third person live attenuated vaccines and immunocompromised people

February 16, 2020 8:40 AM

If my father cannot be around people who have had a live attenuated vaccine (for how long after the vaccination?), can he be around fully vaccinated people who are around people who have just had the live vaccine? Specifically when my friends' kids get their vaccines, can I see them and then see my father the same day? The next day? After a week? I can't figure out what the timelines are.

We're also asking the hematologist, this is not replacing medical advice, but this is a low priority question for him and something I really want an answer to as a sort of only thing I have any control over is getting knowledge for me.

posted by sockingjay to Health & Fitness (1 answer total)

I'm not a doctor but I would think so - as long as you've been vaccinated there's not really a chance of you getting the virus yourself, so you wouldn't be actively shedding viral particles or anything like that. Wash your hands before visiting with him (in general, not only if you've been seeing these people - there are lots of other daily exposures you wouldn't even know had happened) and if you want to be very careful you might change your clothes.
posted by Lady Li at 11:24 AM on February 16, 2020