A woman is vaccinated against Covid-19 on January 11 in New York.
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According to a viral social media post, there were 24 deaths from Covid-19 in a New York state nursing home, while residents have already been vaccinated against the virus.
The establishment explains that the epidemic began before the vaccination.
US health authorities recall that there is a time limit to be immunized after receiving the vaccine against Covid-19.
More than 9 million Americans have already received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.
Among them, residents of The Commons on St. Anthony retirement home in New York State.
An event that could have remained commonplace, if Internet users and “alternative” sites had not taken hold of it.
While the establishment had not known any cases of death from coronavirus so far, 24 people have died from the virus after residents and staff were vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to these viral publications.
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, a representative of the group to which the retirement home is attached qualifies these allegations as "disinformation", without providing further details.
The first cases of Covid-19 appeared before the start of the vaccination campaign, however, a spokesperson for the retirement home told the local press.
The first positive case was detected on December 16 and vaccination began six days later on December 22.
80% of residents received a first dose that day.
They were due to receive the second dose on January 12.
The other residents were also due to receive their first dose on Tuesday.
As for the staff, nearly half had received a first dose in December, indicates the local newspaper
The Citizen
.
The first deaths occurred on December 29.
Some people who died had received the vaccine, but the spokesperson refused to reveal the exact number to our colleagues in the
Syracuse
newspaper
.
It is possible to be infected with Covid-19 immediately after receiving the vaccine, because "it usually takes a few weeks for the body to develop immunity (protection against the virus that causes Covid-19) after vaccination" , recall the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American federal agency in charge of public health.
This is one of the reasons why it is recommended that vaccinated people continue to apply barrier gestures.
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