Hello.
My sister and I have remitting/ relapsing. She ended up in the hospital with COVID. An Infectious Disease Specialist told her that being on Ocrevus, and other MS medications, won't help to get the vaccine. Our group has not been tested with the vaccine, so it's really hard to tell being immunocompromised already.
I found the MS Society website most knowledgeable.
Stay safe, stay healthy!
BE STRONG!
Luvs.
Beth

@A MyMSTeam Member Moderna and Pfizer vaccines do not use any “live” virus in them so you should be okay. Here’s a link to more information about the J and J vaccine:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/29/health/johnson-c...

FYI, it’s the nasal flu vaccine that contains “live” virus but the shot doesn’t have any, which means it should be safe. So, I would say getting a flu shot would be a smart thing to do if you haven’t already.

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@A MyMSTeam Member, @A MyMSTeam Member:

I elaborated my questions about the J&J vaccine above. I have a preference for the Moderna, Pfizer and any other vaccines just because they're based on the new mRNA vaccine technology.

But not because I'm a fan of new technology, it's just because of that potential new "MS vaccine" which has proven effective in *mice* is based on mRNA technology -- so I'm a cheerleader for anything that pushes that MS envelope. :-)

Anyway, regarding that J&J one-shot vaccine, it seems that is not based on mRNA technology, but more importantly, it is significantly less effective against the virus compared to the other vaccines, as this report talks about:

https://www.masslive.com/coronavirus/2021/01/jo...

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Tired of it YES but if it works 🙏

My doctors told me to wait until summer they both are worried about the side effects with all the things I've got going on did they even test any one with ms I don't know so I think I'll will wait not that anyone even offered the vaccine to me yet