{"id":16767,"date":"2021-01-16T17:44:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T17:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=16767"},"modified":"2021-02-07T18:22:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T18:22:59","slug":"am-i-protected-after-the-first-dose-of-a-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/16767","title":{"rendered":"Am I protected after the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All the current vaccines need to be given in two doses.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, the second dose is now being given after 12 weeks.\u00a0This means that full protection doesn&#8217;t develop until a few weeks<strong> after the second dose<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Although you get some protection at the first dose there have been lots of examples where people still had COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Please continue to limit your risk of catching or transmitting \u00a0COVID-19 before this.<\/p>\n<p>Please continue to wear a mask in shared indoor spaces, to limit social distancing and to use hand hygiene until you have the full protection from the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Some guidelines still recommend being careful after this time.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is one of more than 60 questions about COVID vaccines. It was produced by and for people living with HIV.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/16330\"><strong>Q&amp;A on COVID vaccines: are they safe and effective?<br \/>\n<\/strong>https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/16330<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the current vaccines need to be given in two doses. In the UK, the second dose is now being given after 12 weeks.\u00a0This means that full protection doesn&#8217;t develop until a few weeks after the second dose. Although you &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-covid-19"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}