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Originally Posted by Thasaidon
Where I am in the Philippines vaccination started a few weeks ago.
Unfortunately my wife is having chemotherapy for the next year and has been advised not to have the vaccination until that is completed. I have decided not to get vaccinated until she does as I do not wish to risk accidentally affecting her.
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I'm certainly not a doctor nor an expert, but you should probably call and talk to your wife's doctor about that decision. I don't know which vaccines you have available in the Philippines, but the ones we have in the US do NOT actually contain any of the virus. In years past many vaccines for various diseases actually contained small amounts of the virus so as to get your body to build up an immunity to it. The vaccines for COVID-19 in the US don't work that way. Instead they alter your DNA to create an immunity to COVID-19. If you have similar vaccines in the Philippines, then they should make you less likely to be a carrier, at least in theory. But again, I encourage you call or visit your wife's doctor and have a detailed discussion about what is the best approach to take.
Having had several family members go through cancer and chemo over the past several decades, I do understand the chemo severely weakens the patients immune system rendering them much more vulnerable to other diseases. So definitely discuss with the doctor.