A Nurse in California has tested positive for COVID-19 just days after he got vaccinated against the virus.
Matthew W. got vaccinated on December 18 and immediately took to Instagram where he shared a picture of the certificate he got after taking the vaccine.
“Got my Covid vaccine! The 15 minutes afterward sitting around with a bunch of others while health care workers asked us how we felt made me think of an opium den. I’ll report back if I start to grow a third arm”, he captioned the picture.
Days later, on Christmas eve, Matthew became sick with muscle aches, chills and fatigue after he had worked a shift at a COVID-19 unit after the vaccination.
He went for a test for COVID-19 on December 26 and the result came back positive.
An infectious disease specialist with Family Health Centers of San Diego, Dr Christian Ramers said such is not unexpected at all.
“We know from the vaccine clinical trials that it’s going to take about 10 to 14 days for you to start to develop protection from the vaccine”, Ramers said.
“That first dose we think gives you somewhere around 50%, and you need that second dose to get up to 95%.”
He advised those who have been vaccinated to continue to follow protection protocols against the virus without letting their guard down.
“You hear heath practitioners being very optimistic about it being the beginning of the end, but it’s going to be a slow roll, weeks to months as we roll out the vaccine”, the specialist said.
United States and California in particular, ranked one of the highest among states worst hit by the pandemic.
While over 332,000 Americans have died of coronavirus, nearly 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the US, with over 9.5 million doses distributed so far. Those numbers now include both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.
Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday night signed a $900 billion for coronavirus relief. However, President – elect, Joe Biden has promised a more national approach to curb the virus.
Source:The Will
