7.6 C
New York
Friday, March 29, 2024

Nurse Tests Positive For Coronavirus 8 Days After Receiving Pfizer Vaccine

Must read

A nurse in California has tested positive for coronaviirus eight days after receiving Pfizer vaccination.

Identified as Matthew W., an ER nurse who works in two different hospitals in San Diego, received the Pfizer vaccine on December 18, 2020 according to his Instagram post.

He wrote: ‘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.”

ER nurse Matthew W (pictured), received the Pfizer vaccine on December 18, according to a post from Instagram

Matthew said he began tio feel unwell on Christmas Eve after working in the covid-19 unit.

Matthew told ABC 10 News that he first got the chills before coming down with muscle aches and fatigue.

On December 26, he went to the hospital to get tested and the result came back positive.

Regulators of the Pfizer vaccine have found that the best immunity against coronavirus comes seven days after the second dose, which is given three weeks after the first, meaning there is a possibility that someone who had received the vaccine could still contract the virus within that time frame.

And while it is surprising, it’s not unexpected, according to health experts who weighed in on the case.

Dr Christian Ramers, an infectious disease specialist with Family Health Centers of San Diego, told the station: ‘It’s not unexpected at all. If you work through the numbers, this is exactly what we’d expect to happen if someone was exposed.’

More articles

- Advertisement -The Fast Track to Earning Income as a Publisher
- Advertisement -The Fast Track to Earning Income as a Publisher
- Advertisement -Top 20 Blogs Lifestyle

Latest article