Should you get a COVID-19 vaccine if you have a cold?

let's get some questions uh dr jen first question should you get an approved vaccine if you have a cold okay so no official cdc or fda guidelines on this however i will tell you what we recommend in clinical practice for other vaccines if you have a fever from a viral infection which a common cold is you should not get a vaccine any kind of vaccine again that's just a basic kind of common sense recommendation that we use when we're practicing medicine however if you just have a stuffy nose a little sore throat you don't have body aches you don't have symptoms below the neck most people will say go ahead and do it okay i just look at you and i see wallaby i don't know right i'm trying to focus but no idea what she just said something about a vaccine or something a shot a fever okay continue to submit your questions and wallaby pictures to dr jen on her instagram and dr jay ashton well hey there gma fans robin roberts here thanks for checking out our youtube channel lots of great stuff here so go on click the subscribe button right over right over here to get more of awesome videos and content from gma every day anytime we thank you for watching and we'll see you in the morning on gma

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Length: 1min 17sec (77 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 16 2021