It happened in the San Diego area.
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Experts in the Bay Area say it takes time for antibodies to develop in your body.
“I have no problem putting needles in people as a doctor, I don’t particularly like putting needles in me,” says Dr. Amy Herold, who is the chief physician at Regina Napa Medical Center in the Valley.
He got the coronavirus vaccine just like thousands of others.
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As for what happened to the San Diego nurse, “I assume they were exposed just before they received the vaccine and had no symptoms yet or even after,” says Dr. Herold.
“It’s a sad coincidence that if someone has already been exposed and vaccinated, the vaccine doesn’t work in a few days. It works in a few days, but certainly not in less than a week,” says Dr. Yvonne Maldonado of at Stanford.
Doctors tell ABC7 News that the first vaccine gives 50% immunity, which does not start one week with the Pfizer vaccine and two weeks with the Moderna vaccine. The second dose then brings the immunity to at least 90%.
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While none of them are one hundred percent, Dr. Herold says there is optimism in her hospital and she couldn’t help but smile when she received the vaccine.
“Under my mask I have the biggest grin I finally get,” she says, because it feels like a hope right now and for all those who care for patients with COVID and are a little stretched right now. Having something to look forward to and hope for is a very powerful thing. “
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