# POLL: Do you still carry your CDC COVID vaccination card? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 11, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537 "2023-04-11T22:20:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/1 "2023-04-11T22:20:39Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/2 "2023-04-11T22:21:37Z")
Does an image of the card on my phone count? ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/3 "2023-04-11T22:26:09Z")
No, I’m more curious about people carrying the physical card. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/4 "2023-04-11T22:27:08Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Does an image of the card on my phone count? Good question. As that’s what I do now. Besides, not many places around me want to see the cards anymore anyway. Even when we go to Canada, we no longer need to show it. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/5 "2023-04-11T22:28:28Z")
I didn’t ever carry the physical card, but always have an updated copy of all my vaccinations on my phone. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/6 "2023-04-11T22:29:18Z")
I didn’t carry the physical card - but my state has an app with a “pass” and I still have that. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/7 "2023-04-11T22:29:57Z")
> [@susan](#): > > always have an updated copy of all my vaccinations on my phone. Same here. I actually found it more handy having it in my phone’s wallet for flying, etc. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/8 "2023-04-11T22:30:17Z")
I would think so. In fact, I was told to take a picture of the card and save it to my phone; I told the nurse that my flip phone doesn’t do that, so I copied it, put the original in my safe, and keep the copy in my coupon booklet in my purse. No need to take it out, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/9 "2023-04-11T22:32:58Z")
I never really did. I think I kept it in my car for a while, but I’ve, _literally_, never had to show it to anyone other than the person who gave me the shot. At this point, I’m assuming I don’t even need to bother getting it updated if/when I get another booster. > [@susan](#): > > I didn’t ever carry the physical card, but always have an updated copy of all my vaccinations on my phone. FWIW, your state probably has a publicly accessible website you can check to see your vaccination records. For example, here’s Wisconsin’s: [https://www.dhfswir.org/PR/clientSearch.do?language=en](https://www.dhfswir.org/PR/clientSearch.do?language=en) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/10 "2023-04-11T22:42:43Z")
It has a place where sometimes I can order a copy. Sometimes. And sometimes it arrives. For a while I was traveling internationally and a state level certificate was required, not just the CDC card and not, for some reason, a letter on letterhead from my doctor’s office. These days, the letter from the doctor’s office seems to suffice, which is great since I can update it as needed. I was recently on a tour in Norway that required official documentation of receiving at least the initial series. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/11 "2023-04-11T22:48:42Z")
I forgot I even had a physical card. I think it’s in our safe. I have the state-approved vaxx records in the “wallet” of my iPhone. Never once has anyone asked for it. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/12 "2023-04-11T22:52:33Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > I didn’t carry the physical card - but my state has an app with a “pass” and I still have that. Same here, but on the occasion I may need the card, like international travel, I have carried it for that. I have used the vax. card and the app a handful of times, but nothing recent. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/13 "2023-04-11T22:56:43Z")
I picked no, but I do have a picture on my phone. The only time I carry the physical card is when I get a booster so it can be updated. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/14 "2023-04-11T23:10:09Z")
While I have a picture on my phone, I carry my physical card when traveling overseas. I’m not sure how to vote based on that. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/15 "2023-04-11T23:21:49Z")
I can only think of 3 times I carried the physical card with me: one at a wedding I was working at in 2021 that needed proof of vax, a concert in early 2022, and when I visited the Dominican Republic in 2022, but I’m not sure I even had to show that card to anyone – just had it just in case. I have it on my phone as well, but I don’t remember being asked for it – though that probably means there have been a small handful (\<5) of times I was asked for it, as I tend not to find this moments notable. Even with getting booster shots, I didn’t bother bringing my original vax card. The first two shots are on the original. The third I wrote in myself after getting it. And the fourth … I have no idea. I don’t have record of it anywhere. I didn’t take a picture. I don’t even know where it is, or if I even have it accessible right now. Last I saw it was when I unpacked a backpack from that Dominican Republic trip months later. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/16 "2023-04-11T23:42:56Z")
No, I’ve lost mine, but I have the info in an app on my phone. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/17 "2023-04-11T23:44:59Z")
I voted yes, but it is an App for NJ State. The actual cards stay at home. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/18 "2023-04-11T23:46:07Z")
Add me to the huge list that keep a photo of the card on their phone but not the physical copy. FTR - Colorado had / has an app option, but it was hot garbage and never worked even after I contacted the app support group 2-3 times. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/19 "2023-04-11T23:49:37Z")
Our App works well and we were told not to carry the card. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537/20 "2023-04-11T23:50:55Z")
You left out a “sort-of” choice. My paper COVID card is clipped to my passport. Which I’m carrying as I type becuase I’ve riding home from work right now & anm wearing my outfit. Some countries still want to see it or might want to see it. And at one time would not accept pictures of the card; had to be the real thing. So just in case, that’s where it lives. When I’m not working/traveling my passport is at home and I’m wherever. I do have a picture of the thing in my phone in case it ever came up in the USA. Which it is vanishingly unlikely to do now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537.md?page=2)