Coronavirus vaccine scientists suggest it will be less effective in protecting obese patients. People who are overweight are at especially high risk of complications after an illness, and they are more likely to require long-term drug therapy during illness.
In a new report, the researchers noted that other well-known vaccines, such as the influenza, hepatitis A, and B vaccines, did not provide full protection for overweight people in their early days.
It is possible that the new coronavirus vaccine will have this effect. And since overweight people are at risk, you need to pay special attention to this, — noted authors of the work.
However, the vaccine must be qualitatively tested on different people before a mass launch. But such research can take several years.
Any vaccination is an experiment, but it must be safe, otherwise all human rights are violated. We need commissions, documents and studies that will confirm the safety of the vaccine. So far, I do not know of a single candidate vaccine that has passed all the tests. It’s too early to talk about this, since it is impossible to create and test a safe vaccine in a couple of months, – Professor and epidemiologist Igor Gundarov explained to “Reedus”.
In the United States more than 40% American adults are obese, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warnsthat these people face an increased risk if they contract COVID-19.
Usually people with high body mass index (BMI) do not participate in clinical trials of drugs or vaccines, but in this case, according to experts, an exception should be made.
Also recently, scientists have found that a disruption in the level of a hormone responsible for normal body metabolism may explain why COVID-19 is so dangerous for overweight people. As a rule, in obese people, the level of leptin is almost always high, and this can affect the body’s response to infection.
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