According to WHO nearly everyone can get vaccinated. However, because of some medical conditions, some people should not get certain vaccines. These conditions include:
· Chronic illnesses or treatments (like chemotherapy) that affect the immune system;
· Severe and life-threatening allergies to vaccine ingredients,
· If you have severe illness and a high fever on the day of vaccination.
These factors often vary for each vaccine.
On the other hand the United States Vaccine Safety System ensures that all vaccines are as safe as possible. Even though kidney transplant recipients were not included in these early COVID-19 clinical trials, many physicians believe the COVID-19 vaccine will be safe for these patients because the virus used to make the vaccine is not living. The safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine in people who have had a kidney transplant is not yet known. To date, there is no data on whether any patients with chronic kidney disease at any stage or those on dialysis participated in the COVID-19 clinical trials. Patients with chronic kidney disease could get COVID-19 vaccine?
Please see the links below.
https://www.healio.com/news/nephrology/20201222/nkf-patients-with-kidney-disease-should-be-prioritized-for-covid19-vaccines
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90424
Organizations such as the British kidney society, the British Transplant Society and the kidney Society (the ones in the first page of this article) therefore suggest that patients with chronic kidney disease should be vaccinated with the new coronavirus vaccine. These include those who receive dialysis or kidney transplantation, for whom the benefits are greater than any of the small risks associated with vaccination.
Moreover, they suggest that priority should be given to the above "more vulnerable" groups of kidney disease patients, and efforts should be made to improve the vaccination priority of kidney disease patients through various channels
Our concern: is the vaccine safe?
The British dialysis society also pointed out in the document information that patients with dialysis or kidney transplantation were not included in the current clinical trials related to the new crown vaccine.
But given the experience of other vaccinations, there is no evidence that any existing vaccine against the new coronavirus is unsafe in this patient population.
The results of vaccine clinical trials published so far indicate that the new crown vaccine has good efficacy compared with placebo, and the side effects during the follow-up period are comparable with other well tolerated vaccines.
The drug and health products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) and the Joint Commission on Immunization (JCVI) have extensively reviewed data on vaccines such as Pfizer and approved them for use in patients with chronic kidney disease.
Please see the links below.
https://www.healio.com/news/nephrology/20201222/nkf-patients-with-kidney-disease-should-be-prioritized-for-covid19-vaccines
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90424
The joint renal societies (British Renal Society, British Transplantation Society, Renal Association) and charity partners at the National Kidney Federation and Kidney Care UK are committed to a coordinated approach to the vaccination of high-risk kidney patients against COVID-19.
https://britishrenal.org/covid-19-vaccination-for-adult-patients-with-kidney-disease/
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