CDC "Card" for Covid Vaccination

You can try going aback to the organization that administered your vaccine doses. They should have the records and might be able to issue you a new card on the card stock. Some counties s and states maintain a database of vaccinations. The health department might be able to help.

I haven't seen card stock cards for anyone around here. Interesting. The records are uploaded to our state's system so there is formal record of it, at least. Not sure how that will all translate to international travel.

The CDC card everyone I know (in several states) has is on thick paper/cardstock, 4x3 size. Filled out by the vaccine provider with the expected info, including the vaccine lot number. I've seen that having this lot number is required some places - if your card is to be filled out by you, do you have a lot number?
Do a google search for CDC card and you will see images of one. Is that what you have?

THIS articlehas an image

Each state has their own system. If you tell us what state you are in others in that state might be helpful.

Here in PA, we were given the 4x3 CDC cardstock card. I managed to misplace mine...
Even though I had taken photos, I felt the need for something physical and contacted the state health department. They sent me a short form to fill out and that and a photo of my license resulted in a nice neat PDF that actually had more info than the card. They explained that they are not able to replace the CDC card.
No idea if I will need it, but I feel comfortable with this.

Yes, lots of different approaches. My wife had her shots in another State, was living with my daughter for a couple months, and she was just given a piece of paper that was photocopied from cards, I received a card to fill out myself. Since, my wife was able to get blank cards from work (a Pharmacy doing testing and giving vaccinations) and made herself a new card, and backups for both of us. We also obtained printouts of the records from the respective pharmacies as backup.

Regarding paper vs. card stock: My daughter is a public health nurse up in Bellingham, WA. She told us they only get shipped enough cards to match the number of first doses. Cards may get spoiled, for various reasons, so they can run short. They do, however, get the CDC template file to print additional cards locally (and they are officially authorized to do so). So if they run out, they do print more, and sometimes they do not have the correct card stock, and they end up printing on paper.

I discovered my "MyChart" page now has a tab for "Covid." I clicked on it and found a downloadable PDF from Oregon Health Science University detailing my vaccination. I'll be keeping that printout as a backup. I also have an album on my phone photos with pix of:

• My Passport
• My CDC card
• My Global Entry card
• My Medicare A card
• My Medicare B supplement card
• My Medicare D prescription card

I also need to upload the PDF from OHSU mentioned above

I am in Washington. It sounds like our system is the "print what you need" type. And they don't even care if they are printed well or cut evenly! They do have the CDC logo in the top right corner and they gave us the lot numbers to put with the date of each dose, so we have those. Sounds like it's good enough, even if a little janky. Haha! Thank you all for helping me know what to look for so I know ours are okay!

I think if you plan to travel to a foreign country or island their governments are going to require the official CDC card (4x3, medium weight card stock) because they would be concerned about recognizing fraudulent copies. If you need one for a restaurant or concert, you may be able to get away with the paper copy.

The posters who say request a real copy from the place that administered the shots is the best idea. We had our shots recorded electronically in MyChart, but a few weeks ago we were able to request a card copy. It took 3 weeks to get. We'll need it for a trip to Greece scheduled for October. Keeping fingers crossed!

Yeah, that's just what I was concerned about. I haven't heard anything about getting better or different cards around here, but it would be worth checking. We got our shots through our county health dept., so I'll see what I can find out about that. Thanks.

Coming back just to say that the county doesn't offer a different card for us. It just points us to the state system showing that our records are online. Guess we'll have to go with what we've got.

After text exchange with my daughter the nurse, she reiterated they got one card per dose. OTOH, she noted there is so much extra vaccine out there right now there may be extra cards. But depending on where you are, they may still may not be willing to give you a new card.

Coming back to update on this. This kept bothering me, so I found a contact email and sent a note to the county department to ask if they could help. The person who responded said, "I know exactly which cards you’re talking about, they’re just awful." Haha! She sent me forms to fill out to authorize them to release the information, and they will print actual cardstock cards for us. I will feel much better with official cards in hand. So it was worth pursuing!