⚠️A press release and several articles have been published this afternoon with misleading information about how the COVID vaccines “work well” for people who are immunocompromised.
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The study they refer to groups all “immunocompromised” people together, of which vaccine response is only looked at in a small number of people. (2/6)
We don’t know whether this group includes people with blood cancer, and it will include people with other conditions such as Crohn’s and multiple sclerosis.
These diseases all affect the immune system in very different ways. (3/6)
These diseases all affect the immune system in very different ways. (3/6)
The study states that antibody levels are significantly reduced in people who are immunosuppressed following vaccination compared to other risk groups.
It concludes that further research is needed in the immunosuppressed group to understand how the vaccines work for them. (4/6)
It concludes that further research is needed in the immunosuppressed group to understand how the vaccines work for them. (4/6)
We, alongside @MyelomaUK , @AnthonyNolan and @BritSocHaem, are funding research into vaccine effectiveness which we hope will provide stronger conclusions about how people with blood cancer respond to the vaccines. (5/6)
We're contacting Public Health England about this press release, and advise people not to take the press release or the news coverage at face value.
You can find out about what we know so far about vaccine effectiveness here: bloodcancer.org.uk/support-for-yo… (6/6)
You can find out about what we know so far about vaccine effectiveness here: bloodcancer.org.uk/support-for-yo… (6/6)
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