Question
Can I wait for a COVID-19 vaccine if I am young with a low risk?
7 February 2021. Related: All topics, COVID-19.
Answer
Even if the average risk is low for your age, you can still benefit personally. Some young people have long COVID which continued for many months and some have died.
If your history includes a low CD4 count, this might makes your risk from COVID-19 much higher. If you have been offered a vaccine, this is because you have a real risk from COVID-19.
Also, and really the main reason, is that a vaccine will protect other people who you see and live with. Having a vaccine is part of a wider community response.
This is one of more than 65 questions about COVID vaccines. It was produced by and for people living with HIV.
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