BBC's Marr on catching Covid after being double vaccinated With Pfizer

[andhra_jp]

I had received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine long before. I wasn't behaving recklessly - but I did feel pretty much invulnerable.

Two days after my first symptoms, I began to feel seriously ill.

I had a high temperature, muscle ache, the shakes, a bad headache and flu-like cold symptoms.

I couldn't smell anything - not aftershave, not coffee, nothing.

I began to worry about "long Covid".

First, early symptoms of this new strain, first identified in India, are very, very similar to those of a light cold - and it is incredibly infectious, so beware.

Third, with a positive result, for goodness' sake self-isolate. You may think you have superpowers because you have been double vaccinated. And, yes, the vaccine seems it does protect very well against admission to hospital - at no point did I have difficulty breathing.

But that doesn't mean you can't become infected.

In short, stay cautious, stay safe.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57640550