Most of you will know of Dr Brian Druker - without whom most of us would be dead. He led the pioneering research that resulted in imatinib, and the TKI era of CML treatment.
When asked would he recommend the COVID vaccines for CML patients, he replied with this:
“I am recommending the vaccine for my CML patients with the main exception being in people who carry Epi pens for severe allergies. In this case, I would weigh risks and benefits a bit more closely – how much exposure to COVID patients do they have, how severe have the allergic reactions been, can they be observed closely for 30 minutes to an hour after vaccination? Assuming they are not in this category, and the leukemia is reasonably well controlled, I do not view them as immune compromised, so the vaccine should be as effective as in anyone else and there is nothing about their leukemia, or their CML treatment that should cause any problems.”
https://www.cml-foundation.org/icmlf-forum/1519-covid-vaccine-for-cml-pa...
