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Getting vaccinated if you have already had the Covid, it will be possible

2020-12-19T19:28:48.867Z


Having the virus does not necessarily guarantee that you are immune. The Haute Autorité de santé estimates that people who have had C


Damien crossed paths with the Covid-19 two months ago during a wedding.

To find out what his body has kept in him from this contamination, this Parisian thirty-something took a serological test on Tuesday.

Result: “I apparently no longer have enough antibodies to be protected because I am just below the threshold of immunity.

In theory, Damien could therefore contract the disease again.

And despite his status as a former patient with the coronavirus, vaccination remains a possible option if he wants to protect himself in the long term.

This is in substance what the High Authority for Health (HAS) clarified on Friday night.

The HAS experts had a problem in mind: should people who have already been infected with SARS-CoV-2 be vaccinated?

The HAS believes at this stage "that there is no need to systematically vaccinate people who have already developed a symptomatic form of Covid-19".

"The vaccines do not flow freely, it is necessary as a priority to vaccinate people who have not contracted the virus", indicates infectious disease specialist Jean-Daniel Lelièvre.

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However, the HAS believes that patients already affected by the virus "should be able to be vaccinated if they wish, following a decision shared with the doctor".

“Even if there are relatively few cases of reinfection compared to the 60 million people who have been affected, the Americans and the British advise those who have already contracted the virus to be vaccinated anyway within a period of one to three months after the first signs of the disease, ”emphasizes Jean-Daniel Lelièvre.

In this case, the Haute Autorité de santé considers it preferable to respect a minimum period of 3 months from the onset of symptoms.

If the HAS makes this recommendation, it is because “the duration of the long-term immunity conferred by COVID-19 is currently not known”.

"Although the real frequency of cases of reinfection is difficult to establish, the number of published cases of reinfection duly documented remains for the moment low (about ten)", add the experts of the HAS.

Jean-Claude does not want to relive this hell

But no question of playing with fire for Jean-Claude.

At 74, this taxi driver from Drancy (Seine-Saint-Denis) suffered a serious form of the disease.

After two months of coma and weeks of rehabilitation, he lost 30 kg and does not want to relive this hell for anything.

"My doctor's brother-in-law contracted Covid-19 twice in a row and after what I experienced, I am very distressed," says the septuagenarian.

So yes I will be vaccinated because if I suffer the effects of Covid a second time in the same way, I will die ”.

But is it really safe to get vaccinated after contracting the disease for the first time?

In this case, "the data available with an average follow-up of three months show that there is no particular serious adverse effect", indicates the High Authority.

"I don't think it's risky and I don't find it shocking to vaccinate those who have already had it because it will stimulate their immunity", underlines Professor Agathe Raynaud-Simon, head of the geriatrics department at the hospital Parisian Bichat.

Aurélie wants to help curb the circulation of the virus

Affected by the virus last March but having suffered from "very mild symptoms", Aurélie now considers herself "someone who can catch it again".

"We are a lot to say to ourselves in my case that it would not be stupid to put a layer of vaccine to strengthen our immunity," confides this young Parisian.

Not only would this allow us to be more peaceful but also help prevent the virus from circulating too much.

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Before deciding, is it advisable to proceed with a serological test to measure whether our body has enough antibodies to withstand a new assault?

The HAS does not recommend it because it considers that “a serology does not allow proof of immunity to the virus”.

Source: leparis

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