Despite being completely vaccinated, Golden State Warriors guard Damion Lee has tested positive for COVID-19. Lee’s case was dubbed a “breakthrough case” by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC estimates that 9,245 individuals have had breakthrough infections out of more than 95 million people who have been completely vaccinated.
“I did test positive for COVID about two weeks ago. I did get the vaccine the middle, end of March, but essentially this was just a rare breakthrough case,” Lee stated Thursday, May 6 during a post-game conference. “Right now, there’s no timeline in the immediate future for me coming back and playing.”
Lee hasn’t played since April 19, and he announced on March 22 that he got the Johnson & Johnson single dose vaccine. On April 21, he tested positive for COVID-19 and began to exhibit a series of symptoms.
“I had headache, chills, sneezing, congestion, soreness, body aches. 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,” added the 28-year-old NBAer.
Lee was cleared to return to the Golden State Warriors’ facility and has been sitting on the bench with his teammates, grateful to be able to get out of the house at long last. He’s expected to get another chest X-ray and more tests on Monday, April 10 as he continues to recover. Check out the clip of Lee on the following page discussing his COVID-19 infection after taking the vaccine.
