Two doses of the vaccine did not protect Vilnius women from the coronavirus: the professor indicated how often this could happen

“I have had pneumonia twice and now the symptoms were exactly the same. That’s why I thought: there will be bronchitis or pneumonia ”, Laima recalled.

The woman hadn’t even thought about the coronavirus at first, having already been vaccinated with two doses of Pfizer, so she thought it was safe.

“The first vaccination was in January, the second on March 3,” said an interviewer who works at one of the medical institutions.

However, the woman decided to investigate.

“I bought a test at a pharmacy on Sunday. The answer was no. Then I did my research at work (I work in a medical institution) and found that the response was positive, ”Laima said.

The woman believes that she has been infected by a sick coworker. Now other workers are being tested for the coronavirus.

Fortunately, the symptoms weren’t severe – just a cough, a runny nose, and a low-grade fever.

When asked if he would do an antibody test after the vaccine, the interviewee said that he had not succeeded.

“I had to do a survey in early May, but I didn’t know, I don’t know how many I have,” Laima said.

After vaccination, the woman experienced side effects: after both doses, flower joints, a slight increase in temperature, and an increase in blood pressure.

You can get sick, but the chances are very low.

Professor Auksė Mickienė, director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, told the Delfi portal that this case did not surprise her.

“You can get vaccinated, but it happens very rarely. It really is very rare for a person to get sick and have more serious clinical signs, which would require hospitalization,” said A. Mickienė.

The professor recalled data from a very large-scale pilot study published last Friday, when a passive 77 million people followed up fully vaccinated. Of these, fewer than 6,000 were infected with coronavirus after vaccination, and only two-thirds of those infected had symptoms and a third had no symptoms. Therefore, the probability of infection after vaccination is only 0.008 percent.

Of all those vaccinated, 77 million. fewer than 400 people were hospitalized. Of these, only two-thirds were hospitalized for COVID-19 and others for other reasons when tested and found to have coronavirus before being admitted to the hospital, although they had no symptoms.

“The vaccine does not protect one hundred percent, but compare the proportions of how often vaccinated people get sick. It is possible to get sick after full vaccination in a form of the disease so severe that hospitalization is required, but it is very rare Usually asymptomatic or mild The chances of becoming seriously ill and dying are extremely low.

65 vaccinated people died sick. Which means that 1 in 1.2 million people who are fully vaccinated can die because there is nothing 100 percent in medicine, ”said A. Mickienė, adding that manufacturers also claim that the effectiveness of vaccines it’s 95 percent, not 100 percent.

According to the interlocutor, the extent to which the vaccine protects against the coronavirus will also depend on the coronavirus strains: how and how much it will change. If the virus continues to mutate, vaccines will need to be adapted accordingly.

Furthermore, whether a person is protected against infection largely depends on the condition of their immune system and individual characteristics.

How long does immunity develop?

Although the vaccination of people against the coronavirus in Lithuania has already been accelerated, A. Mickienė said that no positive changes have yet been observed.

“So far we are seeing a bad situation, because now there are releases and vaccination with them is not possible. The situation remains very tense.

I strongly recommend that you keep two things in mind at this time: whoever can and is invited to get vaccinated should get vaccinated as soon as possible, and everyone else should be careful, careful and careful again, follow all the recommendations.

All tired of quarantine and strict requirements, but not tired of responsibility. Even if it is released, it should still be noted that the situation is very fragile and nothing is over yet. Nobody wants prohibitions anymore, but you have to follow the requirements and now be as careful as possible, because there are more temptations: when before you couldn’t go anywhere, there was no problem. And if now everyone attacks, runs and, longing for freedom, thinks that everything is over and there is nothing left, there will be the opposite effect ”, warned the professor.

The interviewee said that hospitals are filling up again and patients are getting younger. One of the main reasons younger and younger people are admitted to hospitals is that older people are more vaccinated.

“Everyone is tired of the quarantine and that is understandable. But now such a race is taking place at a time when you need to be vaccinated more and remember: you have to take time for that vaccine to work. It’s not that if I get vaccinated today, I won’t get sick tomorrow. We need to know that it takes 2-3 weeks for the vaccine to work after the first dose, ”said A. Mickienė.