Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D) tested positive for COVID-19 after receiving two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
A Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives has tested positive for COVID-19 after previously receiving a vaccine for the Chinese Communist virus (Wuhan pneumonia).
Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D) tested positive for COVID-19 after receiving two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
The Boston Herald reports that Lynch’s spokeswoman, Molly Rose Tarpey, said Lynch also received positive test results after a staff member in the congressman’s Boston office tested positive earlier this week.
In a statement Friday, Tarpey said, “Congressman Lynch has received a second dose of the Pfizer vaccine and subsequently tested negative for COVID-19 prior to attending the inauguration of President Joe Biden.”
The inauguration date was nine days before Lynch tested positive for the virus.
A spokesman for Rep. Lynch said Lynch was symptom-free and “feeling fine,” but would be quarantined as a precaution.
Massachusetts’ other U.S. Democratic congresswoman, Lori Trahan, also tested positive for the virus Thursday (Jan. 28). She is also currently in quarantine.
To date, dozens of members of Congress have tested positive for COVID-19 in the U.S. Luke Letlow, a Republican and newly elected congressman from Louisiana, has died from complications after contracting the CCP virus.
According to its clinical trials, the Pfizer vaccine is about 95 percent effective against symptomatic infections seven days or more after the second dose. The company did not respond when asked about the Lynch case.
In issuing an emergency use authorization last month, the U.S. drug regulator said there are no data to show how long the vaccine provides protection, “nor is there evidence that the vaccine stops the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from person to person.”
The Boston Herald reports that Davidson Hamer, an infectious disease expert at Boston University, said Lynch received a positive test after the second vaccination, suggesting that people are still pursuing an unknown vaccine.
“Based on the studies done, neither the Pfizer vaccine nor the Moderna vaccine is 100 percent protective. They are both about 95 percent effective against symptomatic infections.” Hamer said.
However, there is no scientific clarity on how the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines prevent asymptomatic infections and how they prevent transmission.
“Is this a vaccine failure or is the vaccine not preventing asymptomatic infections?” Hammer, who did not speak directly with Lynch, said, “Did he avoid symptomatic infections (as a result of the vaccination)? Is that a good thing for him because it reduces the risk of hospitalization?”
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