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Getting a COVID-19 booster this season? Strongly consider adding a flu shot as well. Chances are, you can get both done at the same appointment. Hassle-free protection? That's a win.

More info ?? https://publichealth.jhu.edu/Bivalent-Covid-19-Booster-Updates

Depending on your circumstances, you can probably double up on vaccines this fall.  Combining vaccines is not unusual.  Kids get multiple vaccines all the time.  There's no medical benefit or downside to doing this.  It's about convenience - why make multiple appointments?

Consider your Covid immunity profile. You should wait at least 2 months since your last Covid shot (whether that was your second in the primary series, booster #1 or #2), and 3 months after a Covid infection.

But if you are still in the window of Covid-19 protection, don't wait to get your flu shot.  You should aim to get the flu shot before the end of October or by early November.

If you have side effects, you can knock them out all at once.  Both the Covid bivalent and flu shots can cause short lived tenderness at the injection site, headache, fatigue and, more rarely, fever.  Getting both shots at once means you will only have to experience side effects once too.

It takes two weeks for either vaccine to take full effect.  You will be fully immunized in time for the holidays.