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

Discussion

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

Transplants | Last Active: Jun 28, 2021 | Replies (313)
Comment receiving replies
@marinameshel

Please let me know should I get vaccinated after recovering from COVID-19 and if yes when? Any specific vaccine and haw many doses recommended? Thank you very much ABOUT ME : FEMAILE 75 YEARS OLD

Jump to this post

Replies to "Please let me know should I get vaccinated after recovering from COVID-19 and if yes when?..."
Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Apr 3, 2021

Hi Marina, welcome to COVID group on Mayo Clinic Connect. In this video Dr. Badley recommends that people who have had COVID should get vaccinated, They should wait 90 days after recovering from COVID-19 to get the vaccine. I believe you mentioned in another discussion that you recovered about 6 weeks ago, so that would mean you should wait for another 6-7 weeks.

Dr. Badley explains why
https://youtu.be/VyHHihoSTT8

Which vaccine you get will determine whether you get one or two shots. How are you feeling? Any lingering side effects from COVID?

VIEW AND REPLY
Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Apr 4, 2021

Here is an interesting answer -
A friend's 40 yo daughter had Covid last summer, and has been donating plasma with antibodies every 3 weeks since then. Last week, her plasma tested negative for Covid antibodies (after approximately 8 months.) She was advised to get the vaccine. She did so immediately because she is a health care provider. Her husband, a firefighter/paramedic, had Covid at the same time a she did, and he tested negative for antibodies in February & was given the vaccine.
Sue

VIEW AND REPLY