The emergency nurse tested positive for COVID-19 eight days AFTER the vaccination
- San Diego emergency nurse Matthew W. received the Pfizer vaccine on Dec. 18
- He started feeling sick on Christmas night and went for the test on December 26th
- Matthew tested positive for coronavirus, but has since begun to feel better
- And while it’s surprising to many, it’s not unexpected, according to health experts who analyzed the case.
- Dr Christian Ramers said: “It’s not at all unexpected. If you look at the numbers, that’s exactly what we would expect to happen if someone was exposed.
- Ramers said Matthew may have had the coronavirus before he was vaccinated
A California nurse tested positive for COVID-19 just eight days after receiving the vaccine.
Emergency nurse Matthew W., received the Pfizer vaccine on Dec. 18, according to an Instagram post.
“I have my Covid vaccine! The 15 minutes after sitting with a bunch of others while health workers asked us how we were feeling, made me think of an opium den. I’ll let you know if I start doing grow a third arm, ”Matthew wrote.
But on Christmas night, Matthew, who works at two different hospitals in San Diego, began to feel sick after working for a shift at the COVID-19 unit.
Emergency nurse Matthew W (pictured) received the Pfizer vaccine on December 18, according to an Instagram post
But on Christmas night, Matthew, who works at two different hospitals in San Diego, began to feel sick after working for a shift at the COVID-19 unit. He said he first had chills before coming down with muscle pain and fatigue
He told ABC 10 News that he first had chills before coming down with muscle soreness and fatigue.
On December 26 he went to a hospital for the virus test and tested positive.
And while it’s amazing, it’s not unexpected, according to health experts who analyzed the case.
Dr. Christian Ramers, an infectious disease specialist at San Diego Family Health Centers, told the station, “It’s not at all unexpected. If you analyze the numbers, that’s exactly what we’d expect to happen if someone was exposed.”
Ramers said Matthew may have been infected before receiving the vaccine.
And if Matthew contracted the virus after the vaccine, it still matches what health professionals know.
“We know from clinical trials of the vaccine that it will take about ten to ten days to begin developing protection against the vaccine,” Ramers said.
Ramers also said he is aware of other cases where health workers became infected at the time of receiving the vaccine.
On December 26, Matthew (second from the left) went to a hospital for a virus test and tested positive.
“This first dose we believe provides you with around 50%, and you need that second dose to get to 95%,” Ramers added.
Matthew says he has been feeling better since his symptoms appeared last week.
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Operation Warp Speed officials had promised in recent months that 20 million Americans would receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of 2020 and that 80% of the total population would be vaccinated by the end of June.
However, data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that vaccination efforts are moving at a slower pace than necessary, with only 2.1 million Americans received their first dose of the 11.4 million sent earlier this month, as of Monday.
At this rate, it means more than 3 million people will need to be vaccinated daily to meet the June government deadline, according to a Analysis of NBC News data Tuesday.
Alternatively, if vaccination efforts continue at their current pace, it will it will take nearly a decade to properly vaccinate 80% of the country’s 330.7 million residents by then, according to the report.