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==Immunocompromised people and vaccines == People who are severely immunocompromised either by a particular disease or treatment are advised to get additional vaccines due to their suppressed immune system being unlikely to fight off infections.<ref name="Avaz2014">{{Cite journal | last = Arvas | first = Ahmet | date = 2014-09-01 | title = Vaccination in patients with immunosuppression|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4462293/|journal=Turkish Archives of Pediatrics/Türk Pediatri Arşivi|volume=49|issue=3|pages=181–185|doi=10.5152/tpa.2014.2206|issn=1306-0015|pmc=4462293|pmid=26078660}}</ref> The CDC states that only live and bacterial vaccines should be avoided by immunocompromised people (vaccines containing a reduced amount of a live virus or other infection).<ref name="CDC-weakenedimmune" /><ref name="Avaz2014" /> While having ME/CFS does '''''not''''' make a person severely immunocompromised, some people with ME/CFS may have other known risk factors.<ref name="Klimas20200313" /> Immunocompromised people who receive a vaccine that is not live and not a bacterial vaccine will not be able to produce as many antibodies as a healthy person so the vaccine will not work as well, but the reduced protection should reduce the severity of the virus and improve survival rates.<ref name="CDC-weakenedimmune">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/rec-vac/health-conditions/weakened-immune.html | title = Vaccination of Adults with Weakened Immune System | last = | first = | authorlink = | date = 2020-11-12 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-us|access-date=2020-12-22}}</ref><ref name="Avaz2014" /> Immunocompromised people who choose to have a vaccine may be given a specific type of vaccine more suited to their needs, for example a flu vaccine injection instead of the flu nasal spray vaccine (because the flu nasal spray is a live vaccine).<ref name="CDC-disabilities">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/flu/highrisk/people-with-disabilities.htm | title = Children and Flu Antiviral Drugs | last =CDC | first = | authorlink = | date = 2020-11-17 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-us|access-date=2020-12-22}}</ref>
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