My D says she has a friend whose family all got Covid five weeks after they already all had it. I’ve never heard anything like that. She says they tested positive both times. Anyone heard anything like this? (It’s making her very resigned to always getting it and why bother with vaccinating again, which if you knew her is not in character AT ALL).
What kind of test the second time? PCR or NAAT tests can false positive for months after an infection.
Of course, it could be a rare true positive in that they genetically have weak immune responses to COVID-19 compared to most people. There was also some mention during early 2022 that some people got Delta and then got Omicron shortly thereafter.
But that may be incentive to get all possible vaccines to try to make future infections less severe.
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Garland did you get moderna or Pfizer just curious?
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I tried to time mine last year so that my booster would be 3.5 weeks before an event, thinking it would be at its “strongest” then. Well, I got Covid for the first time directly after the event (from being exposed there) and it was a pretty miserable bout of it (my first and only time).
I’m getting mine next week, so that it will be 3.5 weeks before Parent Weekend, I do hope I don’t have a repeat of last year!
I don’t want to put the booster off further than that because covid is already going around again where I live. But I am going to probably delay the flu vaccine a little later, towards early or mid November, likely before kiddo comes home for Thanksgiving break, just in case he’s bringing any crud with him.
I just turned 50 last month so I know I need to start thinking about the Shingles vax…
Moderna–been getting it all the way through.
This is a fact I don’t know for sure….but I don’t know that the flu shot is more effective just in the pretty immediate time after getting it. It is often said to be “good for 6 months or so” but I don’t know that it is more effective after 2 weeks than after 2 months. Covid is the first shot that I’ve heard time being a possible factor.
the flu vaccine also wanes. I know some folks in the health care world, get a flu vax in Sep and again in late Dec/early Jan to get thru the season.
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It’s strange. Way back in ‘99 my employer’s nurse told us she never gave the vaccines before November because they were only really good for 4 months. I thought she was a quack because back then nobody said such things. But over the years, you see more of that being said. It does wane. And I’ve been reading it’s good “up to 6 months.” It’s not like 6 months and it goes bad like spoiled milk. I think it’s more like a gradual 2 week build up, stays at a plateau for a couple of months and then slowly winds down. I’d prefer for the plateau to cover dec-early March though I get antsy and usually wind up getting it in October.
The only time I’ve got the flu with the flu shot was a couple of years ago during covid and I got it in April. Right around the 6 month mark. Younger S once got it in March, though his was extremely mild.
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Same here Moderna , and after each vaccine had similar reactions, interesting you didn’t with previous Moderna vaccines, but did with this one.
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This one and the one before. Yeah, not sure why.
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I’m the same as Garland, didn’t have nearly as severe a reaction with two previous Moderna shots as I did with this one. My first three were all Pfizer and didn’t have as much of a reaction to them either.
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All of mine have been Moderna. Had no side effects from the most recent one from Tuesday except for a sore arm for a couple of days .
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Headed for flu shot in a few hours. Will see if they have the booster.
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We got the new Moderna Covid vaccine a few days ago. My arm is a bit sore but that is all. DH says the same.
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Which did you have previously?
I heard that they expect the flu to start earlier this year so am getting my flu vaccine today
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yes - I’m just bumping flu shot more towards the end of October due to that waning factor as we often have an unfortunate flu surge here in late spring, it’s just I also want it before kiddo comes home for Thanksgiving break in case he’s bringing that home too!
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Got my covid booster 48 hours ago. I’ve been exhausted and had a headache, but that could be due to other issues. All my previous covid shots were Pfizer. This one was Moderna. I have a painful, red lump at the injection site. For my previous shots, I couldn’t even feel the injection. This one was painful when it went in.
I got my RSV shot, flu shot and Hep A shot 3 weeks ago. I had no reaction to those ones, except for a small red lump at the Hep A injection site.
I’m going on a long cruise in a couple of weeks, so I wanted to be well vaccinated.
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My second bivalent was mid-July and I’m not traveling or doing any particular socializing (just High Holiday services inside). So I will wait for the booster a bit yet while it gets settled in.
One thing I learned after my six COVID, two Shingrex, one pneumonia, and one flu shot over the last three years is where the shot is best placed on my arm. There’s a triangle preferred injection site and I’m best off (in terms of swelling and pain) to get it as low in the triangle as possible. I learned this after my first Shingrex was at the top and I ended up with very bad pain and almost a paralyzed arm for a few days. I’ve asked for the subsequent shots to be at the bottom and have very little reaction compared to in the past.
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New Booster Shortages? Anyone else hear or read that this may be an issue? Our last booster was July, so we planned to wait until Nov. or Dec. for the new version. We received the RSV today, so asked the pharmacy if that time line seemed reasonable. He said to not wait, but instead get the new Covid booster in 2 weeks (from RSV), but as soon as available, rather than waiting. His reason was that there may be upcoming shortages (based on what he was reading/hearing), and since our former booster no longer covers the current variant, best to get the new one asap. We thought the current shortages had more to do with being a new roll-out, but I assume he knows more than us?
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