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There's *** lot of information out there including myths and disinformation about the vaccines on your social media feeds, chat groups and across the internet. So let's go through it together and get the facts, doctors offices, medical clinics and pharmacies around the country are ramping up now that the new COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out. So how can you prepare? Let's start with what you may be seeing or hearing about the COVID Vaccine Centers for Disease Control and prevention dispelled some of the most common myths about the COVID vaccine on its website. And here are the facts. The vaccine can make you sick with COVID-19 and it does not contain the live virus. The CDC says there's no evidence that the COVID-19 vaccine affects fertility and men or women. It does not contain any sort of microchips or components that can track *** person in the vaccine does not alter *** person's DNA. The FDA and the CDC signed off on the updated formulas from Pfizer and Moderna earlier this month. And the CDC recommends people six months and older to get this season's updated COVID shot to protect against the latest strain of the Corona virus. Health and Human Services Secretary Javier Bera suggests anyone who did not get the vaccine as recently as this should get it. Now, if you haven't had *** COVID vaccine in the last two months, if you haven't had an infection in the last two or three months, then it's time this updated vaccine is perfect for you. Now, you may have some more questions about the updated shots. So we turn to our partners at fact check dot org for some of those answers first, who pays for the shot? Well, if you have private health insurance, Medicare or Medicaid, it should be covered. But if you don't have insurance or your plan won't cover it, you can get the shot for free through CDC programs like the bridge access program and vaccines for Children. Check the cdc's website for more information. Another question, can older adults get the vaccines for COVID, the flu and R VA respiratory virus at the same time, the RSV vaccine is newer. So they're still gathering some of this data, but the CDC says it is acceptable to get all three at once. But our fact check dot org partners note that other health experts recommend people over the age of 60 get the RSV shot first and the COVID and flu vaccine later. One last question you may have is whether you'll need to get *** COVID-19 vaccine every year, just like *** flu shot. *** spokesperson for the CDC. Told fact check dot org that *** yearly immunization routine is still being reviewed and those are the facts for the national investigative unit in Washington DC. I'm Jackie.