An emergency-room doctor tested positive for coronavirus 9 days after getting vaccinated. That s not a sign the vaccine didn t work. Aria Bendix A nurse receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Northwell Health s Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital on December 21 in Valley Stream, New York. Josh Mugele, an emergency-room doctor in Georgia, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Tuesday. Mugele received his first dose of Pfizer and BioNTech s coronavirus vaccine nine days earlier. Mugele s COVID-19 infection isn t a sign the shot didn t work. The vaccine requires two shots to be fully effective. It can also take up to a few weeks for vaccinated people to develop immunity, so it s important to continue to wear masks and maintain social distancing after getting the shots.
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Dr. Marti Gibbs (left), President of Longstreet Clinic, and Michael Covert (right), COO of Northeast Georgia Health System, both say the COVID-19 crisis is like nothing they ve ever experienced in their careers in the medical industry.
Ask anybody in the health care industry and they will tell you that the top medical issue in 2020 was the COVID-19 pandemic - that s a no-brainer. But, even with the introduction of much-anticipated vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna, with others on the horizon, that doesn t mean the COVID crisis will disappear in the new year. In fact, local health care system experts agree the novel coronavirus will continue to impact the industry landscape for months to come.
Doctor Tests Positive For COVID After Receiving Vaccine, Says Patient Is At Fault
12/31/20 AT 10:32 AM
An emergency room doctor has tested positive for COVID-19 just days after receiving the vaccine for the virus.
Josh Mugele, who works at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville received the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 20, but nine days later, he had contracted the virus, Business Insider reported.
Mugele, who has openly chronicled his struggles as an ER doctor during the coronavirus pandemic on social media, said it was just “dumb luck” that he got COVID-19 after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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Gov. Kemp speaks in Gainesville about vaccine distribution in nursing homes Gov. Brian Kemp speaks Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, outside of The Oaks at Limestone nursing home in Gainesville. Nursing home staff were set to receive some of the first COVID-19 vaccines allocated to long-term care facilities. - photo by Nick Watson
Nursing home staff members in Gainesville were set to receive some of the first COVID-19 vaccine doses allocated to long-term care facilities Monday, Dec. 28.
Gov. Brian Kemp spoke Monday morning outside of Pruitt Health’s The Oaks at Limestone on Flintridge Road about the beginning of an “exciting and important chapter” regarding the vaccine rollout.