When will we know if this new covid vaccine is safe for those of us with CLL and taking Imbruvica?

[duffymcgrif]

IMBRUVICA AND COVID VACCINE

[cajunjeff]

I am not aware of anyone suggesting that the pfizer vaccine is not "safe" for us with cll or us on ibrutinib. Its not a live vaccine.

There is a question of how effective the vaccine will be for us. One encouraging sign for us is that vaccine has exceeded all expectations for conferring immunity with older people. Older people in general do not have as good a response to vaccines due to an aging immune system.

The fact it works so well in older people is a sign it might work well for us too.

Some vaccines for other diseases set off a weak immune response in older adults. But Pfizer and BioNTech found that people over 65 got about as much protection from the coronavirus vaccine as younger people did.

msn.com/en-us/health/medica...

[denmanjemima in reply to cajunjeff]

Grrrreat