The COVID vaccine has been administered to millions of Americans, and although a handful of key politicians and officials, including the vice president Mike Pence, were vaccinated, President Donald Trump has not yet sat down for his shot. While you may be making assumptions about why Trump hasn’t yet received the COVID vaccine, the real reason is based on science. Read on to find out why Trump is waiting to be vaccinated and to see what side effect Dr. Fauci is preparing for, check out The only side effect Dr. Fauci is concerned about with his next COVID injection.
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When Trump had COVID, he received an aggressive form of treatment using various medications, including dexamethasone and remdesivir, as well as the monoclonal antibody cocktail Regeneron. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest that anyone who has received “monoclonal antibodies or convalescent plasma as part of treatment with COVID-19” should wait at least 90 days before being vaccinated.
The buffer between treatment and vaccination aims to “prevent treatment interference with the immune responses induced by the vaccine,” according to the CDC. And for the most up-to-date COVID news delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter.
Trump received the antibody cocktail from October 2. December 31 is exactly 90 days from the date it was announced that he received treatment, but he continued to receive it after that. On December 17, a White House official told CNN that the president is still reaping the benefits of his COVID treatment, noting that once he reaches the appropriate window to receive the vaccination, he will likely do so. It is not clear, however, when this will happen. For a crucial update of the CDC vaccination guidelines, see The CDC has just changed this important COVID vaccine guideline.
The CDC also suggests that those who have been infected with COVID should be vaccinated. “Due to the serious health risks associated with COVID-19 and the fact that reinfection with COVID-19 is possible, people may be advised to get the COVID-19 vaccine, even if they have been sick with COVID-19 before” , the agency says.
If you have had COVID but have not received antibody treatment, you are free to receive the vaccine as soon as the virus leaves your body. The CDC says, “Vaccination should be postponed until recovery from the acute illness (if the person has symptoms) and the criteria are met to stop the isolation.” Then, 14 days after contracting COVID, you can get the vaccination.
However, you can choose to wait longer. “The current evidence suggests an unusual reinfection within 90 days after the initial infection,” points out the CDC. “Thus, people with documented acute infection in the previous 90 days can postpone vaccination until the end of this period, if desired.” And for more vaccine guidance, see These are the only people who should not take 2 doses of the COVID vaccine.
Together with Vice President Pence and the Second Lady Karen Pence, General surgeon Jerome Adams was vaccinated live on TV on December 18. That same day, the Mayor Nancy Pelosi announced that she also had got the vaccine, as well as the Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell.
President-elect Joe Biden received the vaccine soon after, on December 21. Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), was inoculated on December 22. And most recently, on December 29, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris she was also vaccinated, along with her husband, Doug Emhoff. To see which states are ignoring CDC’s suggestions about the vaccine process, see These 2 states are going against CDC’s vaccine recommendations.