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To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? That is the question.

Transplants | Last Active: Jun 28, 2021 | Replies (313)

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@bosco17

What kind of different recommendations from drs did you get?? Im curious

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One of them told me I should wait because the vaccine has not been tested for our cases others said even the vaccine has not been tested on our cases we can take it because it been tested for old people 65 and above. I decided to take it..

Both my Drs Rhum and Primary said to get it. I had second shot yesterday and feel like it has triggered a huge flair. I’ had gotten down to 8 mg of pred and am Praying am better by morning and don’t have to go up. I won’t be able to work like this. It’s like the only side effects am having is PMR effects.

@bosco17 Here is a link to an article I just read, and I have included the part that is especially relevant for those of us who are post-transplant and not opposed to getting the vaccine.

https://apple.news/AkvgmdCFaTKa1ASLJKh0azQ

"We often get asked a question that's a reasonable question - Should people who are immunocompromised get vaccinated? And the answer is absolutely yes - absolutely yes," Fauci said. "That's not only important for them for their own health, but that could be the breeding ground for the emergence of variants for the simple reason that if you don't clear the virus rapidly you're going to have immunological selection within a given individual and as Laurie said correctly, that was probably how all of this started with the 526."

I find it interesting particularly that without the vaccine you are more apt to have Covid for a longer amount of time, which apparently gives it more opportunity to breed variants.
JK