Should You Get It?
The Covid (Coronavirus) Vaccine & Lyme Disease

Benefits & Risk of The Coronavirus Vaccine in Lyme 

Most people with Lyme should get the new Pfizer or Moderna mRNA Covid-19 (Coronavirus) vaccines. The benefits of the vaccine far outweigh any risks. However, there are three different groups of Lyme patients that may have a higher risk of harm from the vaccine. 

Watch the full video below to see what Marty Ross MD is advising his patients who live with Lyme about getting the new Covid-19 (Coronavirus) vaccine.

In reaching the conclusions I share in the video, I reviewed the currently available safety data of this new vaccine. I do acknolwedge that it is limited to two months and that any vaccine poses a risk to the person. But this risk has to be compared to the risk of getting Coronavirus and the harm that it can cause a person. Coronavirus can kill or even leave the person with increased ongoing health problems. In my opinion, for most people living with Lyme, the harm from Coronavirus, the risk of getting the infection, or the impact of lockdowns, mask wearing, and physical distancing far outweigh any risk posed by the vaccine. 

The video was recorded during Conversations with Marty Ross MD on December 10, 2020.  At this time the comments are specific only to the new Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The person with Lyme should discuss the points raised in the video with their own physician to make a decision about getting the vaccine.