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Traveling this holiday season? Travel may involve crowds and going to places with high levels ofCOVID-19. If you are not fully vaccinated, avoid travel.

If you must travel, use these tips:

Wear a face mask. Masks are still required on planes, trains, and other transportation, and at airports and stations, even if you are vaccinated.

✈️ Play by the rules. Check and follow State, local and country COVID-19 guidance. If you leave the U.S., you will need to get tested before your fight home.

Stay at a hotel. If you are visiting friends or family out-of-town, consider staying at a hotel if you or others are not fully vaccinated. If you have out-of-town visitors, suggest they do the same.

Follow travel guidance. This includes getting tested before and after travel, and quarantining as needed after your return. Everyone should monitor for COVID-19 symptoms after travel.

TRUE: Scientists were able to develop the COVID-19 vaccines quickly because of resources and collaboration. Due to a global collective effort, millions of lives have been saved.

The COVID-19 vaccines followed the same development steps as other vaccines: They were developed and tested in a laboratory and then went through clinical trials closely monitored by the FDA.

Clinical trials involve testing the vaccine in people to see if it is safe and effective. The COVID-19 vaccines were each tested on tens of thousands of people of different genders, ages, races and ethnicities who volunteered to be part of the clinical trials.