Can I get COVID-19 AFTER Being Vaccinated?
Dr. William Kim By William Kim, M.D., Chief Medical Advisor, Beach Cities Health District Earlier this week, Los Angeles County announced that over half of residents aged 16 and above have been vaccinated against COVID-19, an important milestone and evidence that vaccines are an important tool in the fight against the virus. In L.A. County, just 11% of residents are estimated to be “vaccine-hesitant or unsure,” another important reason for the success in battling COVID-19. This number is lower than in many parts of the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) [See data map from the CDC here]. For vaccine-hesitant people, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health offers these comparisons: the risk of dying during a 200-mile car trip in California is about one in a million – but if someone told you they were taking you on an all-expenses-paid vacation to Monterey, you’d probably go. And the chances of getting food poisoning every year is 1 in 6, but we are still comfortable eating at a friend’s house or our favorite restaurant. Meanwhile, the risk of having a serious side effect from COVID-19 vaccination is about 1 in a million. Those are…
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