If I got vaccinated with Sputnik V, why can't I go to the US?
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This week, in our episode of questions and answers, Dr. Elmer Huerta answers questions from the audience about the vaccines that people must have in order to enter the United States.
We also answer questions about post-vaccination infections, the use of masks, among others.
You can listen to this episode on Spotify or your favorite podcast platform, or read the transcript below.
Hello, I am Dr. Elmer Huerta and this is your dose of information on the new coronavirus.
Information that we hope will be useful to take care of your health and that of your family.
Today we will answer some questions that we have been asked on our Twitter account @DrHuerta.
New requirements to enter the US from November 1:22
The vaccines the United States accepts from travelers
Given the announcement by the United States government of which vaccines will be allowed to enter that country as of November, this week we have received dozens of questions related to the possibility that people who, already having a vaccine that is not in that country list, can be revaccinated with some of those that are allowed to meet the requirement and be able to enter that country.
Remember that the vaccines allowed are the three that are licensed in the United States:
Modern,
Pfizer
and Johnson & Johnson,
To which are added four approved emergency by the World Health Organization:
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AstraZeneca
and Covidshield, its Indian-made counterpart,
in addition to the two Chinese vaccines: Sinopharm and CoronaVac.
This situation, receiving other types of vaccines for migratory purposes, constitutes a new reason for the combination or mixture of vaccines.
This third reason is added to those that we listed in the episode of September 20, which are the need to complete an interrupted vaccination schedule after receiving the first dose and the distrust of many people to certain vaccines previously received.
Undoubtedly, completing a vaccination schedule is an undisputed medical necessity, since it implies acquiring — with another vaccine — the complete protection provided by receiving two doses of the vaccine.
But the other two, being vaccinated again due to distrust of a received scheme or the intention to be vaccinated again to comply with an immigration requirement, are a completely different matter and that implies revaccination, that is, to receive one or two doses of vaccines again. different from the first.
CNN Correspondent Participates in Vaccine Study 3:49
The combination of vaccines
Regarding the combination of vaccines to complete an interrupted vaccination schedule, studies in Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom have determined that the first dose of AstraZeneca can be completed with a second dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
Those studies were prompted by the temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine in several European countries earlier this year.
Another combination studied is the one that exchanges the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to complete an interrupted vaccination schedule, a combination that is allowed in Canada, but is recommended in the United States by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) only in exceptional situations.
Finally, another combination studied is the one that allows the vaccination started with the Sputnik V vaccine to be completed with a second dose of AstraZeneca or Moderna.
This study was done in Argentina due to the shortage of the second dose of Sputnik V.
In relation to the possibility of revaccination, either due to distrust of the vaccines received or for migratory reasons and being able to travel to the United States or Europe, there are no scientific studies in this regard, so these practices should be considered as non-endorsed forms of self-medication by scientific studies, and should only be done with the authorization of the GP.
Is the booster dose key to ending the pandemic?
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Booster shots
On a completely different issue, since it is related to booster vaccines, that is, the intention to use a vaccine - either the same or another - as a booster to those received in the vaccination scheme, on September 24 the United States CDC The United States announced that a third dose of Pfizer's vaccine was approved in that country to:
people over 65
and for those between 18 and 64 years of age with medical conditions that predispose them to complications if they become infected while fully vaccinated.
The norm also establishes that the booster dose must be administered to those people who, due to their occupation, are exposed to a greater risk of contagion.
On the other hand, the Chilean government concluded - based on a study not yet published in a scientific journal - that it is possible to reinforce the two doses of the Sinovac vaccine with one of AstraZeneca.
Now, let's go to the questions of the week.
Questions about COVID-19 infection, inoculation, and post-vaccination infection
@drhuerta, if a few days after placing the second dose of Sinopharm, I have a discomfort in my throat, a stuffy nose, a headache, have I been infected with COVID-19?
- Guille Corrales León (@memadas) September 25, 2021
Hello, Guille.
Of course it is possible.
Remember that —depending on the frequency of infection where you live— all respiratory illnesses should be considered covid-19 until proven otherwise.
You must see your doctor to do the molecular test.
What happens if after being vaccinated I completely become infected with COVID-19?
After the storm, what should I do?
Thanks!!
- POTUS45 (@SindromedeBec) September 25, 2021
Hello, Potus.
The possibility of developing a serious illness from covid-19 developed after full vaccination is, happily, very rare.
Data are not yet available to know if people who develop the disease will have any type of sequelae.
You must be attentive to the information.
Questions about booster doses
Dr please that booster vaccine is different in its content or is the same as the 1st and 2nd doses, thank you
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(@pattyzol) September 24, 2021
Hi Patty.
As approved by the CDC, the third dose or booster dose of Pfizer's vaccine is the same as that used in the previous two doses.
