A recent study found only 40% of transplant patients tested had a response to the two dose COVID vaccines, meaning 60% are not protected.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – While doctors say the COVID vaccine is our best protection against the virus, new studies have found for organ transplant patients, it may not be enough. As CBS2’s Jenna DeAngelis reports, within days Jennifer Perez went from going to the hospital to ending up in a coma. “It’s something I get very emotional about,” she said. “I had autoimmune hepatitis and pretty much, very rapidly, I went from feeling unwell to acute liver failure.” The 37-year-old says a liver transplant at North Shore University Hospital in March saved her life. “I don’t think I realized how close I was to dying until after the surgery,” she said. At risk of contracting severe COVID, the mother of two can’t wait to be cleared for her vaccine.
