A nurse in California tested positive for COVID-19 just eight days after vaccination.

Emergency Assistant Matthew W. received the Pfizer vaccine on December 18, according to an Instagram post.

“I have my Covid vaccine! The 15 minutes after I was with a bunch of others, while the health workers asked us how we felt made me think of an opium den. I will report if I start growing a third arm, “Matthew wrote.

But on Christmas Eve, Matthew, who works at two different hospitals in San Diego, began to feel unwell after working in an shift at the COVID-19 unit.

He told ABC 10 News that he first received chills before coming down with muscle aches and fatigue.

On December 26, he went to a hospital to be tested for the virus and tested positive.

And, while it is surprising, it is not unexpected, according to health experts who analyzed the case.

Dr. Christian Ramers, an infectious disease specialist at the San Diego Family Health Center, told the station: “It’s not unexpected at all. If you solve the numbers, that’s exactly what we would expect to happen if someone were exposed.

Ramers said Matthew may have been infected before receiving the vaccine.

And if Matthew contracted the virus after the vaccine, it’s still in line with what health professionals know.

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

Ramers also said he was aware of other cases where health workers became infected while receiving the vaccine.

“The first dose we consider gives you somewhere around 50% and you need the second dose to get to 95%,” Ramers added.

Matthew says he’s been feeling better since his symptoms first appeared last week.

The Trump administration’s goal of vaccinating the majority of the US population in the first half of next year has been hampered by the slow launch of the program, which at the current rate could take nearly 10 years to complete, according to a new report.

Warp Speed ​​officials have promised in the past few months that 20 million Americans will receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of 2020, and 80% of the total population will be vaccinated by the end of June.

However, data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that vaccination efforts are slower than necessary, with only 2.1 million Americans received their first dose of the 11.4 million shipped earlier this month since Monday.

At this rate, more than 3 million people will have to be vaccinated daily to meet the government’s deadline in June, according to a statement. NBC News analysis of data on Tuesday.

Alternatively, if vaccination efforts continue at their current pace, it will be The report shows that it will take almost a decade to adequately vaccinate 80% of the country’s 330.7 million people.

A nurse in California tested positive for COVID-19 just eight days after vaccination.

Emergency Assistant Matthew W. received the Pfizer vaccine on December 18, according to an Instagram post.

“I have my Covid vaccine! The 15 minutes after I was with a bunch of others, while the health workers asked us how we felt made me think of an opium den. I will report if I start growing a third arm, “Matthew wrote.

But on Christmas Eve, Matthew, who works at two different hospitals in San Diego, began to feel unwell after working in an shift at the COVID-19 unit.

He told ABC 10 News that he first received chills before coming down with muscle aches and fatigue.

On December 26, he went to a hospital to be tested for the virus and tested positive.

And, while it is surprising, it is not unexpected, according to health experts who analyzed the case.

Dr. Christian Ramers, an infectious disease specialist at the San Diego Family Health Center, told the station: “It’s not unexpected at all. If you solve the numbers, that’s exactly what we would expect to happen if someone were exposed.

Ramers said Matthew may have been infected before receiving the vaccine.

And if Matthew contracted the virus after the vaccine, it’s still in line with what health professionals know.

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

Ramers also said he was aware of other cases where health workers became infected while receiving the vaccine.

“The first dose we consider gives you somewhere around 50% and you need the second dose to get to 95%,” Ramers added.

Matthew says he’s been feeling better since his symptoms first appeared last week.

The Trump administration’s goal of vaccinating the majority of the US population in the first half of next year has been hampered by the slow launch of the program, which at the current rate could take nearly 10 years to complete, according to a new report.

Warp Speed ​​officials have promised in the past few months that 20 million Americans will receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of 2020, and 80% of the total population will be vaccinated by the end of June.

However, data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that vaccination efforts are slower than necessary, with only 2.1 million Americans received their first dose of the 11.4 million shipped earlier this month since Monday.

At this rate, more than 3 million people will have to be vaccinated daily to meet the government’s deadline in June, according to a statement. NBC News analysis of data on Tuesday.

Alternatively, if vaccination efforts continue at their current pace, it will be The report shows that it will take almost a decade to adequately vaccinate 80% of the country’s 330.7 million people.