A local doctor is correcting a common misconception about how long someone with a history of COVID-19 should wait before getting receiving a vaccine.
Dr. Tom Huth with Reid Health told News Center 7′s Kayla Courvell that not everyone who has had COVID-19 needs to wait 90 days after their recovery to get a vaccine. Instead, Dr. Huth said that there is a specific group of people who should wait the 90 days to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
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“The only people who need to wait 90 days are those who received the monoclonal antibody treatments. The [Food and Drug Administration Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] specifically say those people should wait 90 days,” Dr. Huth said.
While reinfection is uncommon in the 90 days following a COVID-19 diagnosis, Dr. Huth said if a person has not been treated with convalescent plasma or monoclonal antibodies, then they can go ahead and get the vaccine after they recover.
“If you wait 90 days, there’s more of a risk that they won’t take it at all and we’d rather just get as many people as possible vaccinated,” Dr. Huth said.
Additionally, the CDC recommended that those with a compromised immune system should wait at least two weeks before or after receiving immunosuppressant medication to get the vaccine.
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