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COVID-19 and Transplant Patients
Transplants | Last Active: Mar 6, 2021 | Replies (459)Comment receiving replies
Good morning everyone!
Yesterday, Mayo Clinic released a document regarding the COVID-19 vaccine in the form of patient education (see attached document). While this is NOT specific to our transplant population, it will provide you with some general information regarding the vaccine. Our team is just now getting the scientific information they need to decide if they will be recommending this vaccine for our transplant patients. Once they have a decision, we will let you all know. However, please remember that you should get the final word from the team that is caring for you. General information is fantastic to have, but every patient is unique and should rely on specific information from their current doctor. Also note - the information regarding COVID changes by the hour as the experts learn more about this virus. Something published today could be out of date tomorrow. You can get the most up-to-date information from your local health department or the CDC website.
Take care everyone!
-Kristin
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This is from a section from Covid info sheet. “At this time, the vaccine is not recommended for children or for those who are pregnant. This is because researchers do not know enough about how the vaccine can affect children, pregnant women or their babies.
The vaccine may not be recommended to those with certain health conditions. Talk to your health care provider if you have questions about receiving the vaccine.”
Today on CNN Dr. Sanjay Gupta quoted this section and commented that this would be people with suppressed immune systems. I hope we will get clarity from cdc and our health teams on what ramifications would be. I wonder if new studies and testing will have to take place before this changes.