Doctors share if recovered COVID-19 patients should get the COVID-19 vaccine
VIDEO: Doctors share if recovered COVID-19 patients should get the COVID-19 vaccineC By Vania Patino | December 29, 2020 at 9:58 PM CST - Updated December 30 at 12:38 AM
This means they now have antibodies that could help ward off the virus in the future.
However, although rare, there is a possibility of getting COVID-19 more than once.
But Panhandle health experts point out that the CDC has not released any official guidance on whether these individuals need the vaccine.
“There has been lots of science that is looked at, on antibody levels after people have been infected and they seem to drop off fairly quickly, you know in a matter of few months,” said Dr. Scott Milton, infectious disease specialist at Texas Tech Physicians “The question is how much of that do you need to be protected.”