A slightly discouraging case of breakthrough covid. Damian Lee, a 28yo NBA player, got his J&J vaccine on March 22. He tested positive on April 21 and reports:
I had headache, chills, sneezing, congestion, soreness, body aches," Lee said. "It felt like I was hit by a car. Like hit by two cars at once every step I took. It hurt, it was pain, soreness. It felt like there was a weight on my chest for a couple of days, like it was just hard to breathe."
Lee's, who hasn't played since April 19, tested positive on April 21. He has been cleared to return to the Warriors' facility and sat on the team bench during Thursday's game. But he hasn't been able to resume basketball activities yet due to ongoing symptoms.
Obviously avoiding hospitalization and death is what counts in the big picture. But in this particular case a young vaccinated athlete came down with a non-trivial symptomatic case and continues to have lingering symptoms 3 or 4 weeks later. Symptoms bad enough to prevent him from participating in athletics for a team that badly needs him now (Warriors are desperate - down to 8 healthy usable players in a down to the wire fight for decent playoff seeding.)
Still - get your vaccine people. No one knows for sure - but it is likely his case would have been much worse if he hadn’t been vaccinated.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ed/4989411001/