@drhuerta hello doctor, good day.
I would like to know what is known about booster doses in pregnant people, vaccinated before pregnancy with sinovac, and that booster doses correspond.
- Cami (@Cgonpe) September 24, 2021
Hello Cami.
That is an excellent question.
Because pregnant women are a high-risk group for complications if they develop COVID-19, and since the booster dose has been approved for that group of people, pregnant women should receive the booster dose.
Other questions about vaccines
Dr Huerta, what is the reason for not accepting Sputnik V?
Greetings from Honduras from a faithful follower of yours, colleague and former INEN ... a cordial greeting
- Tulio Velásquez (@ 2000_velazo) September 23, 2021
Good question, Tulio.
The reason is that the United States government has chosen vaccines that have emergency approval from the World Health Organization, and these do not include the Sputnik V vaccine.
To those who received up to 4 doses in a row, can they have a negative reaction?
- Sutiy Pilar (@ Pilar28907244) September 23, 2021
Hi Sutiy.
Your question is a very good one, but it does not yet have an answer based on scientific studies.
No study has yet been done that tracks people who have received multiple doses of the same or different vaccines.
Questions about the coronavirus
@drhuerta, thank you always for your answers, I will have to travel to a country in Europe where the use of face masks is not mandatory and it is not used much, if I use my N95 all the time, am I protected?
I am vaccinated with sinovac, what additional measures should I take!
Thanks
- Adriana Murcia (@ Adriana66635246) September 26, 2021
Hello Adriana.
Yes, of course, N95 masks - technically called respirators - filter 95% of the particles that reach the user's airways.
However, remember that it is also important to avoid crowded closed places and wash your hands frequently.
@drhuerta I have a question that they do not clarify.
If one buys clothes, should they be washed before putting them on as a preventive measure for Covid-19?
Or on the contrary, can we buy it and use it at the moment as it was done before?
- Donna (@PilarDonna) September 24, 2021
Hi Donna.
This is no longer necessary, unless there is evidence that the clothing has traces of secretions of some kind.
You must proceed as you did before.
How is the research on treatments to prevent and / or cure COVID that began last year?
Are there any that have had encouraging results?
- Arianna Vélez (@ AriannaVlez10) September 23, 2021
Good question, Arianna.
Unfortunately, no drugs have been discovered that can help in the prevention or effective treatment of covid-19.
Perhaps the exception is the recent World Health Organization approval of two drugs, casirivimab and imdevimab, two monoclonal antibody cocktails made by the Regeneron laboratory.
These medications can help prevent complications from Covid-19 in a person at risk of complications.
@drhuerta greetings from Montrèal, because months ago they said that children did not get Covid and now they are the ones who are getting contaminated?
Thanks.
- Alejandro Rojas (@ alejandrorh68) September 23, 2021
Hello Alejandro.
That is an excellent question.
In fact, since the beginning of the pandemic - as we have described in previous episodes of this podcast - there have been infections, hospitalizations and even deaths in children.
Remember that the severe complication called infantile multisystemic inflammatory syndrome had already been described.
The increase in cases seen in children could be due to the fact that a large proportion of older people are already protected by vaccines and the appearance of the highly contagious delta variant, which causes children to be more exposed to the virus and to become infected.
Fortunately, the fact remains that hospitalizations and death of children is rare.
Myths and truths about covid-19 vaccines 4:21
Myths about vaccines
@drhuerta first, I want to congratulate him for his work.
There are people who are against vaccines, they say: because they are made with parts of aborted babies, is that true?
I am already vaccinated with the two doses of pfaizer, and 5 months before I had mild covid, does it serve as a "dose"?
- DIANAROMAS (@DIDIPER) September 25, 2021
Hi, Diana.
I beg you to listen to the episode of October 12 in which we clarified that false claim of some anti-vaccine groups.
In short, I will give you a summary.
It all started in the early 1970s in Leiden, the Netherlands, when the laboratory of scientist Alex van der Eb sought to produce a cell line that could be used in the manufacture of proteins.
One of its postdoctoral scientists, Canadian Frank Graham, succeeded in inserting - after 293 patient experiments - the genetic material of a cold virus into the nucleus of embryonic kidney cells from a legally aborted fetus in the Netherlands.
The experiment originated an immortal cell line, called HFK 293, where the letter H comes from the English "human";
the F is for fetal, the K is for “kidney”, or kidney in English, and 293 is the number of the experiment that managed to conclude the experiment.
HFK 293 then stands for "human kidney fetal cells achieved in experiment 293".
Since then, this HFK 293 cell line and its derivative, HFK 293T, have become the main cell lines with which the vast majority of laboratories that carry out experiments for the development of medicines and vaccines work, so it is not true that vaccines contain parts of aborted fetuses.
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