Get The Facts On The Vax: Why are people who had COVID-19 still getting the vaccine? Updated: 5:44 PM EDT May 18, 2021 Get The Facts On The Vax: Why are people who had COVID-19 still getting the vaccine? Share Updated: 5:44 PM EDT May 18, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript HERE AT PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4, WE’RE HELPING YOU GET T FACTS ON THE VAX. TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COVID-19 VACCINE, TO PITTSBURGH-AREA DOCTORS. I GOT TO SIT DOWN WITH THE WTAE MEDICAL CONTRIBUTR DOCTOR -- DR. ARVIND VENKAT, AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN AT ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK. HERE’S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS HE TOOK. SUE LAY WROTE IN. WHY ARE PEOPLE WHO HAD COVID ARE THEY GETTING THE VACCINE, SHOULDN’T THEY BE IMMUNE? DR. VENKAT: THOSE WHO HAD COVID-19 HAVE A DEGREE OF IMMUNITY, BUT HOW ROBUST THAT IMMUNE RESPONSE IS SEEMS TO VERY QUITE A BIT -- VARY FROM PERSON TO PERSON, THERE SEEMED TO BE A MORE ROBUST IMMUNE RESPONSE FROM GETTING THE VACCINE, SO IT IS STILL RECOMMENDED THAT THOSE WHO HAD COVID-19 SHOULD GET VACCINATED. KELLY: IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VACCINE FOR THE EXPERTS, LET US KNOW. WE WILL SEND THEM OVER. SEND THE WTAE FACEBOOK PAGE A MESSAGE, OR COMMENT ON THE