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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan vaccinated people get long Covid? Doctors say risk is 'very, very small'
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/can-vaccinated-people-get-long-covid-doctors-say-risk-very-n1273970]Dr. Michele Longo, an assistant professor of neurology at Tulane University in New Orleans who works with long-haul patients, said she has not seen such patients following a breakthrough infection. Neither has Dr. Maureen Lyons, medical director of the Care and Recovery from Covid-19 Clinic at Washington University in St. Louis.
Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, a clinical epidemiologist, also at Washington University, is studying the effects of Covid-19 vaccination on the risk of long Covid-19. His research, which is not yet finished, looks at information on more than 5 million veterans within a Department of Veterans Affairs database, including 200,000 who were diagnosed with Covid-19.
"Of the people who get vaccinated and end up with a breakthrough infection, their risk of coming back to the clinic with some long Covid manifestation is very, very small," Al-Aly said.
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Can vaccinated people get long Covid? Doctors say risk is 'very, very small' (Original Post)
Peppertoo
Jul 2021
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We have at least 1 member who was fully vaxed & is suffering terribly with long haul
SheltieLover
Jul 2021
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SheltieLover
(78,205 posts)1. We have at least 1 member who was fully vaxed & is suffering terribly with long haul
XanaDUer2
(15,769 posts)2. I'm so sorry
She & her 2 young ER Dr. sons - all 3 fully vaxed & long haulers.
KentuckyWoman
(7,384 posts)3. The risk depends on all factors
Some like me who uses all the available common sense tools has a far greater chance of mangling myself up good in the shower than by covid.
Some who get a shot then go risky in other behaviors, their risk goes up. How much is a gamble.
FreeState
(10,702 posts)4. So the study is not finished and not peer reviewed
But is being presented by the study author as fact?
Seems a bit premature and possibly unethical.
Peppertoo
(438 posts)5. It is preliminary but it is worth nothing
