Poll of the Day > Vaccinated people can still spread covid, right?

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My roommate and my tinder babe both just had to get tested for covid. One yesterday and one today. I'm vaccinated but they are not. Is it possible I gave it to both of them?

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Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine, says he thinks its very unlikely that vaccinated people can transmit the virus.
The more evidence we get, it appears its very unlikely for a vaccinated person to transfer the virus to someone else, Chin-Hong said.
The vaccines are especially effective at preventing asymptomatic disease, which Chin-Hong says is where most of the transmission appears.
Chin-Hong also cited real-world studies out of the U.K. and Israel that showed that theres very little transmission from vaccinated people.
The study out of Israel, for example, found that the Pfizer vaccine was at least 97-percent effective in preventing symptomatic disease, critical disease and death.

Similarly, the study found the vaccine to be 94-percent effective at preventing asymptomatic COVID infections, suggesting the vaccine may help stop transmission of the virus.

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Okay phew I'd feel pretty bad

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My aunt is doubled vaxxed but her and her husband tested positive for covid and have mild symptoms.

Theres a possibility that you transmitted the spike protein to them now that you have been vaccinated and your body is now making it in order for your immune system to fight against the virus. This hasnt been verified but its something thats currently being looked into.

Jen0125 posted...

Okay phew I'd feel pretty bad

A lot of public health officials are still acting as though vaccinated people can spread it, out of an abundance of caution, just because it hasn't been proven otherwise. We were speedrunning the vaccine development and so don't have detailed information on things like that.

But theoretically they shouldn't, unless Covid is doing something weird (which is entirely possible, especially with all the variants going around).

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You can up to a point, that's why they recommend wearing mask for 2 weeks after your second shot. After that your immune system can beat up baby covid before it incubates.

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I had my second shot over a month ago.

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Jen0125 posted...

I had my second shot over a month ago.

ok, then there's an extremely low chance of spreading... extremely low

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