MA Rep. Tests Positive For Coronavirus After Receiving Second Vaccine Dose | Talking Points Memo

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Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) has tested positive for the coronavirus, after receiving both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to multiple reports.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1357585
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95 percent effectiveness

So he’s the 1 in 20.

Get well!

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A 95% effective vaccine is still going to let one in twenty get infected. Plus, you’re not yet up to 95% protection until about a week after you receive the second dose.

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Biden’s Fault!

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I was gonna blame Obama but I need to get with the times.

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Any possibility that the vaccine triggered a false positive?

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pet peeve.94% vs 95% is treating the numbers with more precision than warranted.

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He is positive for the virus, not for the antibodies. So I am going to guess the answer is no.

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I got my first Pfizer dose this morning. The SA UT Heath Science center ran it perfectly! Lots of staff, 20 injection stations, wow. Slightly sore arm, but less than my flu shot. Hang in there everyone! Double mask, and stay home when you can. This was my first trip beyond the grocery store in a year.

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They’re really the same person.
The true name of this person is O’Biden, he of the many faces.

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OT

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OT

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Wow. The attorneys for the Lincoln Project laid it all out there.

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Article states: “Health experts also noted it typically takes one week after the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to reach efficacy of 95 percent. It usually takes two weeks after the second dose of the Moderna vaccine to reach 94 percent efficacy, experts have said.”

Please don’t post misinformation.

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Yup. No fucks.

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My understanding is that the vaccines don’t really stop you from becoming infected, at whatever rate. What they (and having had Covid) do is to protect you from becoming symptomatic, which is why we need to continue masking even if we’ve had Covid or the vaccine, because we can still spread it to others. I’m not 100% sure of this, but it’s developed into my perception after consuming many articles and threads.

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That’s my understanding too. I got my second Moderna shot 5 days ago.

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Probably the most fun at work that attorney’s had in ten years.

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Reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit.

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Any reaction to it? I get my second dose of Moderna in February.