‘I caught COVID-19 during the time I received the vaccine’ | The Specialist | Magazine

Without biosecurity measures, there is the possibility of becoming infected shortly before, during or shortly after the vaccination time.

July 13, 2021 – 09h00

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In early June I had a rapid COVID-19 test, which was negative. On the 9th I got vaccinated with Sinovac. In just ten minutes I felt normal, and the staff on site told me that I could go out and take acetaminophen every eight hours. I did it like that.

The next day I had a severe headache, fever, and diarrhea. I thought it would happen to me, but no, so I went to the medical dispensary. They took blood samples and a plate from my lungs, stating that I had pneumonia.

In the following four days the discomfort was stronger, until I was admitted to the hospital for treatment for COVID and my lungs. I was hospitalized for many days. I want to know if the vaccine could develop and cause me harm like COVID. I also remember that at the vaccination point the biosecurity measures were scarce: the person who inoculated me was not wearing gloves, my temperature or pressure was not taken. Is what happened to me the responsibility of the staff or was it a reaction of the vaccine?

Tyrone, Guayaquil

Dear reader, there is a possibility of having been infected before, because a rapid COVID-19 test is not diagnostic of having or not having the disease, but of having or not having antibodies.

The other possibility, of having been infected during the time of the vaccination (as he says in his letter), is also true. And a third possibility, the most remote, is that you had a contagion after having been vaccinated. It is what you could refer without knowing much about your case.

Dr. Francisco Andino,

Infectologist

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