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12 Things People With Lupus Should Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine
When the vaccine will be available for people with lupus, guidance on delaying medications before vaccination, and more.
February 26, 2021
People with lupus should get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is available to them, according to doctors and the current guidelines.
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In a recent Lupus Research Alliance survey of 703 Americans with lupus and 63 of their relatives and friends, 64 percent said they’d be willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it’s available and determined to be safe for them by scientists.
Lupus itself and the immune-suppressing medications used to treat it may increase risk for severe COVID-19 infections, says Jeffrey R. Curtis, MD, MPH, professor of rheumatology and immunology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and chair of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Guidance Task Force. So the vaccine could be an impor