BY SANDRA GUY

We’re not out of the COVID woods just yet. Now it’s time to maintain a new vigilance toward health and positivity, and guard against vaccination frauds.

It’s tempting to want to post your vaccination card online. As much as we love to share good news on social media — whether it’s a birthday, anniversary or weight loss — beware that identity thieves are watching for people to let down their guard. So refrain from taking a photo of your vaccination card and sharing it online.

The card should include vital details such as your vaccine dose’s manufacturer, the dose numbers, and the dates and location of each dose.

In the same vein, stay away from offers to laminate your card. That’s because they can’t be updated, which will be important if you need a booster shot in the future. A better alternative is to take a photo and/or scan both sides of your card and keep the images on your mobile devices. Put the card itself in a safe storage place.

The best answer appears to be in the future, when states may offer digital vaccine passports. If they do, you can log your card information into a digital app that you can easily access and share.

If for some reason, you’re still putting off getting vaccinated, now’s the time to take action. In fact, it’s more urgent than ever, now that Delta, the COVID variant first identified in India, “will leave unvaccinated people even more vulnerable than they were a month ago,” President Biden said at a June 18 news conference at the White House.

“It is a variant that is more easily transmissible, potentially deadlier and particularly dangerous for young people,” Biden said. “The data is clear: If you are unvaccinated, you’re at risk of getting seriously ill or dying or spreading it.”

Now is also the perfect time to boost your immune system, since more contagious and virulent virus variants remain a serious threat.

The easiest ways to help safeguard your virus resistance are the obvious ones: Stay hydrated; avoid inflammatory foods such as snacks and junk food in bags and boxes; stop eating processed foods with corn oil, soybean oil and vegetable oil;  

Instead, focus on a diet heavy in fish, greens, fruit and vegetables. Be sure to include foods, spices and drinks with anti-inflammatory properties. That could include probiotics, Turmeric, vitamins C, D, A, zinc and selenium, and drink plenty of fluids, experts say.

The University of Maryland Medical System’s website suggests additional supplements, including mushrooms, beta-glucans, elderberry, berberine (found in roots, rhizomes and stem bark of certain plants), and sulforaphane.