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Listen • 1:14 Vaccines work by imitating an infection and causing the immune system to produce antibodies. Those antibodies help fight the disease in the future. Transplant patients receive anti-rejection meds to decrease the efficiency of the immune system so they don’t reject their new organs. But these also appear to decrease the efficiency of COVID vaccines. Preliminary research conducted on a small sample size suggests that certain COVID-19 vaccines, including Pfizer and Moderna, may not be effective for solid organ transplant patients and others with compromised immune systems. A team of Mayo Clinic researchers studied seven organ transplant recipients diagnosed with COVID-19 at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville six to 44 days after receiving the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines. Two patients had received just one dose and the remaining five had received both doses. ....