{"id":1001,"date":"2021-07-22T20:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T20:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2021-07-22T20:00:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T20:00:46","slug":"covid-19-vaccination-in-autoimmune-diseases-patient-perspectives-and-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=1001","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Vaccination in Autoimmune Diseases: Patient Perspectives and Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authors: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rheumatologyadvisor.com\/author\/meghnarao\/\">Meghna Rao<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that individuals with autoimmune diseases and those with weakened immune systems receive the COVID-19 vaccines; however, no solid data are currently available regarding their safety specifically in populations with autoimmune conditions.<sup>1\u00a0<\/sup>On the other hand, researchers have indicated that patients with autoimmune and inflammatory conditions vs the general population may be at increased risk for COVID-19-associated hospitalizations and worse disease outcomes, suggesting that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks.<sup>2\u00a0<\/sup>In February 2021, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) also released detailed<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rheumatologyadvisor.com\/home\/general-rheumatology\/acr-covid19-vaccine-clinical-guidance-for-patients-rheumatic-musculoskeletal-diseases\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0clinical guidance<\/a>\u00a0for providers regarding COVID-19 vaccination in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">For More Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rheumatologyadvisor.com\/home\/general-rheumatology\/covid19-vaccination-vaccines-autoimmune-diseases-perspectives-concerns-expectations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.rheumatologyadvisor.com\/home\/general-rheumatology\/covid19-vaccination-vaccines-autoimmune-diseases-perspectives-concerns-expectations\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Meghna Rao The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that individuals with autoimmune diseases and those with weakened immune systems receive the COVID-19 vaccines; however, no solid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[703,761],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autoimmune-disease","category-concerns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}