Covid 19 coronavirus: the nurse tests positive days after the vaccine, but that is what the experts expect

An ER nurse in the United States tested positive for Covid-19 just eight days after receiving the vaccine, but experts are not concerned.

A California ER nurse who works at two hospitals in San Diego, identified as Matthew on social media, received the Pfizer vaccine on Dec. 18, according to an Instagram post.

“I have my Covid vaccine!” he wrote.

“The 15 minutes after sitting with a group of people while health workers asked us how we were feeling made me think of an opium den. I will report if a third arm begins to grow.”

However, Matthew began to feel ill a week later, on Christmas Eve, with chills, muscle aches and fatigue after working a shift in one of the hospital’s Covid-19 units, he told ABC 10 News.

On December 26, he tested positive for coronavirus, The Daily Mail reported.

Dr. Christian Ramers, an infectious disease specialist at the San Diego Family Health Centers, told the network that he is not surprised, saying the result is “not unexpected.”

“It’s nothing unexpected. If you look at the numbers, this is exactly what we would expect to happen if someone were exposed,” he said.

Dr. Ramers added that Matthew may have been infected with coronavirus prior to being vaccinated.

“We know from clinical trials of the vaccine that it will take 10 to 14 days for you to start developing the protection of the vaccine,” said Dr. Ramers.

The doctor added that he was aware of other cases of health workers who became infected when they received the vaccine.

“We think that first dose gives you about 50 percent, and you need that second dose to get to 95 percent,” Dr. Ramers said.

Matthew said his symptoms have improved and he feels better.