American nurse contracted Covid days after being vaccinated

A nurse who works in the emergency department in the California city of San Diego tested positive for COVID-19 just days after being vaccinated against the disease, US media reported today.

The health worker was identified as Matthew W., a 45-year-old nurse, who received the first dose of the vaccine prepared by Pfizer-BioNTech on December 18.

According to the victim himself confessed to KGTV, a subsidiary of ABC News, the only side effect he suffered after being inoculated with the vaccine was pain in his arm.

However, six days later, after taking a shift in his health centre’s emergency unit with patients with covid, he experienced chills, muscle pain and fatigue.

A hospital test confirmed he was positive for Sars-CoV-2, EFE reported.

Could happen

According to experts consulted by the chain, this case is not “something unexpected”, since vaccinated patients do not develop decisive protection against the coronavirus immediately after receiving the drug.

Clinical trials with the vaccine have shown that this immunization, which would reach 95% of vaccinees, can be carried out a few days after receiving a second dose of the preparation which, in the case of Pzifer, takes about 21 days to be inoculated. again.

In addition, with the incubation period of the coronavirus being up to 14 days, it is also possible that the nurse was infected before receiving the vaccine.

Experts say these cases are just a reminder that vaccines are not a panacea; that stopping the pandemic will take time, and that in the meantime the basic social and health practices of maintaining social distancing, frequent hand washing and wearing masks must be followed.