Williams Babalola
International news platform, CNN, in a recent report has revealed the reason why some people test positive to coronavirus even after COVID-19 vaccination.
According to health experts, although Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been approved to combat COVID-19, they both do not provide complete and instant protection against the virus.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the vaccine takes a few weeks for it to start building a strong immune system and as such, the virus could have been in the victim’s system before getting vaccinated.
The news platform cited an example of Democratic Representative, Stephen Lynch, of Massachusetts who tested positive even after he got his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
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(CNN) A COVID-19 vaccine does not provide full or immediate protection, which means it s still possible to get infected and test positive for the virus. Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts did. He tested positive after he got his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino, who coaches the men s team at Iona College in New York, also tested positive after getting his first dose.
They could have tested positive for a few reasons.
There s a lag between vaccination and protection
It takes a few days to a few weeks for the vaccine to work, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. You could test positive before the vaccine kicked in.