From what I can tell ALL C19 vaccines must be reported thru ImmTrac2, would I be correct in assuming that links up with the CDC?

I understand they're wanting to track immunizations, but exactly how much personal info is floating around out there? Can a person choose not to allow the sharing of their information?

I'm all for people making their own vaccination choices, and also who they choose to disclose that information to.

It's optional.

There's is a decline box on the form. You can write decline on all non pertinent information too, then write decline and cross through all signature lines.

This doesn't sound optional-

CDC COVID19 Vaccine Provider Requirements

All COVID19 Vaccine Providers must be able to adhere to the following requirements:

Providers must administer COVID19 Vaccine in accordance with all requirements and recommendations of CDC and CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Within 24 hours of administering a dose of COVID19 Vaccine and adjuvant (if applicable), providers must record in the vaccine recipient's record and report required information to the relevant state, local, or territorial public health authority. Details of required information (collectively, Vaccine-Administration Data) for reporting can be found on CDC's website.
Providers must submit Vaccine-Administration Data through either (1) the immunization information system (IIS) of the state and local or territorial jurisdiction or (2) another system designated by CDC according to CDC documentation and data requirements.
Providers must preserve the record for at least 3 years following vaccination, or longer if required by state, local, or territorial law. Such records must be made available to any federal, state, local, or territorial public health department to the extent authorized by law.

https://www.dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/immunize/provider-information.aspx

The forms I have always seen have a statement on them to opt out and decline being registered.

Mine did when I got my shot.

How much personal information does the cdc get? I seem to remember when I filled out my Covid form it was my name, address and dob

Texas will track who gets a COVID-19 vaccine

AUSTIN, Texas All medical providers administering the drug must agree to report all personal health information related to a COVID-19 vaccine to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).

This policy was written into a Texas Homeland Security bill in 2007. It became law.

Fourteen years before COVID-19, the federal government wrote a pandemic response playbook.

In order to get federal pandemic influenza grant money, Texas needed a database to track vaccines during an emergency response.

"Everyone who receives an antiviral immunization or medication during a declared disaster will have their name reported to the registry, regardless of whether they consent or not," shows a DSHS training video.

The statewide system is called ImmTrac2.

We asked the State about what it will do with the private health information.

Chris Van Deusen, DSHS director of media relations, said it's to make sure people have access to the vaccine, can be reminded when to take any additional rounds and be alerted should anything go wrong with the shot they got. The private health information is not shared with anyone outside the health provider system, he said.

"It's not something that insurance or other private companies would have access to," Van Deusen said.

Imelda Garcia, director of infectious disease prevention for Texas, said Texas law prohibits the State from sharing our private information with others.

"We'll only be sharing aggregate counts back to CDC," Garcia said.

"Absolutely essential if we're to assure the equitable, fair and safe distribution of the vaccines and then accountability for effectiveness," Dr. Bloom said.

Only information regarding COVID-19 vaccines and related drugs, like Remdesivir, will automatically be sent to the State.

If you don't want your information in the State system, tell your provider to mark you as "non-consent." While it will not stop the State from having the information now, the personal data will be deleted five years after the declared disaster ends.

ImmTrac2 can also be used to help providers and the State track other vaccines, but adults need to opt in.