Dear TNBC family,
I have been following the news regarding booster shots as they apply to our community.
Today, I received the following email from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC, one of the top cancer centers in the U.S.
As I have written many times, on this forum, I am not a doctor or epidemiologist and I am not saying whether anyone here should get vaccinated (if they haven't already) or whether they should get a booster shot but I wanted to share this will all of you because I feel it is important-
https://www.mskcc.org/coronavirus/third-dose-covid-19-vaccine-recommended-some-cancer-patients-weakened-immune-systems?utm_source=MSKNow-08-24-21&utm_medium=email&utm_content=GeneralCancerResearch&utm_type=COVID-19My personal belief is that the Delta variant may bring our country to a new, concerning, level of illness.
It is also clear to me that in some cases where I am helping women with severely compromised immune systems their oncologists sometimes recommend that they do not get vaccinated and other oncologists disagree. I will not tell anyone, I am helping, what to do but I do feel it is an important discussion that should be had with your medical advisors.
I would encourage all here to please try to be safe/careful.
with my love to all of you,
Steve