{"id":62764,"date":"2021-04-29T05:58:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T09:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=62764"},"modified":"2021-04-29T05:58:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T09:58:41","slug":"arizona-lawmaker-attempts-to-turn-vaccine-fiasco-into-warning-for-perpetual-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=62764","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Lawmaker Attempts to Turn Vaccine Fiasco into Warning for Perpetual Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u2018You\u2019re not in the clear with vaccines\u2019: US lawmaker says she\u2019s Covid-positive after 2 doses of Pfizer<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->RT.com<\/p>\n<p>A lawmaker from Arizona has officially announced that she contracted Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated. In a statement, she warned that despite taking all precautions, no one should let their guard down.<\/p>\n<p>Alma Hernandez said she had taken both doses of the Pfizer\/BioNTech vaccine 11 weeks ago. Even then, she continued to take all precautions, wearing a mask, washing her hands, and practicing social distancing. \u201c<em>Yet despite those measures and being vaccinated I have come down with the Covid<\/em>,\u201d the lawmaker from Phoenix, Arizona tweeted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed-holdback\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3RlYW1faG9sZGJhY2tfMTE5MjkiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoiY29udHJvbCIsInZlcnNpb24iOjV9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1387600664579035140&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F522434-covid-positive-fully-vaccinated%2F&amp;sessionId=941f800d3830db060b8acd8552d0b31bd34470ce&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1387600664579035140\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hernandez shared that she tested positive for Covid-19, and that her symptoms include fever, \u201c<em>horrible migraine<\/em>,\u201d and loss of sense of smell and taste. \u201c<em>Just because you\u2019re vaccinated it does not mean you\u2019re in the clear<\/em>,\u201d she said, warning that \u201c<em>despite wide availability of vaccines<\/em>,\u201d the pandemic is still here.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance for US citizens, suggesting that people who are vaccinated don\u2019t need to wear a mask in the streets, and can attend small outdoor gatherings without their faces being covered, as well as dining in outdoor restaurants with friends from multiple households.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Laxman56421514\/status\/1387694037142962177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reacting<\/a>\u00a0to the lawmaker\u2019s statement, other social media users\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoyVRoberts\/status\/1387612820657815556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>\u00a0that they also contracted Covid-19 weeks after vaccination. However, they said they experienced milder symptoms thanks to the previous shots and avoided hospitalization.<\/p>\n<p>High-profile cases of being diagnosed with the novel coronavirus even after vaccination have been reported previously. Former Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra and his wife controversially enrolled in a clinical trial of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine, and both\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/522094-peru-president-coronavirus-vaccine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tested positive<\/a>\u00a0for Covid-19 weeks afterwards. Argentine leader Alberto Fernandez was also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/520036-argentina-president-covid-positive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">infected<\/a>\u00a0despite vaccination with Russia\u2019s Sputnik V. Researchers have said that while the vaccines do not guarantee 100% protection from the virus, they can ease the symptoms and speed up recovery.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/522434-covid-positive-fully-vaccinated\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/522434-covid-positive-fully-vaccinated\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018You\u2019re not in the clear with vaccines\u2019: US lawmaker says she\u2019s Covid-positive after 2 doses of Pfizer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}