“Tomorrow shouldn’t be a massive change if you have only had the [second shot of the] vaccine in the last week, or on Sunday,” Dr Bonning said.

Many people thought the second shot took effect immediately.

“The common refrain is, ‘I can go to the gym on Monday. I have my vaccine passport and I can go out.’ We need to remind people that the development of immunity is not an instantaneous process,” Dr Bonning said. He has been immunising people at Olympic Park in Homebush.

He also stressed the rules set by NSW Health were the minimum.

NSW Health’s weekly epidemiological reports define a fully vaccinated person as one who has had their second dose more than 14 days ago.

In its most recent report, for the week ending September 25, NSW Health found that of those who acquired COVID-19, 8.4 per cent were fully vaccinated; 13.9 per cent were partially vaccinated and 44 per cent had no effective dose. The remainder’s vaccination status was under investigation. Of those hospitalised, 4.6 per cent were fully vaccinated.

Elena Stefanovski, 23, got her second dose of Pfizer from Dr Chan on Sunday, and said after so many weeks of working from home, waiting another two weeks was “nothing”.

“My friends are definitely wanting to go have dinner, and things like that, it’s not too much pressure because everyone has been working from home. Everyone is used to it, but everyone’s definitely excited to go out. But to wait another couple of weeks is nothing.”

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Source: | This article originally belongs to smh.com.au

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