COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic

First-dose Appointment

In order to be vaccinated, you will need to show:

1. Driver's license or photo ID that includes your date of birth, and
2. Pepperdine University ID card

Please ensure all appointment forms are completed before your arrival by logging in to your Patient Portal.

Second-dose Appointment

In order to be vaccinated, you will need to show:

1. Driver's license or photo ID that includes your date of birth, and
2. Your white CDC COVID-19 vaccination record card (you received this at your first-dose appointment)

Please ensure all appointment forms are completed before your arrival by logging in to your Patient Portal.

The Student Health Center (SHC) is located in the Student Assistance Center (SAC), next to the Center for Communication and Business (CCB). Please park your vehicle in designated areas on the street. Access the vaccination site through the SAC driveway. Do not use the stairwell along President's Drive. Refer to the COVID-19 vaccine clinic map for visual instructions.

Reminders:

• All vaccine clinics are by appointment only. If you cannot keep your appointment, please cancel it to free it up for someone else.
• Remember to bring the required documentation, or you may be turned away.
• Please do not arrive more than 10 minutes before your appointment. Plan to stay at the appointment for approximately one hour. This includes 15-30 minutes for you to be observed after you receive your vaccination.
• Do not stop your routine medicines before getting vaccinated unless your doctor recommends it.
• Face coverings must be worn at all times.
• Wear clothing that will allow easy access to your upper arm where the vaccine will be given.
• Eat a light snack before your appointment and stay hydrated.
• If possible, please use the restroom at your workplace or home prior to your arrival, as you will not be permitted to leave the appointment for this purpose during your 15-30 minute observation period.

Second-dose Appointment

If you received your first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, it is important to remember that you cannot mix brands. So, your second dose will also need to be a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The second vaccine dose is due in four weeks (28 days).

The Student Health Center receives minimal notice from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health as to when vaccine doses will arrive. As soon as our office receives confirmation of the second-dose delivery corresponding to your first-dose group, we will make appointments available. You will receive an email notification from Pepperdine University (hopefully a few days before your second dose is due) in order to schedule your appointment. Please note the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stipulates you may schedule the second dose up to 6 weeks (42 days) after the first dose. So, please do not be alarmed if your second-dose appointment is a few days after the due date.

Possible Side Effects After Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine

COVID-19 vaccination will help protect you from getting COVID-19. You may have some side effects, which are normal signs that your body is building protection. These side effects may affect your ability to do daily activities, but they should go away in a few days. Some people have no side effects.

Common Side Effects

On the arm where you got the shot:

• Pain
• Redness
• Swelling

Throughout the rest of your body:

• Tiredness
• Headache
• Muscle pain
• Chills
• Fever
• Nausea

Helpful Tips

Talk to your doctor about taking over-the-counter medications, such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen, aspirin, or antihistamines, for any pain and discomfort you may experience after getting vaccinated. You can take these medications to relieve post-vaccination side effects if you have no other medical reasons that prevent you from taking these medications normally.

It is not recommended you take these medicines before vaccination for the purpose of trying to prevent side effects.

To reduce pain and discomfort where you got the shot:

• Apply a clean, cool, wet washcloth over the area
• Use or exercise your arm

To reduce discomfort from fever:

• Drink plenty of fluids
• Dress lightly

If you received a second shot:

Side effects after your second shot may be more intense than the ones you experienced after your first shot. These side effects are normal signs that your body is building protection and should go away within a few days.

When to Call the Doctor

In most cases, discomfort from pain or fever is a normal sign that your body is building protection. Contact your doctor or health care provider:

• If the redness or tenderness where you got the shot gets worse after 24 hours
• If your side effects are worrying you or do not seem to be going away after a few days

If you get a COVID-19 vaccine and you think you might be having a severe allergic reaction after leaving the vaccination site, seek immediate medical care by calling 911. Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines and rare severe allergic reactions.

Have You Been Fully Vaccinated?

People are considered fully vaccinated:

• 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or
• 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine

If you do not meet these requirements, you are not fully vaccinated. Keep taking all precautions until you are fully vaccinated.

What You Can Start to Do

If you have been fully vaccinated:

• You can gather indoors with fully vaccinated people without wearing a mask or staying 6 feet apart.
• You can gather indoors with unvaccinated people of any age from one other household (for example, visiting with relatives who all live together) without masks or staying 6 feet apart, unless any of those people or anyone they live with has an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
• If you travel in the United States, you do not need to get tested before or after travel or self-quarantine after travel.
• You need to pay close attention to the situation at your international destination before traveling outside the United States.
  • You do not need to get tested before leaving the United States unless your destination requires it.
  • You still need to show a negative test result or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 before boarding a flight to the United States.
  • You should still get tested 3-5 days after international travel.
  • You do not need to self-quarantine after arriving in the United States.
• If you have been around someone who has COVID-19, you do not need to stay away from others or get tested unless you have symptoms.
  • However, if you live in a group setting (like a correctional or detention facility or group home) and are around someone who has COVID-19, you should still stay away from others for 14 days and get tested, even if you do not have symptoms.

What You Should Keep Doing

For now, if you have been fully vaccinated:

• You should still take steps to protect yourself and others in many situations, like wearing a mask, staying at least 6 feet apart from others, and avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated spaces. Take these precautions whenever you are:
  • In public
  • Gathering with unvaccinated people from more than one other household
  • Visiting with an unvaccinated person who is at increased risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19 or who lives with a person at increased risk
• You should still avoid medium or large-sized gatherings.
• If you travel, you should still take steps to protect yourself and others. You will still be required to wear a mask on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation traveling into, within, or out of the United States, and in US transportation hubs such as airports and stations. Fully vaccinated international travelers arriving in the United States are still required to get tested within 3 days of their flight (or show documentation of recovery from COVID-19 in the past 3 months) and should still get tested 3-5 days after their trip.
• You should still watch out for symptoms of COVID-19, especially if you've been around someone who is sick. If you have symptoms of COVID-19, you should get tested and stay home and away from others.
• You will still need to follow the guidance at your workplace.

What We Know and What We're Still Learning

• We know that COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing COVID-19 disease, especially severe illness and death.
  • We are still learning how effective the vaccines are against variants of the virus that causes COVID-19. Early data show the vaccines may work against some variants but could be less effective against others.
• We know that other prevention steps help stop the spread of COVID-19 and that these steps are still important, even as vaccines are being distributed.
  • We are still learning how well COVID-19 vaccines keep people from spreading the disease.
  • Early data show that the vaccines may help keep people from spreading COVID-19, but we are learning more as more people get vaccinated.
• We are still learning how long COVID-19 vaccines can protect people.
• As we know more, the CDC will continue to update their recommendations for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people.

Until we know more about those questions, everyone—even people who have had their vaccines—should continue taking steps to protect themselves and others when recommended.

This information was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). For a printable version of this information, please see CDC's What You Can Do Once You Have Been Fully Vaccinated document.

V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker

V-safe is a smartphone-based tool that uses text messaging and web surveys to provide personalized health check-ins after you receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Through v-safe, you can quickly tell CDC if you have any side effects after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Depending on your answers to the web surveys, someone from CDC may call to check on you and get more information. V-safe will also remind you to get your second COVID-19 vaccine dose if you need one.

V-safe does not provide medical advice. If you have symptoms or health problems that concern you at any time following COVID-19 vaccination, please contact your health care provider.

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