Grandmother contracts COVID-19 in between vaccine doses – WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland
by: Lisette Hernandez, KLST, Nexstar Media Wire
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Feb 25, 2021 / 03:26 PM EST / Updated:
Feb 25, 2021 / 03:26 PM EST
SAN ANGELO, Texas (KLST/NEXSTAR) — Many have asked whether you can get COVID-19 in between vaccine doses. The answer is yes.
That’s what happened to Nelda Benavidez, a grandmother who contracted the coronavirus after her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Jan. 7.
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She said she was hopeful and excited that she might be more protected from the virus. Then two weeks later on Jan. 23, she got a call telling her she had tested positive.
“I was told that I could not take the second dosage after having COVID. I was also told that I had to wait ...