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I’m fully vaccinated but feel sick – should I get tested for COVID-19?

  • Written by Arif R. Sarwari, Physician, Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Chair of Department of Medicine, West Virginia University
imageSome people can still get sick after getting vaccinated for COVID-19.Dragana991/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Imagine last night you developed a little runny nose and a sore throat. When you woke up this morning you started coughing and had a fever. In the past year, your mind would have immediately jumped to COVID-19. But if you are already fully...

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