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Read Article Dr. Keith Roach DEAR DR. ROACH: Can you elaborate on how the COVID vaccine is different — or inferior, or maybe just not as fully tested — from other vaccines? As far as I know, we do not need to continue to take precautions for polio, or the Spanish flu or bird flu — those vaccines protect us. Why the need for continued precautions for COVID after being vaccinated? — W.S. ANSWER: The COVID vaccines are new, but the evidence is mounting that in the real world (as opposed to just studies), these vaccines are very safe and effective. Part of the continued caution in th...

Read Article Dr. Keith Roach DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a teacher scheduled to get the Pfizer vaccine on Friday. My mom keeps sending me stuff about why I shouldn’t get it — fear of what it will do to the immune system in the future. Everything I’ve read confirms it’s safe, but she is freaking me out a little. Could you send me some encouragement as to its safety? — M.C. ANSWER: All the data we have so far — and it’s a year of safety data — tells us that this is both a safe and effective vaccine. I, and now my whole family, have received the vaccine after I read the safety and...

Read Article Dr. Keith Roach DEAR DR. ROACH: I have had both COVID-19 vaccinations and am planning to donate blood. Would any of my immunity pass on to the person receiving my blood? — D.J. ANSWER: Although we may think that blood is taken out of the donor and given whole to the recipient, that almost never happens. After you donate blood, the components are separated out. The red blood cells are given to people with anemia or who are in surgery to replace blood loss. These “packed” red blood cells contain almost none of the immunoglobulins your body has made in response to the COVI...