With flu season around the corner and COVID-19 boosters in the works, you may be wondering: Can I get the flu shot and coronavirus vaccine at the same time? Or should I space them out? What to know:
There are some we know and some we don't know. If you develop flu-like symptoms, you're going to have to get tested. You're going to have to stay home quite a bit longer if you get a definitive [positive COVID-19] test than you would simply with. Also, you're probably going to miss work when your workplace is very stressed or your children are stressed by having COVID circulating in schools.
Q: Will the planned administration of booster COVID-19 shots this fall affect the number of people who get the flu vaccine or how it's distributed?It creates a lot of logistical challenges, particularly for hospitals and other places that need to vaccinate a large number of their employees for flu and that will need to give COVID boosters at about the same time period. It also creates logistical challenges for doctors' offices.
Flu is generally a better tolerated vaccine. There are still people who get muscle aches and very sore arms. I don't think we can predict if getting two will be additive or just the same as getting one vaccine. Historically, combined vaccines in general have worked as well as vaccines given alone, but there have been exceptions. We just have to see what the products look like.
"I'm going to get my flu shot as soon as it's available. If I'm due for a COVID booster at that time, I would probably do them together."
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