most closely impacted.<\/h3>\n<p>\u2192Stay connected with family and friends through social media and video chat.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192Connect with your community and others with drumming and dancing video via social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192Attend a spiritual service through on-line streaming.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Ask your healthcare provider for more information.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get Vaccinated to Protect Yourself, Family, and Community American Indians&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-covid-19","category-hhs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boisforte.com\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}