Stanford CFS & Long covid clinic prescribes this.
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Received my COVID booster and flu shot at the same time last week. The shots were administered in different arms. Both arms were sore that evening. I felt under the weather the next day with soreness in both arms. But the following day, I was fine.
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I got the Novavax vaccine for the first time - zero side effects.
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Got high dose flu (yay 65 
) and Pfizer covid shots a week ago in different arms. Both were a little sore for a day or so, but got a hideous bruise on the covid side. That’s never happened before. No other side effects.
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I also got the Novovax vaccine in one are and the high dose flu vaccine in the other. I was tired the next day and both arms were sore. I was happy to check this off my to do list.
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Still trying to figure out best timing for my Covid booster. According to Your local epidemiologist and Force of Infection substacks, Covid rates are very very low right now. (“ Covid-19 is quiet right now. Wastewater activity is low nationally, and in every region, activity is either low or minimal. ”)
It’s very easy for me to get to a vax because the pharmacy is located in my supermarket where I am several times a week, so combining with my flu shot seemed unnecessary. I’m thinking about mid November about two weeks before thanksgiving to have maximum effectiveness around the holiday.
Re sore arms, I always had some soreness for a few days after every vaccination. Then my first Shingrix was very painful plus I couldn’t lift my arm for three days. After research, I surmised that the shot had been given too high in the arm and caused inflammation perhaps affecting nerves and muscles.
Anyway, ever since, I’ve asked for the injection to be as low in the triangle as possible. I also be sure to move the arm a lot for the first hour or so, and to ice for a few hours. I have barely any soreness anymore.
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I love this! And for the first time, I got a good solid bruise from my flu shot. I got it last Monday and it hurt when she injected it. They never hurt, and I don’t bruise easily. You can see see it today, albeit it’s a faded yellow. Looking at the pic, she definitely hit it too high.
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So Novavax was originally a two dose vaccine for those who had not yet had any vaccine. That makes me nervous about doing just one after having had the other two. From the insert:
Individuals 12 Years of Age and Older Never Vaccinated with Any
COVID-19 Vaccine: Administer a series of two doses (0.5 mL each) 3
weeks apart. (2.3)
Individuals 12 Years of Age and Older Vaccinated Only with One Dose
of Any Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted: Administer a single
0.5 mL dose at least 3 weeks after the previous dose to complete the 2-
dose series of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted. (2.3)
Individuals 12 Years of Age and Older Vaccinated with Any COVID-19
Vaccine, Other than Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted, or with
Two or More Doses of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted:
Administer a single 0.5 mL dose at least 2 months after receipt of the
last previous dose of COVID-19 vaccine1
. (2.3)
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Here’s the CDC’s info on Novavax.
I’m very confused now. Maybe we will get another novavax shot 2 weeks before Christmas. We did get one beginning of Oct.
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Novavax is approved as a booster in people who had previously received MRNA products as it says in what you posted/the label. This approval is based on results of Study 5 which had some previously dosed MRNA patients in it and the Cov-Boost trial which had only those previously dosed with Pfizer, see table 1 of the prescribing info, page 8 here:
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@Mwfan1921 you cited the insert where I found the info in my previous post. That insert discusses monovalent vaccine vs Novavax on pages 43-46.
I noticed when I previously got Flu vaccines from pharmacies, it would often hurt much more afterward than when administered at my MD office. SO, I started to always go to the MD office. Now, however, they only carry the Flu vaccines, and not Covid, so back to pharmacies. THANKS for this graphic.
We have been pretty lucky and not had much pain from injections and injection sites. We get shots at pharmacies because our MD offices don’t stock them.
Yes, those pages have the details of the studies I cited from Table 1. I provided the link for people to be helpful, knowing what you posted was from that same document.
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I have an “update” from the long COVID angle of this thread. A long time ago I shared on CC that my brother, who refused to be vaccinated and who works in close contact with the public, had caught COVID and was dealing with long COVID. I spoke with him recently and he commented that he is now nearly three(!) years into this nightmare, and he is realizing that it will never get better. He is still working but he burns through his time off as fast as he earns it. I feel so bad for him and I wonder how many more people there are like him out there.
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You are no longer a no-vid! 
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Just when I’d stopped factoring Covid into my calculations it rears its head again. We’re planning to travel next week but heard the pet sitter tested +ve for Covid yesterday. It’s possible they’ll be well enough by the time we’re scheduled to leave but I think the move has to be to cancel all plans while we can still get our money back. No way to tell for sure how they’ll feel or whether they’d still be shedding virus even if they did feel OK. I’m sort of resigned but DH is very, very disappointed and moping around looking glum.
if they are only going to be around the pets, then why cancel? Are there other pet sitters in your area?
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