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Damion Leetested positive forCOVID-19despite being fully vaccinated.
Ahead of Thursday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the 28-year-old Golden State Warriors guard revealed that he recently tested positive for the illness and experienced an array of symptoms despite having received his vaccine.
Whilespeaking with reporters, Lee said, “I did test positive for COVID about two weeks ago. I did get the vaccine [at] the middle, end of March, but essentially this was just a rare breakthrough case.”
“Right now, there’s no timeline in the immediate future for me coming back and playing,” added Lee, who is teammate Stephen Curry’s brother-in-law. “I still have protocols and hurdles I still have to clear from the medical side.”
According toESPN, Lee received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on March 22 and later tested positive for COVID on April 21 and experienced various symptoms of the novel respiratory illness.
Lee added, “It felt like there was a weight on my chest for a couple of days, like it was just hard to breathe.”
Warriors coach Steve Kerr called Lee’s health situation “shocking,” according to ESPN, and said, “I feel for him because he’s had an excellent season and obviously this is really putting him in a tough spot.”
Kerr, 55, added, “He hasn’t been able to work out at all, so we’ll what happens basketball-wise. But the main thing is he’s healthy and feeling better and we’re obviously relieved about that.”
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