COVID-19 vaccines for people who are moderately or severely immunocompromised

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  Updated June 24, 2022
  
  What You Need to Know
  
  • If you are moderately or severely immunocompromised (have a weakened immune system), you are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 illness and death. Additionally, your immune response to COVID-19 vaccination may not be as strong as in people who are not immunocompromised.
  
  • As with vaccines for other diseases, you are protected best when you stay up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines as described below.
  
  • Use CDC’s COVID-19 booster tool to learn if and when you can get boosters to stay up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines.
  
  • You may also be eligible for Evusheld, a medicine given by your healthcare provider to help prevent you from getting COVID-19.
  
  • You can self-attest to your moderately or severely immunocompromised status. This means that you do not need any documentation of your status in order to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses wherever they are offered.
  
  
• Subjects:
  COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccines Immunization, Secondary Immunocompromised Host Vaccination
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Name as Subject:
  Janssen COVID-19 vaccine ; Moderna COVID-19 vaccine ; Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1a7f816a48f0542f375db63ed9df05348b7b5814c96b3819e9067923de1dd087
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/118625/cdc_118625_DS1.pdf
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