Fully vaccinated, immunocompromised patients should keep masking up as experts probe booster shots: CDC panel
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Immunocompromised patients fully vaccinated against COVID-19 should continue to wear face masks, maintain 6 feet of distance and take preventive steps as researchers continue to weigh booster doses in the fragile population.
HIV and cancer patients, organ transplant recipients and those taking immunosuppressant drugs comprise about 2.7% of the U.S. adult population, and some evidence has suggested the population doesn’t respond as well to COVID-19 vaccines, inducing lower levels of protective antibodies. Emerging data suggests an additional dose could boost the antibody response, and small studies indicated a third dose resulted in side effects similar to those seen after the initial vaccination series.More Related News