{"id":1105,"date":"2021-02-04T09:16:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T14:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2021-02-04T09:16:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T14:16:57","slug":"if-a-person-is-mildly-sick-can-they-still-get-vaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1105","title":{"rendered":"If a person is mildly sick, can they still get vaccinated?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Question:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>My friend was just diagnosed with shingles, and also just found out she can get a covid vaccine tomorrow. Her doctor, who diagnosed her mild case of shingles, told her not to get the shot. She has a daughter who has a double lung transplant and she really wants to get the inoculation to protect her daughter. Can you tell me if she should decline the shot? She doesn\u2019t like or trust this new doctor. She wonders if she goes ahead and gets the shot, would that be worse than waiting to get the vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Answer:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0As you know, I’m not a medical doctor.\u00a0 First things first, your friend should get a second opinion, ideally from a doctor she trusts.\u00a0 If the doctor is unsure, I recommend that they reach out to vaccine specialists associated with CDC’s\u00a0Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment (CISA) Project<\/a>.\u00a0 CISA is designed for US-based healthcare providers and health departments to receive consultation on questions that are (1) about an individual patient or vaccine safety issue and (2) not readily addressed by CDC or Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices<\/a> (ACIP) guidelines.\u00a0 Her doctor can make the request by calling 800-CDC-INFO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broadly speaking, mild illness is not a contraindication for vaccination.\u00a0 Indeed,\u00a0CDC’s clinical guidelines for mRNA vaccination against COVID<\/a>\u00a0list “moderate to severe acute illness” as a precaution to vaccination, however, “mild illness” is neither listed as a precaution nor\u00a0a contraindication. (Table 1<\/strong>)\u00a0 ACIP’s General Best Practices for Immunization<\/a>\u00a0confirm that “the safety and efficacy of vaccinating persons who have mild illnesses have been documented.”\u00a0 Again, mild illness should not preclude a person from being vaccinated.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case of COVID, note this important exception:\u00a0 If you are mildly sick with COVID, have recently been exposed to COVID and are still in your quarantine window, or are asymptomatically infected and within the 10 day window since having tested positive you should wait to get vaccinated until<\/a> you are recovered and\/or out of quarantine\/isolation so that you do not further spread the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Table 1. Triage for individuals coming for vaccination <\/strong>(from CDC<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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