It happened in the San Diego area.
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Experts in the bay area claim that antibodies take a long time to develop in the body.
“I have no problem putting people in needles as a doctor, I don’t particularly like them putting needles in me,” says Dr. Amy Herold, who is the medical director of Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa.
He took the coronavirus vaccine just like thousands of others.
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Regarding what happened to the San Diego nurse, “my guess is that they were exposed just before they received the vaccine and that they still had no symptoms or after,” says Dr. Herold.
“It’s a sad coincidence that if someone has already been exposed and been vaccinated, the vaccine won’t work in a few days. I mean it works in a few days, but certainly not in less than a week,” says Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, of Stanford.
Doctors tell ABC7 News that the first vaccine gives 50% immunity, which is not started for a week with the Pfizer vaccine and two weeks with the Modern vaccine. Then the second dose provides at least 90% immunity.
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Although neither is one hundred percent, Dr. Herold says there is optimism in her hospital and she couldn’t help but smile when she received the vaccine.
“Under my mask I have the biggest smile I finally have,” she says, because it seems like a hope to me right now and to all of us who are caring for patients with COVID and we’re stretched to the limit right now. Having something to look forward to and waiting for is a very powerful thing. “
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