Medical staff should not be quick to dismiss post-vaccination symptoms as related to the vaccine and should always test for COVID-19 if symptoms are evident, said a study released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday.
The study was written by a group of Israeli doctors and scientists at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, all of whom actively took part in the fight to combat the spread of the virus and treat its victims in Israel.
The study focuses on the occurrence of symptoms of COVID-19 and, specifically, its occurrence after vaccination, with the aim of preventing cases of symptoms of COVID-19 from being confused with side effects of the vaccine. These errors, the study noted, are more common than expected.
“The co-occurrence of vaccination implantation with the rapid spread of COVID-19 in many parts of the world is a confused period in which hope is mixed with great vulnerability,” says the study. Therefore, “all physical complaints after vaccination represent a real diagnostic dilemma as to whether an adverse reaction or a new COVID-19 infection is the cause. In Israel, among 4,081 vaccinated health professionals included in the study, 22 (0, 54%) developed COVID-19 one to 10 days after inoculation.
Among them, 13 health professionals were tested simply because they had symptoms such as sore throat, cough, headache and fever, all common to flu-like illnesses, which can be easily overlooked and dismissed, especially when hospitals in the country are dealing with with an overwhelming number of patients daily.
The other nine health professionals who tested positive after vaccination were tested because they were exposed to confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19.
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Considering the fact that vaccination of health professionals in Israel and in many other parts of the world is considered a priority, the study emphasized the importance of detecting post-vaccination infections in health professionals, looking at the deadly chain reaction that can be caused by an unknown infected hospital employee.
Thus, the study concludes, health clinics and hospitals should exercise a high level of suspicion whenever they encounter reported symptoms. It should be noted, however, that the authors emphasized that there is no doubt that “large-scale vaccination of risk groups and, subsequently, of the general population is the most effective public health measure for mitigating coronavirus disease. ”
