coopwyo
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Has anyone heard if it is safe to get all three of the respiratory shots this fall at the same time?
Covid, RSV, and Flu Shot at once?
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Talk to your doctor.
rfjustin
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This. 100% this...
Or a pharmacist.
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Talk to your doctor for sure, especially if you have some kind of compromising condition, but I think all along the idea was that the Covid and RSV vaccines were eventually going to be rolled into the annual flu shot. The fact that we're there now indicates to me that the vaccines are mature and that the risks are relatively low... much lower than the risks of serious health consequences from those viruses.
Your answer is here:
Can COVID, Flu, and RSV Shots Be Given at the Same Time?
Here's how experts are strategizing fall vaccines
www.medpagetoday.com
NateB
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Patients have told me Shingles is the worst thing they have experienced and would rather pass a large kidney stone or have more children than experience Shingles again.
On the shot, I had a Covid booster and flu shot a few days apart last Fall. I felt run down for a day, but better than being sick for a week and using up my PTO. I don't know what I'll do this Fall yet, but I do like the idea of an eventual combo vaccine for annual diseases I don't want to get.
If you wait too long in seeking medical attention then the antivirals are not effective and you can look forward to months of neuropathy. That's what happened to my mom.
When I got the rash I recognized it and the doctor started the antiviral immediately. Cleared it up quickly, no long term pain.
IIRC a few years later when I was given the shingles vaccine it was a two dose regimen, given a couple of months apart. I guess some people get one dose and some get two.
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But, but, but... I like getting medical advice from random people on the internet....
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RSV has been very prevalent down here this winter. You normally never hear about it but it was really out there this year.
It will likely be a world wide infection that has some seasonality.
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