New Yorker gets COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated

A Long Island woman decided to go without a mask about a month after her second COVID-19 shot and fell ill. Writes about it PIX11.

Melanie Rosen, who is the secretary to the principal of the Hewlett Woodmere School District, has tested positive for COVID-19.

The infection most likely occurred when her friend's family traveled from different states to gather at his relative's Long Island home.

“There were probably at least 10 family members there,” Rosen recalls. - I went about an hour and a half without a mask. I hugged everyone. "

A few days later, Rosen's nose got stuffy, “and then my legs started to hurt,” she said.

She called her friend, who said that three people at the party had tested positive for COVID-19.

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Rosen was tested and a few days later received a notification that she had COVID-19. An employee of the Nassau County Health Department told her to isolate at home.

“I was shocked,” Rosen said. “I'm only 4,9% of those who got the Moderna vaccine and contracted COVID-19.”

The three vaccines currently on the US market - Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson - have never promised 100 percent protection against infection by the virus. But vaccinations are extremely important on the path to a normal life because they prevent death and reduce the likelihood of developing a serious course of COVID-19.

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“If we can vaccinate as many people as possible, they will only have mild cases of COVID-19, this will significantly reduce mortality,” said Dr Leila Wok-Colburn, an infectious disease specialist at Emory University.

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Melanie Rosen is grateful that her vaccinations likely prevented the more serious course of COVID-19. She had only a mild form.

She warns people who are fully vaccinated not to repeat her mistake.

“You can still get infected or spread the virus,” Rosen said. "I want people to know that vaccination is not the end of the pandemic."