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July 29, 2022
Dear Partners,
As of mid-June, children ages 6 months to 5 years are eligible to get their COVID-19 vaccines! See news releases: Governor Walz Announces Minnesota Will Be Ready to Provide COVID-19 Vaccines to Children 6 Months and Older (June 15, 2022) and Appointments open for vaccinating children under 5 at the Mall of America (June 19, 2022).
We are asking for your help to share information and resources with your communities to make sure families know that their children can get vaccinated and where they can go to get more information or find a vaccine for their child. Included with this message are a number of materials and resources you can use to help spread the word.
Thank you for your partnership to help make sure families know about the opportunity to protect children from COVID-19 through vaccination.
Materials and Resources
- External talking points (attached)
- Webpages that have been updated
- Mn.gov: mn.gov/vaxforkids (webpage available in Hmong, Spanish and Somali) and Find Vaccine Locations map.
- Fact sheets that have been updated
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Social media graphics are available online that partners can use, and they are available in other languages: Hmong, Somali, Spanish.
- Sample social media posts
- Children age 6 months to 5 years can now get their COVID-19 shots! Talk to your child’s health care provider and make a plan to get them vaccinated. Families can also search for vaccine locations on our Find Vaccine Locations map (https://mn.gov/covid19/vaccine/find-vaccine/locations/index.jsp).
- The state’s Community Vaccination location at the Mall of America has Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine available for children age 6 months to 5 years! Fun fact: The whole family can get vaccinated at once! Walk-ins are welcome, or you can make an appointment to get you or your little one vaccinated (https://my.primary.health/r/vaxmn).
- With COVID-19 vaccines available for children 6 months to 5 years, now is a great time to schedule a checkup with your child’s health care provider to get their COVID-19 shot and see what other vaccines they might need. Children can get the COVID-19 vaccine and other recommended vaccines in the same visit. Learn more about COVID-19 vaccine (https://mn.gov/covid19/vaccine/vaxforkids/).
- With COVID-19 vaccines available for children 6 months to 5 years, it’s a great time to schedule a checkup with your child’s provider to get them vaccinated and see what other vaccines they might need. Children can get the COVID-19 vaccine and other recommended vaccines in the same visit. (https://mn.gov/covid19/vaccine/vaxforkids/)
- Children age 6 months to 5 years can get their COVID-19 shots! The vaccines are safe and help keep children from getting very sick from COVID-19. Talk to your child’s health care provider if you have questions and make a plan to get them vaccinated. (https://mn.gov/covid19/vaccine/vaxforkids/)
Partners – Please share social media posts with accompanying graphics or flyers three times a week to increase awareness about the vaccine availability for this age group.
Tips for Using Resources
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Print the factsheets above and display in your site, at clinics, and/or hand out to visitors.
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Post a message to your organization's Facebook/Instagram/Twitter using a message like this: Children age 6 months to 5 years can now get their COVID-19 shots! Talk to your child’s health care provider or find a vaccination location near you to make an appointment. (https://mn.gov/covid19/vaccine/find-vaccine/locations/index.jsp)
Share Your Vaccine Story
There are a lot of reasons to get a COVID-19 vaccine, and we want to hear from Minnesotans what some of those reasons are. We’re asking people to share why they got themselves or their children vaccinated for COVID-19 to help encourage others to do the same. They can record a short video to submit to the Minnesota Department of Health and we will help share some of the reasons people are rolling up their sleeves. Our Share Your Story: Why I Got the COVID-19 Vaccine webpage has more information and instructions for submitting a story. (https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/vaccine/stories.html)
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