Thai woman tests positive for COVID-19 despite receiving vaccine

[rooster59]

Image: Daily News

 

A Thai woman has tested positive for COVID-19 despite receiving the vaccine earlier this month.

 

The woman, from Ratchaburi, received the vaccine eight days ago but tested positive for the  virus on Friday.

 

Daily News reported she had been given the vaccine after being linked to the outbreak at Kittie  market in Bang Kae, Bangkok, where she sold seafood.

 

According to the timeline released by Ratchaburi health authorities, she stayed at home from March 10-12 because the market where she worked was closed due to an outbreak of the virus.

 

On March 13 she returned to work at the market and was told by a supervisor to take a saliva test. She returned  home and waited for the results.

 

Between March 14-17 she self isolated at home but never received a phone call informing her of the result of her test. She learned via a Line chat group that none of her work colleagues had tested positive. 

 

On March 18 she returned to Kitti market where she was given her first dose of the vaccination. She then returned home and stayed there until March 20.

 

On March 20 she was contacted by public health officials who informed her she should have been sent to a state quarantine facility instead of being sent home. 

 

She was then moved to the quarantine facility in Ratchaburi on March 21.

 

Last Friday (Mar 26) she was tested again at the quarantine facility and tested positive. 
 

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[YetAnother]

25 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The woman, from Ratchaburi, received the vaccine eight days ago but tested positive for the  virus on Friday

where is the surprise ? no one ever claimed any vaccine was 100 % effective

[overherebc]

Doesn't the vaccine just help you fight the  disease?

You're still going to catch it but not get so seriously  sick.

 

[Big Yuley]

so she recieved 1 dose of a 2 dose vaccination.

and tested positive 3 days after recieivng it.

She obviously had the virus before she got the first does.

 

And how is this scare mongering BS news

[sirineou]

If the vaccine  is 95% affective, then for every 100 people vaccinated, 5% will have the potential to catch the virus if exposed, They will not necessarily catch the virus  because they   might not come in contact with it, but they have the potential. 

If you have thousands of people vaccinated, it is inevitable that some of them, even though vaccinated will catch the virus and test positive,

  but  the chance of getting so sick that you will need to be hospitalized or die from it are very close to zero. 

I wish they will stop reporting these Non News, because is scares people,

 

[faraday]

41 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

She was then moved to the quarantine facility in Ratchaburi on March 21.

 

Last Friday (Mar 26) she was tested again at the quarantine facility and tested positive. 

 Depends if the first Covid test was done correctly.

 

If she was admitted to quarantine on March 21 and - as it appears from the above article, not tested until 26/03 then she may well have contracted it in the facility.

[overherebc]

9 minutes ago, sirineou said:

If the vaccine  is 95% affective, then for every 100 people vaccinated, 5% will have the potential to catch the virus if exposed, They will not necessarily catch the virus  because they   might not come in contact with it, but they have the potential. 

If you have thousands of people vaccinated, it is inevitable that some of them, even though vaccinated will catch the virus and test positive,

  but  the chance of getting so sick that you will need to be hospitalized or die from it are very close to zero. 

I wish they will stop reporting these Non News, because is scares people,

 

Yep, never let the facts get in the way of a good story.

[smedly]

46 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Doesn't the vaccine just help you fight the  disease?

You're still going to catch it but not get so seriously  sick.

 

correct, it boosts the bodies immune system to fight off the virus 

 

The question should be - did they detect enough levels of the virus for her to potentially infect others

[Oldie]

It is simply naive to think that after the vaccination you can't get the virus, can't get sick or are immortal. This is not what the pharma companies tell you. It is only that what some like to believe.

[ThailandRyan]

She had not even had the time needed for the vaccine to assist her body in making any of the necessary immunities.  This happened several times before not only in the US but in the UK as well if my memory serves me correctly.

[internationalism]

so she got it before closure of market on 10.03.

this virus develops in the body for many weeks, unlike flu. That's why quarantine is usually minimum 2 weeks. Some positive after 2 weeks might stay there several weeks more.

It's a little strange, that woman from ratchaburi works in bangkok, that's quite a distance to travel every day, unless she was bringing with her seafood from samut songkram or sakhon

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, internationalism said:

so she got it before closure of market on 10.03.

this virus develops in the body for many weeks, unlike flu. That's why quarantine is usually minimum 2 weeks. Some positive after 2 weeks might stay there several weeks more.

It's a little strange, that woman from ratchaburi works in bangkok, that's quite a distance to travel every day, unless she was bringing with her seafood from samut songkram or sakhon

Just taking the virus back and forth in her travels using public transport more than likely.  This is where Thai folks get the pass but foreigners dont.

[Pattaya Spotter]

The vaccine doesn't prevent SARS-CoV-2 virus infections (vaccinated people still have to breathe in air, where the virus is found); it prevents those infected from developing serious cases of Covid-19 disease syndrome. Why is this so hard for so many to grasp, including the reporter of this story.

