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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => COVID-19 => Topic started by: nudephil on 02/04/2020 17:22:41
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Carol sent us this:
If a healthy 70+ person contracted the virus and had previously been given a pneumonia jab, could they still get complications like pneumonia? Or is the jab limited to certain pneumonias eg stasis?
Am I right that it's limited to certain pneumococcal bacteria?
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No, it only protecs against the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Am I right that it's limited to certain pneumococcal bacteria?
The vaccine covers you for Streptococcus pneumoniae infection.
In a study of COVID-19 co-infections, 257 COVID-19 patients in Jiangsu Province (January 22 to February 2, 2020) were studied. In total, 24 respiratory pathogens were found among the patients, and 242 (94.2 %) patients were co-infected with one or more pathogens. Bacterial co-infections were dominant in all COVID-19 patients, Streptococcus pneumoniae was the most common.
So, having the vaccine is a good idea and will help if you get a Streptococcus pneumoniae co-infection.