Is COVID-19 vaccination safe for those with chronic illness such as hypertension, high cholesterol and diabetes?
Persons with chronic illnesses are recommended to receive the vaccine for personal protection. The participants of Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty’s and Moderna/Spikevax's clinical trials and other studies included persons with medical comorbidities, who were at risk of serious, life-threatening disease and death from COVID-19 infection, and demonstrated effectiveness with no safety concerns reported in this group.
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