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.
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 doubt that will happen. Too many are fine with the flu vaccine but against the covid vaccine