Covid Vaccination

[Bazile]

Is there anything to worry about if someone gets the vaccination while they have the virus ?

[jno]

apparently you should wait till you're recovered

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html

Can't help with whether you should worry.

[Mamyalynne]

Not necessarily to be worried about but perhaps best to check with the vaccine centre or helpline.

I have heard that in circumstances like you outline to vaccine may not be as effective.

[Mamyalynne]

Soory to be extremely nosy Bazille, but is there someone in your family who is struggling with all this?

You seem to have asked an awful lot about different scenarios.

Ignore if I am too personal.

[Bazile]

There is a family member who is anxious about getting the vaccination .

Just trying to provide information for her

[Mamyalynne]

Understood.

[Sqad]

You mean if one is "harbouring" the virus but is asymptomatic and receives the vaccine ?
This must have happened thousands of times, but haven't seen any relevant data........how could you gather data?
I would suspect that side effects or no side effects would be the same in the non infected person as the infected person.
In other words...no big deal.

[237SJ]

One of the questions that is asked before vaccination is whether the person has had covid in the last 28 days. I have seen people turned away when they answered Yes.

[Bazile]

I suppose there must be a lot of people who have the virus without knowing at the time they had the vaccination

[bobbinwales]

Am hoping that if it were a known problem with covid posative people including asymptomatic people getting the vaccine they would of introduced later flow test testing 30 mins before the vaccinnation

[bednobs]

when i had mine they checked my temp at the door. one of the biggest worries would be giving it to a vaccinator who then passes it on every 15 mins!

[DTCwordfan]

I think that is true, bedknobs...

as to the vaccine, most of them are just a mirror or part of the actual covid - not the full viral structure, so I would think that there is very little impact....

[ParsleyDumpling]

You should only be turned down for vaccination if you have had a positive Covid result in the last 28 days. Having a test should not preclude you, I know this because I have booked literally hundreds of vaccinations within the last 4 weeks. As for having the virus and getting vaccinated at the same time, as Sqad says it must have happened, but if you have no symptoms how would anyone know.

[theprof]

Let's step back a little first.

Minor illnesses without fever or systemic symptoms are not a valid reason to postpone vaccination. If an individual is unwell, immunisation should be postponed until they have fully recovered. The principal reason for this is to avoid confusing the differential diagnosis of any acute illness, including Covid-19, by wrongly attributing any signs or symptoms that develop to any adverse effects of the vaccine. This is vitally important.

Let's move on. Officially, there is no evidence of any safety concerns from vaccinating individuals with a past history of Covid-19 infection or with detectable Covid-19 antibodies.

It's considered that vaccinating individuals who may be infected or are asymptomatic or incubating Covid-19 infection is unlikely to have a detrimental effect on the illness. However, vaccination should be deferred in those with confirmed infection to avoid confusing the differential diagnosis. Now it becomes a little complicated here as the regulations state that because clinical deterioration can occur up to two weeks after infection, ideally vaccination should be deferred until clinical recovery to around four weeks after onset of symptoms or four weeks after the first confirmed positive specimen in those that are asymptomatic.

Having prolonged Covid-19 symptoms is not a contraindication for having the vaccine, but if the patient is seriously unwell, under investigation for Covid-19 infection or there is evidence of serious deterioration, deferral of vaccination is authorised to avoid incorrect attribution of any change in the patient's condition to the vaccine.

So in a nutshell, the answer Bazile is no. As others have said, this must have happened many times already during the vaccination programme. The particular vaccine used is immaterial.

[Peter Pedant]

The intellects have said this must have happened many times
well they have had 1.7 bn ( yes billion ) tries

Real life data - what you do is..... vaccinate and follow up for the first fourteen days and see if the covid they get before immune status kicks in.... is different in any way

it isnt

the ones testing positivie in the first two or three days MUST have had it whilst they were vaccinated and nothing happens

( but we already really knew that innit?)

[Peter Pedant]

// worries would be giving it to a vaccinator who then passes it on every 15 mins!//

they all had experimental vaccine - as prof said a few months ago ( top of the queue unsurprisingly )

[theprof]

Yes Peter your're absolutely right. Seven of us working in that biosecure facility were jabbed some time before Margaret Keenan made news headlines.
In actual fact, I've had the Pfizer, AZ and Moderna vaccines to date plus a couple I can't name due to efficacy issues

[dave50]

No, just go and get the jab whatever, stop fretting about it.

[Kardashev]

seems an odd thing to ask. What does it matter if the person has it already?