ER nurse tests positive for COVID-19 eight days after he was vaccinated
- In the San Diego emergency room, Matthew W., received the Pfizer vaccine on Dec. 18
- On Christmas Eve he started to feel ill and on December 26 he went to get tested
- Matthew tested positive for the coronavirus, but has been feeling better since then
- And while surprising to many, it’s not unexpected, according to health experts who have considered the case
- Dr. Christian Ramers said, “It’s not at all unexpected. If you work through the numbers, this is exactly what we expect to happen if someone is exposed ‘
- Ramers said Matthew could have had the coronavirus before being vaccinated
A California nurse tested positive for COVID-19 just eight days after receiving the vaccination.
ER nurse Matthew W. received the Pfizer vaccine on Dec. 18, according to an Instagram post.
‘I have my Covid vaccine! The 15 minutes after that, hanging out with a bunch of others while health workers asked us how we were feeling reminded me of an opium den. I’ll report when I start growing a third arm, ”Matthew wrote.
But on Christmas Eve, Matthew, who works at two different hospitals in San Diego, started to feel nauseous after a shift in the COVID-19 unit.
EH nurse Matthew W (pictured) received the Pfizer vaccine on Dec. 18, according to an Instagram post
But on Christmas Eve, Matthew, who works at two different hospitals in San Diego, started to feel nauseous after a shift in the COVID-19 unit. He said he first got chills before experiencing muscle pain and fatigue
He told ABC 10 News that he first got chills before experiencing muscle pain and fatigue.
On December 26, he went to a hospital to get tested for the virus and tested positive.
And while it’s surprising, it’s not unexpected, according to health experts who weighed the case.
Dr. Christian Ramers, an infectious disease specialist at Family Health Centers in San Diego, told the station, “It’s not at all unexpected. If you work through the numbers, this is exactly what we expect to happen if someone is exposed. ‘
Ramers said it is possible that Matthew was infected before he got the vaccine.
And if Matthew contracted the virus after the vaccine, it’s still consistent with what health care providers know.
“We know from the clinical trials of vaccines that it will take about 10 to 14 days for you to start developing protection against the vaccine,” Ramers said.
Ramers also said he is aware of other cases where health workers became infected around the time they got the vaccine.
On December 26, Matthew (second from left) went to a hospital to be tested for the virus and tested positive
“We think that first dose will give you somewhere around 50%, and you need that second dose to get to 95%,” Ramers added.
Matthew says he’s been feeling better since his symptoms appeared last week.
The Trump administration’s goal of vaccinating the majority of the U.S. population in the first half of next year has been thwarted by the program’s slow rollout, which at its current pace could take nearly 10 years to complete, according to a new report. complete.
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 percent of the total population would be vaccinated by the end of June.
However, data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows vaccination efforts are slower than necessary, with only 2.1 million Americans received their first dose of the 11.4 million shipped earlier this month, as of Monday.
At this rate, this means more than 3 million people will need to be vaccinated daily to meet the June deadline, according to a NBC News analysis of the data on Tuesday.
Alternatively, if vaccination efforts continue at their current pace, it can will take nearly a decade to adequately vaccinate 80 percent of the country’s 330.7 million residents by then, the report shows.