I’m no epidemiologist but I was hoping for eradication of the virus personally. But regular vaccines with my yearly flu shot isn’t bad at all, a 2nd shot in the other arm and I’m on my way each year.
Note that the yearly flu-vaccine is really against 3x different strains of the flu. Moving forward, we can likely have 2x flu vaccines + 1x COVID19 shot all in one, so you only get one shot and get all the protection you need each year. I don’t know what the progress is on the combined flu/covid shot, but its at least theoretically possible.
But the status quo (just get 2x different shots) really isn’t a big deal.
As someone who got the flu and covid vaccine at the same time, I definitely don’t recommend it
anecdotal, and its worth pointing out that if you had covid or the flu within 3 month previous to getting shots, the shots can cause a slight reaction making you ‘feel sick’, this is likely what most people who say “the flu shot made me sick” are experiencing.
Nothing happened to me, at all. I went to work just 1 hour afterwards (took a long lunch break just in case something happened) but it was a waste. Felt perfectly fine.
It was one debated endgame, yes.
I’m no epidemiologist but I was hoping for eradication of the virus personally. But regular vaccines with my yearly flu shot isn’t bad at all, a 2nd shot in the other arm and I’m on my way each year.
Note that the yearly flu-vaccine is really against 3x different strains of the flu. Moving forward, we can likely have 2x flu vaccines + 1x COVID19 shot all in one, so you only get one shot and get all the protection you need each year. I don’t know what the progress is on the combined flu/covid shot, but its at least theoretically possible.
But the status quo (just get 2x different shots) really isn’t a big deal.
If you want a minor update for your infobank, flu vaccines have been quadrivalent for a few years now.
As someone who got the flu and covid vaccine at the same time, I definitely don’t recommend it. It was worse than my actual covid infection.
anecdotal, and its worth pointing out that if you had covid or the flu within 3 month previous to getting shots, the shots can cause a slight reaction making you ‘feel sick’, this is likely what most people who say “the flu shot made me sick” are experiencing.
No kidding it’s anecdotal; I literally shared an anecdote.
I know what an immune response from a vaccine feels like. Doing both at once can definitely cause a stronger immune response than from one alone.
As someone who had a strong immune response from the covid vaccine alone, getting both at once was significantly worse.
For me it felt like I got hit by a truck on my way to the hospital for a severe flu the entire day after I got the vaccines.
I got both at the same time last October.
Nothing happened to me, at all. I went to work just 1 hour afterwards (took a long lunch break just in case something happened) but it was a waste. Felt perfectly fine.
I doubt that will happen. Too many are fine with the flu vaccine but against the covid vaccine