How long after contracting COVID do you have to wait to get vaccinated?

Concerned about the potential side effects of COVID-19[female[feminine vaccine? Not sure which activities are safe after vaccination? Whether you are vaccinated or not, AL.com will contact public health experts to address your concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Here are the questions we were able to answer for readers.

For answers, we consulted Paul Goepfert, director of the Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic at UAB, Dr David Kimberlin, co-director of pediatric infectious diseases at UAB and the Children’s Hospital of Alabama, and Don Williamson, the chief of Alabama Hospital. Association.

It should be noted that specific questions regarding your own health should be discussed with your primary care provider.

Question: My child has a history of Kawasaki disease. Do you think it is safe for him to get the vaccine? He’s 13 now.

Reply: “There is no contraindication in a child who has had Kawasaki disease before, and my understanding is that children with a history of Kawasaki do not have more serious COVID infections,” Goepfert said.

Question: My daughter tested positive for COVID -19 on July 27. Prior to that she had had mild symptoms on July 23 for like 2 to 3 days coughing headache on a fever day the low grade symptoms were very mild. Will she be able to get vaccinated soon?

Reply: “I would suggest that she get the vaccine as soon as she can. The original recommendation to wait 3 months reflected the severe supply shortages we had when the vaccines were first deployed, ”Kimberlin said.

“Now that is no longer the case, I am not aware of any data indicating that there is a delay between having COVID and getting the vaccine. Given how far things are going. hurt right now (and will get even worse) I wouldn’t keep anyone waiting. The only exception I can think of would be someone with cardiac involvement with the infection, where you would probably want to follow that up and make sure this is resolved before giving the vaccine. “

Question: A colleague just told me that hospitals do not report covid positive patients if they have been vaccinated. He thinks he is being lied to and that there are many more vaccinated people who get sick and hospitalized than what is reported. Is it true?

Reply: “No. All patients who are hospitalized and test positive for COVID are reported as being in hospital,” Williamson said.

“If they occupy a bed in a hospital, they are reported and counted as having been a patient in the hospital with a positive COVID test. Immunization status does not matter whether they are counted. This is true for all hospitals across the country.

Here’s more information on COVID vaccines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention..