COVID-19 vaccines work in people living with HIV.Researchers say HIV-positive people are less likely to produce a strong immune response to common vaccines, and may need higher doses or more booster shots for protection.
COVID-19: Study shows many children and adolescents may have been carrying disease “When do people with HIV have to get the booster shot — or are we never fully protected?” Enrico Mandarino, a Toronto resident who has lived with HIV for more than 25 years and who recently got his second vaccine dose, told Global News.“There’s so many unanswered questions it adds a layer of complexity to someone living with HIV.”Those are exactly the questions the new study, led by Vancouver’s’ CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN) will.