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Vaccine plus infection
Does covid infection(3 months old) and one dose covishield vaccine offer protection against reinfection? My brother goes to high court for work which is a congested area but he has also been infected and vaccinated with 1 dose but my mother grandparents and I live in the same house as him.
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Irrespective of vaccination and old infections he may get the covid if he is not following Mask ,Sanitization and social distance
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Dr. P M Anbumaran
Pulmonologist
13 yrs exp
Chennai
Vaccine will reduce the severity of disease , will not protect entirely from infection, do a online consultation with a pulmonologist for further evaluation and management
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
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46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
There is still possibility of getting covid.But how ever,the infection will not be severe.Hence follow, SMS.Even after 2 ND dose,also, there is likely to get infection.
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