AnonymousSource: Santa Barbara County Public Health Department
Get Vaccinated, Including a Booster Shot if You’re Eligible
Vaccines are the best way to end the pandemic and they prevent COVID-19 illness, hospitalization and death. They’re safe, effective and free. Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines and visit MyTurn.ca.gov to get vaccinated.
Stay Home if You’re Sick
Anyone feeling sick, even with mild symptoms (sore throat, cough, sniffles), should stay home, isolate from others, and get tested. Download our testing fact sheet and read our testing guidance.
Get Tested Before and After Traveling or Gathering for the Holidays
Know Before You Go. Get tested 1-3 days before a family gathering, or prior to any travel, even if you have no symptoms. Antigen testing should be done 24 hours prior to a gathering or travel. PCR testing should be done within 72 hours – with results available prior to a gathering or travel. There are no out-of-pocket costs to get tested. Visit a state testing site or call (833) 422-4255. Learn more about types of COVID tests.
Know When You Return. Test upon returning from the holidays. Test again 3-5 days later.
Also Consider the Following:
• Take precautions if some in your group are unvaccinated (e.g., wear masks, socialize outdoors, keep gatherings short).
• Be sure to wear a good mask, that fits well. N95 and KN95 or surgical masks do the best job filtering out viruses and particles.
• Gather outside or increase airflow in indoor spaces. Read our ventilation fact sheet.
• Activate CA Notify (California’s COVID-19 exposure notification system) on your smartphone. Ask your guests to do the same.
Received my booster shot yesterday… back in Feb, I received my 2 vaccine dose, and had a great “side effect” (I took a 2 hour mid-day nap the next day ). With yesterday’s booster, I’ve had zero side effects, not even soreness, I’m 64 today.
3:17 – More social media without critical thought disinformation. Not just stupid, but actively harmful to the health of the community. Not experimental. Not gene therapy. Not as risky as a COVID infection. And the “natural immunity” nitwits are also wrong:
https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/contrary-to-becker-news-article-not-all-infection-lead-immunity-falsely-claims-that-most-covid-deaths-werent-caused-covid19-but-comorbidities/
https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/claim-that-previously-infected-people-dont-transmit-covid-19-unsupported-misinterpretation-of-cdc-foia-response/
Got my booster this week. Get vaccinated Vaccinate your children or please home school or send them to private school. Make the community safe. Any problem from getting the vaccine is minimal to the effects of Covid. You can do this!
Did you post YouTube links from that quack Dr. Teapenny or something?
No facts are involved in your regurgitation of antivax propaganda.
This is a good interview with CDC Director Walensky.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=swlUv2SbmT8&feature=youtu.be
Thanks Ansorg/whatever her name is. We’ve been vaccinated, we’ve sacrificed, and our kids have taken the biggest hits. I don’t think you realize that we can’t get to a zero level here. We can’t do this forever. I think that you want masks to be the new normal, and I think you’re a fool.
@Basic, your “I think” statements are without merit. No one wants masks to be a new normal. Upon what do you base your fearful thoughts?
8:42 – No thought, apparently, involved on your part.
More people have died from covid under biden than trump.
The legacy of the orange moron. He let it run wild.
Thanks to the appearance of Delta and the idiocy of the vaccine refusers.
Operation Warp Speed. Thanks President Trump!
Too bad he dropped the ball so badly on every other measure of the pandemic response.