Nurse Tests Positive for Coronavirus a Week After Receiving First Pfizer Vaccine | 22 Words

Sadly, it has been reported that a nurse has tested positive for the virus after receiving the first highly-anticipated Pfizer vaccine.

Although it shouldn't shake people's confidence, for a big reason...

As the amazing news about the vaccine spreads across the world...

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 A nurse has contracted the virus after receiving his first shot... But it's no cause for alarm.

American pharmaceutical company Pfizer had been tirelessly working on a vaccine...

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 And it's finally ready to distribute.

This is unbelievably exciting news...

But what's even more exciting is the promised effectiveness of the new vaccine.

Now, of course, 2020 has been nothing short of terrible.

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 The coronavirus pandemic took the entire planet hostage back in March and things have been diabolical, to say the least.

Originating in Wuhan, China, the virus spread across the world at an alarming rate...

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 And right now, there are currently 82,449,240 cases of the virus.

Over 1.7 million people have tragically died as a result...

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 And even more alarmingly so, the United States of America is the worst affected country in the world - with more than 300,000 deaths alone.

Many believe the terribly high number of deaths could have been prevented...

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 If certain individuals listened to the experts and practiced social distancing and mask-wearing.

There's no denying how unprepared the entire world was for this pandemic...

And Donald Trump's eagerness to tone down the virus didn't at all go to plan.

And even when the president tested positive for COVID himself...

He continued to play it down and insist that we can simply "live with the virus."

This was extremely alarming for many to hear from one of the most powerful leaders in the world...

And it got us all wondering... What's the progress with the much-needed vaccine?

Pharmaceutical organizations from all around the world have been working tirelessly to create a vaccine...

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 But, to begin with, they didn't have much luck.

However, their hard work finally paid off...

American multinational pharmaceutical corporation, Pfizer and German biotechnology company, BioNTech have been working on a coronavirus vaccine for the last few months.

And as for the results so far?

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 Well, they're looking so good that some countries have started distributing the COVID vaccine out to their citizens.

Sadly, however, a nurse in California tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving Pfizer Inc's vaccine.

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 But it hasn't shaken anyone's confidence...

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Forty-five-year-old nurse, Matthew W, said in a Facebook post he had received his first vaccine shot on December 18.

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 He admitted that his arm was sore for a day but had no other side effects from the vaccine.

Sadly, 6 days later he became sick after working a shift in the COVID-19 unit, as he hadn't finished the course of treatment...

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 He tested positive for COVID-19 on Boxing day.

Christian Ramers, an infectious disease specialist with Family Health Centers of San Diego, said this wasn't unusual...

“We know from the vaccine clinical trials that it’s going to take about 10 to 14 days for you to start to develop protection from the vaccine," he said. “That first dose we think gives you somewhere around 50%, and you need that second dose to get up to 95%," Ramers added.

Medical experts have confirmed the body needs more time to build up protection...

Let's hope the vaccine gets administered as soon as possible, to prevent any more people from experiencing the same thing. Keep scrolling for more on the pandemic...