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Experts say this is because it takes time for the antibodies to develop in your body.
“I have no problem putting needles in people as a doctor, I do not like to put needles in me,” said dr. Amy Herold, chief medical officer at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, California, said.
She takes the coronavirus vaccine just like thousands of others.
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Regarding what happened to the nurse in San Diego, “I think they were exposed just before they got the vaccination, and that they have not yet or only shown symptoms after that,” Herold said.
“It is a sad coincidence that if someone has already been exposed and vaccinated, the vaccine does not work within a few days. I mean it does work within a few days, but certainly not within a week,” said Dr. Yvonne Maldonado of Stanford said.
Doctors told our sister station KGO-TV that the first vaccine shot offers 50% immunity, which does not start with the Pfizer vaccine for a week and the Moderna vaccine for two weeks. The second dose brings immunity to at least 90%.
While no one is at 100%, Herold said there is optimism in her hospital, and she could not help smiling when she got the vaccine.
“Under my mask, I have the biggest grin that I’ll finally get it, because at the moment it feels like hope and for all of us who care for COVID patients and who are currently being stretched to the limit,” she said. “Having something to look forward to and hope for is a very powerful thing.”
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