According to some health experts in England, people should not drink alcohol should after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. The claim made by the experts states that alcohol changes the make-up of the trillions of micro-organisms that live in a person’s stomach which play an important role in preventing the invasion of bacteria and viruses. They further claim that alcohol causes damage to immune cells in the blood, including lymphocytes, which send out antibodies to attack viruses, and thus lower the effectiveness of vaccines such as the Covid-19 vaccine.
According to Emergency medicine specialist Dr. Ronx Ikharia just imbibing three glasses of Prosecco, an Italian bubbly wine, was enough to bring down the levels of lymphocyte cells in their blood by as much as 50 percent.
Immunologist Professor Sheena Cruickshank, at the University of Manchester, also urged people to avoid alcohol around the time of their Covid-19 vaccination. ‘You need to have your immune system working tip-top to have a good response to the vaccine, so if you’re drinking the night before, or shortly afterward, that’s not going to help.’
However, American experts seem to have a different opinion. In a recent article, that appeared in the Providence Journal, the Rhode Island Health Department spokesman Joseph Wendelken said that “There is no indication that moderate consumption of alcohol will affect the protection your body develops after getting an immunization.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)