If my child receives a nasal spray vaccine, should they stay away from people who have cancer or other medical conditions that suppress the immune system?
No, even though there is a very small risk for the nasal spray vaccine virus to be transmitted from the person who received the vaccine to other people, such a small number of virus particles are shed that there are not enough to infect another person. Only in those rare situations where a person has such a suppressed immune system that they need to be in a protected environment is it necessary to separate them from someone who received a live virus flu vaccine for 7 days. It is important to note that there have been no documented reports of a nasal spray vaccine virus being shed to another person resulting in illness.
Related Questions
- Can I request the nasal spray instead of the vaccine administered through injection for my child at the Arizona school based program clinics?
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- Does someone who just got a dose of the nasal spray vaccine need to stay away from young babies less than 6 months old?
