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Coronavirus Watch: Can you get COVID-19 even after getting vaccinated?

Grace Hauck   | Paste BN

Yes, it's possible to get COVID-19 even after getting vaccinated.

The vaccines aren't 100% effective, and some require two doses to be fully effective. It can also take weeks for a person’s body to build up immunity after getting vaccinated.

"That means it’s possible a person could be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 just before or just after vaccination and get sick," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. "This is because the vaccine has not had enough time to provide protection." Read more.

It's Tuesday, and this is the Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here's more news that you need to know:

  • The pharmacist suspected of intentionally spoiling 500 doses of vaccine at a Wisconsin hospital was released from jail after a prosecutor indicated he's not positive the vaccine was actually destroyed. Steven Brandenburg, 46, had concerns the vaccines could change people's DNA – an unfounded claim that has been debunked.
  • The Food and Drug Administration weighed in on a debate over when the first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine should be administered. The FDA said in a statement Monday there is no adequate scientific evidence that supports changing the authorized COVID-19 vaccine schedule or dosing.
  • Not every country is struggling with its vaccine rollout – Israel has already provided first doses to over 14% of its 9 million people, according to Our World in Data. Less than 2% of Americans have been vaccinated.
  • Los Angeles County officials are trying to ration medical supplies and hospital space. The Los Angeles Emergency Medical Services Agency issued memos Monday instructing emergency responders to limit the use of supplemental oxygen and not transport patients who cannot be revived in the field.
  • Back to in-person learning? Half of the almost 2,300 Chicago public school teachers ordered to return to work Monday to prepare for in-person instruction did not return, school board officials said Tuesday. Meanwhile, in England, schools and colleges shut their doors Tuesday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson grappled with a surge in COVID cases and deaths fueled by an extremely contagious variant sweeping the nation.
  • That new, more-contagious strain of the coronavirus has been confirmed for the first time in New York, the fourth U.S. state to identify the variant.

Today's numbers: The U.S. has reported more than 20.9 million COVID-19 cases and 355,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there have been more than 86 million cases and more than 1.8 million deaths. See the numbers in your area here, and check out where cases are rising here.

– Grace Hauck, Paste BN breaking news reporter, @grace_hauck

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