Penelope Canonico
04/12/2021 15:17
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 04/12/2021 3:34 PM
The journalist Mauro Viale, who died from Covid this Sunday, received the diagnosis of his illness
two days after
having applied the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
That is, the disease was already incubating at the time of inoculation.
Clarín
consulted experts to clarify whether the vaccine administered while infected could worsen the condition.
Jorge Geffner, senior researcher at Conicet, points out that
there is no scientific evidence
that encourages us to think that, when an asymptomatic covid condition is taking place, the administration of any of the Covid vaccines worsens the condition.
“Immunizing someone who is suffering from an infection can never make the disease worse.
It is advisable not to do it so that the symptoms are not confused ”, the professional understands.
For his part, Guillermo Docena, biochemist, immunologist and principal investigator of Conicet, adds: "It has been shown that the vaccine does not worsen the disease, but
there were adverse reactions such
as thrombosis whose cause is still unknown."
Meanwhile, Angela Gentile, a medical epidemiologist, emphasizes that all Covid vaccines are inactivated, of non-replicative antigens.
“They can be applied in patients with underlying disease and those who are immunocompromised.
A vaccine of these characteristics
cannot potentiate or cause disease
.
Mauro had an
atypical
clinical course
”, he indicates.
“If the patient presents symptoms or suspects that he may be infected due to close contact, it
is recommended not to vaccinate
until he is discharged from the hospital.
This is not because the vaccine worsens the condition but because the
immunological effect
generated by the inoculation is already given by the disease itself, ”says Lautaro De Vedia.
former president of the Argentine Society of Infectious Diseases (SADI).
In this direction, Daniela Hozbor, Conicet principal investigator and vaccine specialist, maintains: “If you are studying Covid, it is not convenient to get vaccinated for collective and individual reasons.
In the first instance
, you cannot mobilize
because you are a source of infection and, secondly, the vaccine will be deprived of its beneficial effect when it is administered in an organism that
already presents an immune response
as a consequence of the disease ”.
how long to wait
How long should you wait?
Gentile clarifies the panorama by explaining that previously it was advisable to get vaccinated once you had received the epidemiological discharge, after 10 days after the termination of the disease had elapsed.
“The rule changed 15 days ago and it was decided that, after the covid with a positive PCR, it is necessary to wait
3 to 6 months
to indicate the first dose because the disease offers protective antibodies (defer the post-disease vaccination because it is assumed that in that lapse the individual is protected), he argues.
Should a strategy be considered to
test the population
before receiving the vaccine?
Arnaldo Casiró, Head of the Infectious Diseases Service at Teodoro Álvarez Hospital de Agudos, advises against the alternative because he considers that the measure could
imply the collapse of the system
.
"They should be used in symptomatic patients with close contacts," he concludes.
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