Should those who've just had Covid also be vaccinated?

[Dustyboots]

Isn't it a waste of a vaccine?

And couldn't it harm the person being vaccinated, being over exposed to the virus?

They're saying now that if you've had Covid you're immune for about 5 months - so surely they should be focussing on vaccinating those who've never had Covid.

Perhaps they are.

The vaccine produces a much stronger immunological response than infection. I don't think it's a waste of vaccine.

You can’t have the vaccine within 28 days of a positive test.
After that yes if you qualify.

You can't be over exposed as it doesn't have any of the virus in the vaccine

@CupoTeap

You can't be over exposed as it doesn't have any of the virus in the vaccine

Even if it did, if you've just recovered from covid your body would produce antibodies which would just neutralise the virus anyway. If you're already immune, the vaccine won't give you covid.

I would say they should vaccinate people even if they have had a positive test recently, in case that was a false positive.

I thought the recent PHE study said previous infection offers 83% protection, which is higher than the vaccines.

My MIL tested positive on 20th December and had her first jab on Thursday. She did have a headache but otherwise fine after.

Immunity from infection lasts at least 5 months. The study showed it could last 8+ months. 8 months was the max time from infection in the study but the authors said they didn’t expect that to just drop off after 8months + 1 day and they were optimistic about longer term immunity.

I had COVID 18/12 and had vaccine this week on 20/1. My covid at Christmas happened whilst i had covid antibodies (I know this as a HCP on the trials they are referring to to get the data for immunity). We have been told if you have antibodies for covid the vaccine will work upon these and improve them.

At work however, we have found those with antibodies tend to bit poorly after the vaccine, temperature, headache, shivers etc.

In a mass vaccination programme, there isn't time to look at everyone's individual circumstances. They just need to get everyone vaccinated asap, it would be a waste of time to do the admin of figuring out who recently had Covid and invite them back another time.

Personally I think no they are not priority at the moment. They are getting vacinated and I think it's very sad that this is depriving others who might actually die from the virus.

The vaccine doesn't stop people from getting covid, it reduces the chance of hospital treatment and death. Those who hold their own antibodies and weren't hospitalised in the first place shouldn't be getting vital vaccines at this stage.

My opinion doesn't count for anything. It's just my opinion.

I was thinking that.

Surely it’s better to concentrate early resources on those who have no immunity at all? As that way we’d get to a critical mass of those protected more quickly.

Well the people with years of training and experience in viruses, vaccines, immunology etc have said vaccinate irrespective of previous Covid infection, as long as it’s more than 30 days. I haven’t seen their working, but even if I had, they are presumably more qualified than me to understand and interpret it.

I shall be rolling my ex-Covidy sleeve up when the time comes.

I haven’t seen their working, but even if I had, they are presumably more qualified than me to understand and interpret it.

Well sure, but I’d like to understand more about their reasoning.

The only thing I can think of is logistics. It might be hard to keep track of those who’ve been vaxxed if they did it that way and people could fall through the net.

Blanket age profiling is a lot simpler.

But I don’t know. I’d like more info.

Puzzled observer they are doing it because it's easy. Easy does make it right. I doubt many have really considered this until now. I feel very strongly that those who have had a positive test, with symptoms should be considered in terms of their real need. I think it's appalling those donating plasma are also be vaccinated right now.

I actually think it's disgusting that this is happening. It's even more distasteful when people advertise on social media that one week they're donating plasma, the next week they've been vaccinated. Especially as the numbers hospitalised and the exhaustion of frontline keyworkers is so prevalent.

If I had lost family/friends or had anyone I knew in hospital right now. I'd be furious this was happening. So many people need it more. People can't visit family in Hospitals, teachers are working with frontline workers children, policemen are grappling with the general public.

Why should plasma donators be vaccinated right now? The easy way is not the right way!

*Doesn't make it right

I had my vaccination booked next week but caught Covid last week, I have rebooked for in 4 weeks so interested to read peoples thoughts