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Family hopes Flossmoor man?s COVID-19 death after getting vaccine doses promotes awareness
By Mike Nolan
Daily Southtown |
Apr 30, 2021 at 5:02 PM
The family of a Flossmoor man who got both COVID-19 vaccine doses but later contracted the virus and subsequently died hope to bring awareness of the vaccine?s antibody building abilities in some people with preexisting health conditions.
Alan Sporn, 75, tested positive for the coronavirus and died March 29 despite having received his follow-up shot in early February, according to Laurie Sporn, one of his daughters.
He was under a doctor?s care for chronic lymphomatic leukemia, and testing done after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 around the third week of March showed his body had developed little resistance to the virus, she said.
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In early April, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center reported findings of a study done on patients at its Hillman Cancer Center that showed people with cancers affecting the blood, bone marrow or lymph nodes were at a higher risk of COVID-19 vaccine failure, and that the risk was particularly acute among those with chronic lymphomatic leukemia, such as Sporn.
The study results mirror those done elsewhere, including the United Kingdom, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society recently noted that some blood cancer patients ?may not get optimal protection from vaccines? and may be more susceptible to COVID-19 infections even after being vaccinated.
Sporn said her dad had been extremely cautious, and not venturing out during the pandemic, but after getting the vaccine felt he was OK and went out for meals twice with friends he hadn?t seen in ages.
?These are his best friends,? she said...
Family hopes Flossmoor man?s COVID-19 death after getting vaccine doses promotes awareness
By Mike Nolan
Daily Southtown |
Apr 30, 2021 at 5:02 PM
The family of a Flossmoor man who got both COVID-19 vaccine doses but later contracted the virus and subsequently died hope to bring awareness of the vaccine?s antibody building abilities in some people with preexisting health conditions.
Alan Sporn, 75, tested positive for the coronavirus and died March 29 despite having received his follow-up shot in early February, according to Laurie Sporn, one of his daughters.
He was under a doctor?s care for chronic lymphomatic leukemia, and testing done after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 around the third week of March showed his body had developed little resistance to the virus, she said.
...
In early April, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center reported findings of a study done on patients at its Hillman Cancer Center that showed people with cancers affecting the blood, bone marrow or lymph nodes were at a higher risk of COVID-19 vaccine failure, and that the risk was particularly acute among those with chronic lymphomatic leukemia, such as Sporn.
The study results mirror those done elsewhere, including the United Kingdom, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society recently noted that some blood cancer patients ?may not get optimal protection from vaccines? and may be more susceptible to COVID-19 infections even after being vaccinated.
Sporn said her dad had been extremely cautious, and not venturing out during the pandemic, but after getting the vaccine felt he was OK and went out for meals twice with friends he hadn?t seen in ages.
?These are his best friends,? she said...