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Five second-dose COVID-19 vaccine questions answered

Ryan Stewart For The Oklahoman With all Oklahomans now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, second shots are ramping up, and with them, concerns about the follow-up dose s side effects. Experts at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation offer answers to five questions on the second shot to the arm. 1. How does the second dose differ from the first? It doesn t, said OMRF immunologist Eliza Chakravarty, M.D. The dosage is the same, and chemically, Pfizer and Moderna s second shots are identical to their first. It s what the second dose does inside your body that is different, Chakravarty explained. The first shot teaches your body to recognize the virus. The second further instructs the immune system to remember the virus and make a stronger, more focused response if it sees it again.

What People With Lupus Should Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine

12 Things People With Lupus Should Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine When the vaccine will be available for people with lupus, guidance on delaying medications before vaccination, and more. February 26, 2021 People with lupus should get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is available to them, according to doctors and the current guidelines. Antonio Rodriguez/Adobe Stock In a recent Lupus Research Alliance survey of 703 Americans with lupus and 63 of their relatives and friends, 64 percent said they’d be willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it’s available and determined to be safe for them by scientists. Lupus itself and the immune-suppressing medications used to treat it may increase risk for severe COVID-19 infections, says Jeffrey R. Curtis, MD, MPH, professor of rheumatology and immunology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and chair of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Guidance Task Force. So the vaccine could be an impor

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