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Hi doctors! after the second phfizer vaccine, are you completely protected exactly two weeks after the second, or should you wait a day or a few more days just to be on the safe side?
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Maximum protection is not "complete" protection: the current vaccines, including Pfizer, are very good, but they reduce the frequency of COVID-19 (with symptoms) by 95%, not 100%. That maximum protection may be reached before two weeks -- for sure it's maximum by then. There is no need for additional time "to be on the safe side".
Answered 4/12/2021
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