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Dr. Stephen Feagins, chief clinical officer, Mercy Health–Cincinnati.
Dr. Robert Frenck, principal investigator of the National Institutes of Health-sponsored Vaccine Treatment and Evaluation Unit, director of Gamble Vaccine Research Center. He s leading the COVID-19 vaccine trials at Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center.
Dr. Thomas Lamarre, infectious disease specialist, The Christ Hospital.
Here s what we asked, and how they responded:
If you or a friend or colleague or family member had COVID-19 already, would you get or tell
them to get the vaccine anyway?
Blatt:
Yes. I would recommend that anyone who has already had COVID infection get a vaccine. The reason is that natural infection immunity seems to wear out after two to three months. We are hoping that the vaccine will provide longer lasting immunity. So far, the antibody responses to the vaccine seem to last longer than the antibody responses to natural infection.