The first COVID-19 vaccine shots in the US were administered on December 14 to high-risk health care workers, marking the start of an ambitious immunization program that aims to give every American the option of receiving the vaccine. But what about people who ve already been infected with COVID-19 should they also get the vaccine?
According to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the independent committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on how best to control vaccine-preventable diseases in the US, a previous COVID-19 infection shouldn t rule out a person from getting the vaccine. In a slide presentation for a CDC meeting on December 12, the committee noted that data from clinical trials suggests that vaccination is safe and likely efficacious in people who have previously been infected with COVID-19, whether they displayed symptoms or not.