Max Sterling
Well-Known Member
Sorry, didn't mean to come off cavalier. I was just told from the get go that getting the vaccine makes you less likely to contract it, sure, but more so less likely to have serious symptoms if you do contract it. I mean it's been hammered into me that I can still carry COVID while vaccinated, so continuing to be careful and wear a mask is important around those who are not vaccinated for their safety. I guess that's why someone testing positive, which is always going to be a thing, but showing no symptoms, which keeps them out of the hospital, seems like a positive thing and not cause to worry.That’s part of it, but the vaccine is designed to teach the immune system to beat the virus before one can even get to the stage of positivity. Sounds like it just did not take as anticipated for her. A positive test still means she’s infected and no symptoms is not synonymous with no long term health effects as we’ve seen with others.
She’s in the medical field and seemed perturbed enough about it, so I don’t think we should take a cavalier approach re: no symptoms = in the clear.
It is true we don't know the long term consequences of contracting COVID, but I fully expect it'll continue to run through all of us after we've all been vaccinated, just at a much less serious cost, hopefully.