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COVID-19 and Transplant Patients

Transplants | Last Active: Mar 6, 2021 | Replies (459)

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@amandajro

Hello @kedwards73 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Congratulations on your successful liver transplant at Mayo Jacksonville!

I think you bring up a good question with regard to being on immunosuppressive drugs and how that may impact your protection going forward. The communication @guidant07 posted speaks to what is known and unknown but also to the recommendation as this time. I suspect there will be additional information that will follow in the coming weeks and months to shed more light on anticipated levels of protection and future recommendations. I am not a medical provider, however.

In the meantime, and following your first dose, what was the recommendation your doctor shared with you in terms of staying protected and vigilant?

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Hi Amanda. I received the general guidance from Mayo mothership, recommending taking the vaccine. The "benefit outweighs the risk" logic makes perfect sense to me. CDC guidelines and national spoksemen are clear in that we need to continue social distancing, masks, hand washing, etc, which I certainly follow. Specific personal guidance from my team has be limited- not throwing ANY stones, as I know they are overwhelmed and no one has definitive answers on COVID!