Vaccinated US nurse contracts Covid, knowledgeable says Pfizer shot wanted extra time to work: Report

A nurse in California examined optimistic for COVID-19 greater than per week after receiving Pfizer Inc’s vaccine, an ABC News affiliate reported on Tuesday, however a medical knowledgeable mentioned the physique wants extra time to construct up safety.
Matthew W., 45, a nurse at two totally different native hospitals, mentioned in a Facebook put up on December 18 that he had acquired the Pfizer vaccine, telling the ABC News affiliate that his arm was sore for a day however that he had suffered no different side-effects.
Six days in a while Christmas Eve, he grew to become sick after working a shift within the COVID-19 unit, the report added. He bought the chills and later got here down with muscle aches and fatigue.
He went to a drive-up hospital testing website and examined optimistic for COVID-19 the day after Christmas, the report mentioned.
Christian Ramers, an infectious illness specialist with Family Health Centers of San Diego, advised the ABC News affiliate that this situation was not sudden. “We know from the vaccine clinical trials that it’s going totake about 10 to 14 days for you to start to develop protection from the vaccine,” Ramers mentioned.
“That first dose we think gives you somewhere around 50%, and you need that second dose to get up to 95%,” Ramers added.