{"id":1054,"date":"2021-01-22T08:13:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T13:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2021-01-23T09:13:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T14:13:19","slug":"how-long-after-a-positive-test-should-a-person-wait-to-get-the-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1054","title":{"rendered":"How long after a positive test should a person wait to get the vaccine?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Question:<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;Could you tell me how long after a positive Covid test should a person wait to get the vaccine? A physician in my town stated that the CDC recommends waiting 90 days to maximize the effectiveness of the vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Answer:<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;CDC&#8217;s clinical considerations for use of authorized vaccines, Pfizer and Moderna, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/covid-19\/info-by-product\/clinical-considerations.html\">online here<\/a>.&nbsp; Based on my read, your town&#8217;s physician is only partially correct.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s my synthesis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Even if you&#8217;ve had COVID, you should still be offered the vaccine.<\/li><li>If you are sick with COVID (symptomatic), you should wait to receive the vaccine until you have recovered.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>If you are in self-quarantine due to COVID exposure, you should wait to seek vaccination until your quarantine period has ended. [note: this piece of the guidance does not apply if you are living in long-term care facility or other congregant setting]<\/li><li><strong>There is no recommended minimum interval between infection and vaccination&#8230; with one caveat<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Caveat: If you received monoclonal antibodies or convalescent&nbsp;plasma as part of your COVID treatment, &#8220;vaccination should be deferred for at least 90 days, as a precautionary measure until additional information becomes available, to avoid potential interference of the antibody therapy with vaccine-induced immune responses.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:&nbsp;Could you tell me how long after a positive Covid test should a person wait to get the vaccine? A physician in my town stated that the CDC recommends waiting 90 days to maximize the effectiveness of the vaccine. Answer:&nbsp;CDC&#8217;s clinical considerations for use of authorized vaccines, Pfizer and Moderna, are online here.&nbsp; Based on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[50,5,6,67,64],"tags":[159,163,158,161],"class_list":["post-1054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guidelines","category-self-quarantine","category-testing","category-treatment","category-vaccines","tag-moderna","tag-monoclonal-antibodies","tag-pfizer","tag-plasma","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/January-22.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1054"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1058,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions\/1058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}