Our COVID-19 Response at Elder Care Homecare. Read Now
After a challenging year of uncertainty and fear due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans finally have access to vaccines that will allow them to stay more protected from the virus and severe symptoms associated with it. Although it may be exciting to share with your friends and families that you have access to the Covid 19 vaccine, our experts at Elder Care Homecare advise you to refrain from posting your vaccination card on social media.
When you and your family get vaccinated, it may feel like you’re finally on the other side of a difficult situation and want to share it with everyone. However, vaccine cards have sensitive information that you don’t want to be shared online. Here are some of the risks of sharing your vaccine card online and how to avoid them.
The main reason you don’t want to share your vaccine card on social media is due to scams. Vaccination cards have private information on them, and it seems like everyone is sharing a picture of it without paying close attention to what they’re actually sharing. You should be aware that vaccine cards have more than just your phone number and address on there, so even if you’re covering that part, scammers can find many more.
Apart from your phone number and address, some vaccine cards have your birthday, clinic location, vaccine lot number, vaccine brand, and some have even more medical information. Scammers could access bank information in a worst-case scenario, open new accounts using your name, claim your tax refunds, and any other identity theft.
At Elder Care Homecare, we want to protect you, but even more importantly, our senior citizens.
The only way to avoid any risks involving identity theft from scammers is by not posting your vaccine card on social media. Although sharing that you’re vaccinated and your experience online is exciting, you must keep yourself and your loved ones safe. There are other ways of sharing that you’re fully vaccinated without posting the vaccine card online.
At Elder Care Homecare, we offer more than just senior care home care; we ensure that your elderly loved ones are safe at all times. Even if they already received the covid-19 vaccine, they need to be cared for and looked after. Our registered nurses are ready to help in any possible way.
You can share that you and your elderly loved ones have been vaccinated on social media without the need to post your vaccine card online.
Elder Care Homecare looks after seniors and individuals with disabilities through dependable companion care and in-home care services.
We service Westchester County, Long Island and the entire New York City metro area including Queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx, and Manhattan.
370 Lexington Ave
New York, NY 10168
United States
1025 Old Country Road
Suite 314
Westbury, NY 11590
750 E Main St
Stamford, CT 06902