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Flu and COVID vaccination

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2022 2:21pm
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Annier999

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Just to update my experience. 

I’m 65 years old. I visited the Centro de Salud in La Mata in the last hour. I was given an appointment for both vaccinations on Wednesday.  

elinspain

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2022 2:27pm

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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2022 2:27pm

Hello

 Ha! I was there earlier Annie, mine is for tomorrow at lunchtime....

Cheers

El

Annier999

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2022 4:31pm

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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2022 4:31pm

elinspain wrote on Mon Oct 24, 2022 2:27pm:

Hello

 Ha! I was there earlier Annie, mine is for tomorrow at lunchtime....

Cheers

El

We just missed each other, then. I was expecting them to tell me I'm too young (in my dreams!!) ...but apparently not.

Hope any side effects are small ones, El x

Kimmy11

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:02pm

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:02pm

Hi Annie and El,

Good for you!  If you don't mind sharing, did you have Moderna this time and was it different to your original jabs?  

My first two were AZ and my booster was Pfizer - at the time, data showed that this was a more effective combination against the current strains of Covid-19 than always having the same type of vaccine and, interestingly, more effective than having 2 x Pfizer, followed by an AZ booster.

Many thanks and kind regards,

Kim

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elinspain

Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:03am

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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:03am

Kimmy11 wrote on Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:02pm:

Hi Annie and El,

Good for you!  If you don't mind sharing, did you have Moderna this time and was it different to your original jabs?  

My first two were AZ and my booster was Pfizer - at the time, data showed that this was a more effective combination against the current strains of Covid-19 than always having the same type of vaccine and, interestingly, more effective than having 2 x Pfizer, followed by an AZ booster.

Many thanks and kind regards,

Kim

Hi Kim

 Original doses were Moderna , this booster was Pfizer. The only difference was, absolutely no side affects at all for me - nothing, so , having the Gripe (flu)  vaccine done at the same time in the other arm, I felt very lucky.

Cheers

El.

Kimmy11

Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:54am

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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:54am

I'm very pleased to hear it, El 👍

Best wishes,

Kim

Annier999

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:12am

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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:12am

Kimmy11 wrote on Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:02pm:

Hi Annie and El,

Good for you!  If you don't mind sharing, did you have Moderna this time and was it different to your original jabs?  

My first two were AZ and my booster was Pfizer - at the time, data showed that this was a more effective combination against the current strains of Covid-19 than always having the same type of vaccine and, interestingly, more effective than having 2 x Pfizer, followed by an AZ booster.

Many thanks and kind regards,

Kim

My booster was COMIRNATY manufactured by BIONTECH. 

I’d not heard of this vaccine before. 

I had very mild aches in both arms (had flu in right arm) and slight tiredness, but only in first 24 hours. 

paulacotter

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 10:10am

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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 10:10am

Annier999 wrote on Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:12am:

My booster was COMIRNATY manufactured by BIONTECH. 

I’d not heard of this vaccine before. 

I had very mild aches in both arms (had flu in right arm) and slight tiredness, but only in first 24 hours. 

This is the Pfizer vaccine. Pfizer BioNTechComirnaty is the name. You’ll hear most vaccine referred to by different names. Sometimes the company name like Pfizer and Moderna and other times by Comirnaty/BioNTech, Spikevax 

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