Hi, I have just had both jabs, but can anyone answer this question? If your immunity is low due to chemo, how does your body create any immunity when you have the jabs? We have all been told it is important told to have them, but for the life of me I cannot work out how they can have any effect!
Basically you are correct. However they don’t really know who will or won’t mount an immune response. So blanket coverage with people getting some response is better than not trying at all. If that makes sense.
Also hence immunocompromised getting a 3 dose initial Course then 2x boosters
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