I'm wondering this as well.

I'm assuming he's in the medical field so he's probably around Covid.

Isn't it possible to be around Covid so much you could have it in your nose but not have Covid? The pcr can pick that up, and you could be suffering from seasonal allergies at the same time.

There are a lot of possibilities here besides reinfection. Even if he does have Covid it sounds like it's not a big deal, I'm just wondering if it isn't something else and a false positive pcr.

He's part of a certain special population in the military. They all got access to the vaccine mid January and there's a lot of interest in making sure they aren't sick and don't take out a group of them.

Also, he has no history of allergies, said he hasn't been sick in the past 2 years. I had another one who only had a headache, but called to just ask about it. Hard to explain why we chose to test, it's just something you learn when you're with certain patient populations.

I'm not sure how possible it is to study this, but how can you tell how infectious a person is who got Covid and is vaccinated?

Like others have said, it's great he's not seriously ill, that's a win for the vaccine. Now I'm curious how much viral replication/infectious a person is who's been vaccinated and gets Covid.

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01agtx said:

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Another Doug said:

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If being mean to antivaxxers is wrong, I don't want to be right

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In my experience, most antivaxxers are actually ex-vaxxers. How about we listen to their stories instead of being a jerk.

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How about "no"

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bigtruckguy3500 said:

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Just had a young (28), very healthy, individual test positive for COVID. Has been fully vaccinated since early February. Symptoms were just mild ("itchy") sore throat, and congestion. Almost didn't test.

He did not have a robust reaction to either dose of the vaccine, if that means anything.

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Awesome. It sounds like a very mild case compared to many people I know that had it. The vaccine helped even if it didn't stop infection completely.

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I'm in my mid 30's and my symptoms were almost identical to the person in bigtruckguy's post. Allergy like symptoms (nasal congestion and sinus pressure) no fever, no loss of smell, no trouble breathing (O2 never dropped below 97) and no joint pain. My wife, had it just prior to me and had more "flu like" symptoms with joint pain and very low grade fever but no congestion.

Most of the people I know that have dealt with Covid and are close to our age group and in relatively good health, have similar stories. Perhaps healthier immune systems prevail and the vaccine isn't always needed or doesn't make that much of a difference in younger people?