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Some healthcare workers have reported falling ill with COVID-19 after getting their first vaccine dose -- but that's not a surprise, as protection can take as long as 2 weeks to kick in, researchers said.
A nurse from California made headlines last week after getting sick 6 days after he received his first shot. Since then, other healthcare workers have shared similar experiences on social media.
Trauma surgeon Qaali Hussein, MD, for example, developed COVID-19 12 days after her first COVID-19 injection.
"I'm 12 days post 1st dose of the vaccine so I do not have full protection yet," Hussein wrote on Twitter, stating that she should have at least some protection from severe illness. "I think we definitely need to ramp up vaccinations and would highly recommend getting vaccinated as soon as you are able to."