[Forza2002]

"A Thai woman has tested positive for COVID-19 despite receiving the vaccine earlier this month. The woman, from Ratchaburi, received the vaccine eight days ago but tested positive for the  virus on Friday."

 

Once this story hits Facebook the doubt will set in with the uneducated Thais about getting the vaccine. The number of people getting vaccinated in Thailand to date is very low compared to other countries and stories like this won't help...

[Sheryl]

From the article it sounds like the test was done prior to receiving the vaccine but results received after. If so, completely a non story.

[estnet]

Okay - who needs BASIC SCIENCE.  The vaccine doesn't work immediately!  It takes 2 weeks after the 2nd dose (or similar for 1 dose)before immunity  truly sets in.  IT IS NOT LIKE AN ASPIRIN THAT WORKS RIGHT AWAY.

"The woman, from Ratchaburi, received the vaccine eight days ago but tested positive for the  virus on Friday."    So she was already infected when she got the vaccine or within a day or two after.  The vaccine hadn't had time to work - so all the stuff about 95%, etc. above is completely and totally irrelevant.

[TDCNINJA]

4 hours ago, sirineou said:

If the vaccine  is 95% affective,

 

Who said the China Vaccine was 95% effective?

[Surelynot]

2 minutes ago, TDCNINJA said:

Who said the China Vaccine was 95% effective?

China’s Covid Shot Has Four Wildly Different Efficacy Rates.......50% to 78%

[hioctane]

Nowhere has it been declared widely that it won’t stop you from passing it on.. It is still being studied and actual results out if Israel are encouraging. News about this topic before March is OLD!

[Classic Ray]

Can’t see which vaccine used on this woman? But the main point already said is no time to be effective after administration.

[Megasin1]

 It takes 2 to 3 weeks after vaccination and dependant on your age for your body to create the anti-bodies and you are asked at vaccination if you have had covid or covid symptoms within the 7 days before your jab. All this is well known in a country with a vaccination programme and if you are jittery its very easy to get a test prior to the jab. If you live in the dark then at least try and light a candle instead of spreading erroneous fear and being dim. ????

[Marco100]

Seems that people doesn't have it clear that It takes 14 days for the Vaccine to be effective and your immune sistem to respond to the virus .

If you contract the virus during the 14 days after Vaccine inoculation you will be infected .

So stay safe and use all precautions after Vaccine inoculation for at least 14 days . 

( If you get a Vaccine... )

[sykray]

As an addendum to Marco's post:

 

She could have had the infection before vaccination.

 

You are more likely to be infected in the first 8 to 12 days after vaccination.  The immune system is under pressure, thereby weakened, by responding to the vaccine.  That is why people should maintain the social distancing, wearing of masks and handwashing.

 

Sero-conversion usually occurs at around the 12th day after vaccination and gradually builds immunity until 30 days after vaccination.  After 40 days since the first vaccination, you can then have the second vaccination.  However, for most of the Western vaccines, it is better to wait until 10 to 12 weeks after the first vaccination before having the second.

 

The vaccines are not primarily intended to prevent infection with Covid 19.  They are intended to prevent serious illness, hospitalisation and death.  The efficacy of the vaccines are quoted for the individual chances of infection.  The more important fact is that they all 100% prevent the need for intensive care and death.

[RichardColeman]

8 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The woman, from Ratchaburi, received the vaccine eight days ago but tested positive for the  virus on Friday.

I hardly see why this is a big deal. There would be thousands of people with covid already getting the jab. Unless this person was tested at the same time as getting the jab then the story is just more needless scare mongering from the press

[kimamey]

7 hours ago, Big Yuley said:

so she recieved 1 dose of a 2 dose vaccination.

and tested positive 3 days after recieivng it.

She obviously had the virus before she got the first does.

 

And how is this scare mongering BS news

Also I think it takes longer than that to be effective.

[ukrules]

8 hours ago, YetAnother said:

where is the surprise ? no one ever claimed any vaccine was 100 % effective

 

A full antibody response takes around 14 days, this is not news at all.

 

Also even when fully vaccinated I see no reason why someone would not test positive for dead virus fragments depending on the test they use even if it's working 100% as expected.

 

[ukrules]

4 hours ago, Forza2002 said:

Once this story hits Facebook the doubt will set in with the uneducated Thais about getting the vaccine. The number of people getting vaccinated in Thailand to date is very low compared to other countries and stories like this won't help...

 

I can imagine there will be people out there who think the vaccine gave her get the virus.

 

[newnative]

   My takeaway from this story is sloppy management of the virus by letting her go home and not into quarantine.

[rwill]

Vaccines made from deactivated viruses can cause a false positive after administered.  I believe the Sino vaccine is one of those.

[shy coconut]

6 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Just taking the virus back and forth in her travels using public transport more than likely.  This is where Thai folks get the pass but foreigners dont.

Are foreigners still not allowed to travel domestically?