Coronavirus vaccines may not promote an immune response in those with certain medications or underlying conditions

TORONTO -- Experts say COVID-19 vaccines may promote little or no response in people taking certain medications or those with underlying conditions, and are calling for more research to protect this group.

Dr. Deepali Kumar, the head of the University Health Network's Transplant Infectious Diseases Clinic in Toronto, told CTVNews.ca that researchers don't yet know how effective COVID-19 vaccines are in immunocompromised patients.

"We know that in immunosuppressed people, antibody responses are generally lower for COVID vaccines than in the general population… but we don't know how well the antibody responses translate into effectiveness, so actually preventing COVID disease in immunosuppressive people," Kumar said in a telephone interview on Thursday.

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