The San Diego ER nurse tested positive for the COVID-19 virus eight days after he was vaccinated against the virus

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

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

I got my covid vaccine! After 15 minutes sitting with a group of others while we asked health care workers how we felt it made me think of an opium den. Matthew writes, I’ll report if I start developing my third arm.

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

Emergency nurse Matthew W. (pictured) received a Pfizer vaccine on December 18, according to Instagram

But on Christmas Eve, Matthew, who works at two different hospitals in San Diego, began to feel ill after working a shift in the COVID-19 unit. He said he had chills at first before experiencing muscle pain and fatigue

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Tell ABC 10 NewsHe had chills at first, before coming down with muscle aches and fatigue.

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

Although it is surprising, it is not unexpected, according to the health experts who have addressed the case.

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

It is possible that Matthew was infected before receiving the vaccine, Ramers said.

And if Matthew contracted the virus after the vaccine, it would still be in line with what healthcare professionals know.

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

Ramers also said he was aware of other cases in which health care workers became infected around the time they received the vaccine.

On December 26th, Matthew (second from left) went to the hospital to be tested for the virus and confirmed his infection.

Ramers added, “This is the first dose that we think gives you about 50%, and you need that second dose to get to 95%.”

Matthew says he has been feeling better since his symptoms appeared last week.

A new report says the Trump administration’s goal of vaccinating the majority of the US population in the first half of next year has been frustrated by the slow rollout of the program, which, at the current rate, could take nearly 10 years.

Operation Warp Speed ​​officials have promised over the past several 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 late June.

However, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that vaccination efforts are moving at a slower pace than needed, with Only 2.1 million Americans have received their first dose out of 11.4 million shipped earlier this month, as of Monday.

At this rate, that means more than 3 million people will need to be vaccinated daily in order to meet the government deadline in June, according to one newspaper. NBC News Analyze the data on Tuesday.

Alternatively, if vaccination efforts continue at their current rate, it will It will take nearly a decade for 80 percent of the country’s population of 330.7 million people to be vaccinated by then, the report showed.