A woman in Alaska, who caught COVID-19 a second time after being vaccinated, reveals her story not to indicate that vaccines are ineffective, but on the contrary.
Kim Akers received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine last month, but the dreaded disease was recently re-diagnosed. But she’s not wrong with the vaccine.
“I want people to get the vaccine. I want to be aware. I want people to get the vaccine … so we can get out of this,” Akers told FOX News, “if they do not, we are not going to see an end to this. ‘
Johnson & Johnson’s single dose vaccine was 66% protective against moderate to severe diseases in a large international study. In the US alone, where fewer variants were distributed, it was 72% effective. More importantly, once the effect of the vaccine began, it could prevent hospitalization and death.
After she was diagnosed, she took her case to social media.
“Just because you had Covid or were fully vaccinated does not mean you can not test positive,” Kim Akers wrote on Facebook.
The 50-year-old high school administrative secretary told FOX News she’s glad she got the vaccine: “I believe it worked for me. I could have been so much worse … I believe in the doctors and the scientists … I wish more people would believe in them. ‘
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“It would be great if it protected you completely,” she told the Anchorage Daily News.
According to public health officials, vaccines are not 100% effective in preventing infection. It can be expected that a small percentage of people who have been fully vaccinated will still receive COVID-19.
J&J did not return Fox News’ request for comment.
Akers first contracted COVID in December and she was ill with an extremely intense headache and symptoms similar to the common cold.
She said she was eager to get the vaccine on March 5 after her recovery due to an underlying health condition of rheumatoid arthritis.
Kim Akers gives a warning after she caught COVID-19 a second time after she had already been vaccinated. (Thanks, Kim Akers)
Later that month, she became ill again from fatigue, nausea and congestion of the breast during a weekend getaway to a lake with family and friends.
“I still did not believe there was anything wrong,” Akers told the newspaper. “I told my family I wanted to go home.” Do not worry, it is not GENDER. “I said that. ‘
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When she got home, the other COVID symptoms appeared.
“I did not believe at that moment that it was only when I came home and thought about my symptoms and realized that I remember having a headache,” she said. “Then I lost my taste and my smell.”
Akers tested COVID-positive for the second time on March 29.
She almost recovered after three difficult days, with a constant headache.
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Viruses are constantly evolving and the world is vaccinating millions and bumping up the coronavirus before even more mutants emerge. More than 119 million Americans have had at least one vaccine dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 22% of the population is fully vaccinated. Much of the rest of the world is far behind the pace.
Akers was grateful to be vaccinated because the vaccination is meant to keep you out of the hospital and prevent death and hopefully reduce your symptoms.