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Gonzalez asked in HealthOther - Health · 2 weeks ago

Can you still get Covid after getting a vaccine ?

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  • 2 weeks ago

    Yes. Vaccine helps to prevent death and will reduce long term effects of corona virus. 

  • 2 weeks ago

    You know that you can still get the flu after getting your flu shot, right ?

    No vaccine is 100% proof against getting the virus, but between the vaccine for yourself and with enough people being vaccinated such that we get to herd immunity, your odds of getting sick go way, *way*, WAY down.

    Also, an airbag doesn't guarantee your survival in a car crash, either.

  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    Yes, I have Covid myself now and have had a lot of time just to do research on it. Just today I was reading about a woman who got the vaccine and also the booster and she still ended up getting Covid. I’m sure there is more than just that one case. You could Google it. I’m too sick right now. Try to avoid getting this virus if you can because I can tell you it’s like going through hell. And more and more people are getting long-term effects from it, the so-called “long haulers”. I have a feeling I’m going to be one of them. Judging by the way things are going so far.

  • 2 weeks ago

    It's possible but your chances go way down.  Way, way down. And if you do catch it symptoms aren't likely to be severe. 

  • Tavy
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    Yes in some people but the symptoms are said to be mild.

  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    The vaccines all provide above 95% immunity. The Pfizer vaccine, for example, provides 96% immunity. That is assuming you're not immunocompromised, like because you have lupus, cancer, HIV, or some disease that compromises your immune system. So, for me, 96% immunity means I have 4% the chance I had of getting it before.

    Say that I'm in New York City at a gathering of 10 random people for one hour in an average size apartment. Currently, in New York, that means there's a 10% to 19% chance one of them have COVID, so let's split the difference at 15%. If none of us are wearing masks or following social distancing guidelines, I have a one in three chance of catching the original COVID, one in two chance with the B.1.1.7. variant, which now makes up about half of all cases, making it a 1 in 2.5 chance or 40%. So 40% times 15% times 4% means that I can still catch COVID at that party once vaccinated, but the chances of me catching COVID have been reduced by my being vaccinated to 2 in 1,000 or 0.2%. As herd immunity is achieved by 80% to 90% of people being vaccinated, that 0.2% will decrease to 0%, or so close to 0% as to be no higher than one in a 100 million.   

  • BJJ
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    yes but it's far less likely compared to the people who have not been vaccinated , and it would be far less severe

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