Positive after vaccine

[Alfaix]

So I had dose 1 of AZ in January and dose 2 in March and tested positive yesterday.
Don’t feel unwell at all, just positive lateral flow and PCR. Obviously self isolating but what to expect?
DH is also double vaccinated as are my parents who I have only seen briefly in the last week.
DS8 obviously not jabbed.
Getting DH and DS tested today - would rather know!

Why are they getting tested?
Probably too early to test given the incubation period

I was wondering if DS gave it to me as kids are symptom free

Well, I believe they’ve said vaccines cut transmission by up to 60%, and even before the vaccines there were lots of questions about why some families living together weren’t transmitting to each other when one was infected.

You should all be just fine according to the data :)

Let us know!

Getting the household tested will tell OP if they already have it.

It doesn't release them from 10 days isolation as household contacts of a confirmed case.

Being vaccinated means that you are highly likely not to get the covid worse than moderately, which means you're definitely ill but don't need hospital, with most people being mild, meaning barely ill and able to get up etc. Or even as seems to be the case for you, be totally asymptomatic

How are you feeling?

It's hopefully going to be quite mild. They say that even though you have the vaccine, you can contract covid, but will not need the hospital.

You did right getting the others tested . My sil had to get her dh and kids tested even though her and her dh were both vaccinated, the GP said that they can still pass it on even though vaccinated. It was also important that the kids were tested so they wouldn't bring it into school.

Hopefully they are OK. It's hard when kids are involved as they are not vaccinated.

Unfortunately all tested positive except her dh and they had to isolate for 10 days.

I feel OK. Would definitely be at work if I didn’t know. I have a bit of a scratchy throat this morning but may be psychosomatic!

My friend just had it after one jab in January (technically two as she'd just had her second, but too soon to have an effect). She said she felt like she had flu - really rough - for a few days, but recovered within a week and is now fine, just tired like anyone after a viral illness. Her husband had exactly the same experience of the virus but was unvaccinated (both late 30s and fairly healthy, slim).

She does have an auto-immune condition which may have affected the efficacy of the vaccine - no-one really knows but it does seem odd but maybe she would have been more ill without it.

Even a very highly effective vaccine means a proportion of people will still catch it - and a proportion of 2/3 of the adult population is still a lot of people. Be comforted that your symptoms, if any, are likely to be mild.

Well done for getting the family tested. Is that PCR or LFD? If negative, May be worth repeating in a few days.

@Alfaix, if you don’t mind me asking, why were you getting tested in the first place?

Sorry if you’ve explained it already.

Positive lateral flow, I do them twice a week due to work (HCP).

[quote User657849]@Alfaix, if you don’t mind me asking, why were you getting tested in the first place?

Sorry if you’ve explained it already.[/quote]
Everybody can do lateral flow tests twice a week now. You can order the tests online.

The media, and some scientists have given the completely false impression that vaccination prevents infection. It doesn't!

Vaccination prevents SYMPTOMATIC infection with a success rate varying between 65% and 95% depending on which set of figures you look at and which vaccine. It does this by stimulating your immune system to clear an infection before it can multiple sufficiently.

NB The success of vaccines at preventing serious illness is far higher than above. So even if you don't clear it prior to symptoms showing, it is likely to be soon afterwards meaning you should have little to worry about.

Also note - your LF could easily be a false +ve since it isn't backed by a PCR and nobody else in your household has tested +ve yet?

She has a positive PCR as well.

People with children in school are encouraged to do twice-weekly LF tests, so it isn't that unusual that someone would be testing without symptoms.

The vaccine doesn't give you an invisible bag over you head. Vaccinated people can catch it but should have good immune response, have mild disease and be less likely to pass it on.

This is what worries me. If we don’t have significant symptoms due to being vaccinated, would people bother to get tested. Or is this what the experts are hoping for. Either way, it’s great to hear you are not suffering and it’s really good to know the vaccine is working.

OP hasn't actually said she was expecting to be completely immune after the jab.

@Alfaix, oh, of course!

For some reason I only think of lateral flow tests in the schools context.

Thanks.

Update DS is positive, meaning that he could have brought it home from school?

If you're a HCP, isn't it more likely you caught it at work? Either way, I wish you all well.

It’s possible I caught it at work but very careful. FFP3 mask etc all day. My patients are all well as in I don’t treat sick people and almost all are vaccinated.
I do travel on public transport one day a week and I did go shopping last week but mask and santitiser on both of those.
I’ll never know will I? It’s just a virus and this is what they do.

Hope you and your ds stay well OP.

Can I ask why you wear a FFP3 mask at work when treating patients who are not known positives? We only wear them for AGPs in our trust.

I do 3-4 AGPs a day but wear FFP3 on a sessional basis, it’s just easier. Put it on at 9am with IIR over the top, change IIR regularly. Off at lunchtime and then a new FFP3 for the afternoon.