Rich Eisen tests positive for COVID-19 despite vaccination

Rich Eisen announced on social media Thursday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was showing symptoms despite his vaccination. The NFL network presenter had a message for his subscribers: “Get vaccinated. “

“Double-vaxxed. COVID +. It’s possible, guys. As someone sitting on day four in quarantine to fight symptoms, I can personally attest that you still need to be careful and, most importantly, get vaccinated,” Eisen wrote on Instagram.

While the United States has statistically fewer cases and deaths than in January, coronavirus cases have increased in recent times due to the virulent Delta variant.

Eisen received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine in February and said he now had symptoms of the virus, although he did not describe which ones. However, he stressed that his symptoms would be much worse if he had not been vaccinated.

“Every healthcare professional I’ve met over the past few days tells me that the two Pfizer injections I received in February are what keep a 52-year-old man like me from having a much worse experience than the one I got. I live. ”Eisen wrote. “So, be careful if you are vaccinated and, if you are not vaccinated, don’t wait another second.”

Although he tests positive for COVID-19 while being vaccinated, he explained that he always encourages others to get vaccinated to protect their own health, but also that of their community.

“Why? Especially since mine did not prevent COVID from my body?” he explained why he advocated the vaccine, despite having contracted the coronavirus. “So there are no more variants to break through highly effective vaccines that would normally bring us all back to normal life. But if you want a perhaps a little more personal answer: get yourself vaccinated so you don’t go to the hospital or die.

A study by the Yale School of Public Health and the Commonwealth Fund found that vaccinations against COVID-19 have saved 300,000 lives. To date, more than 334 million vaccines have been administered in the United States and 48.2% of Americans have been fully immunized.