by: jason herring
a double-vaccinated alberta woman says she’s relieved she got the jab before having tested positive for covid-19.
stacey davis said she tested positive for the novel coronavirus monday, making her a “breakthrough case” — an infection of the virus that occurs despite the individual being vaccination. these cases are expected, as no vaccine is 100 per cent effective at preventing illness.
davis said her symptoms are fairly severe, but are not bad enough to require hospital care. she said she has extreme fatigue, a pounding headache, fevers and wheezy breath, as well as a loss of taste and smell.
“in chatting with ahs (after the diagnosis) we are pretty confident i’d be hospitalized if i wasn’t double vaccinated,” she said. “i have never been so sick in my life. i cannot imagine facing this with no protection from vaccine.”
a day after her diagnosis, davis’s husband and two sons also tested positive for the virus. her husband is facing less severe flu-like symptoms, while the children — aged five and nine and ineligible for vaccination — both only have very mild symptoms.
she said her family did everything they could to avoid getting covid-19, including continuing mask use in school and through the summer. she suspects her children brought the virus home from the classroom. she’s relieved her sons, who both have severe asthma, are having only mild illness.