I got the new booster this morning (about 6.5 hours ago). DH and DS (21 years old) both got it last week. DH had fever, body aches, headache for 24 hrs, but milder than the 2nd vax and 1st booster. DS had body aches, headache, but no fever. He had no symptoms at all after 2nd vax (didn't qualify for booster until now).

We shall see how I react. Expecting mild symptoms.

Gooster, the Shingrex was the worst for me as well. But my most recent covid booster was no picnic either. However, I'd rather deal with some temporary side effects than a bad case of shingles or covid!

I got COVID the same day I got my second booster (6/23/22). I was going to wait a while before doing this new booster, but I am going on a cruise 10/24/22, so I guess I'm going to get it sooner than planned. Only two Fridays available are 9/30 or 10/14 (other weekends I will be going out of town), so I will try to get an appt for one of those.

Think I will wait on the flu shot until I get back. They say it's OK to combine, but I got a Shingrix and flu shot together, and never again! Hope there's no flu on the ship! I will be taking a mask to wear in crowded areas just in case. Will try to avoid elevators as much as possible.

I’m happy to say I had zero reaction to the new booster (Pfizer).

In a very hectic phase of life lately, so I just wanted to thank Teeda for posting this originally as I got right online and already got boosted Monday with the new Pfizer vax, and opted to get the flu shot too, somewhat warily, but I did fine getting both at once. Took a Tylenol Tues am for minor aches and that was all I needed. I really appreciate the heads-up!

Got it last Wednesday, and it sure wasn’t easy to find a place that had it available last week. I was finally able to get it at a CVS after four futile appointments at various local pharmacies, where they did not have the supply yet. I’m insured with Kaiser, who were not offering it until 9/12, I was told- and I was leaving for Europe on 9/11! At the CVS where I did get the new booster, I was told they’d only received it four hours before. I had zero side effect, yay!! PS: I’m now in Utrecht, and will be in Brussels tomorrow. Masks are a rare sight here, unlike the Bay Area, where I live.

We both got the new booster yesterday, and our flu shots at the same time. Acme Grocery has no appointments, etc, just get the paperwork, fill it out and get your shot. And we got the paper forms on Monday when we did our shopping, so I filled those out in advance. Best thing is getting a 10% coupon on groceries, and we have 4 of them.

DH and I both got our boosters last Saturday... just sore arms. we have a Moderna all the way through. i have had no side affects except for sore arm with all 4 shots. we did not get the 2nd booster, skipped - waited to get it closer to DD wedding... which is next week. glad we waited and got the bi-valent booster.

will get flu shot in October as our doctor always tells us to wait till October so u are covered for the full flu season.

i have absolutely no reservations in getting these vaccine's. we are so fortunate to live here in the U.S.. with vaccines that actually do what they are made to do: keep you out of the hospital, prevent severe disease and death. we could be in China with vaccines that don't work & still be in lockdown.

I had my booster at Safeway on 9/12. I just checked Kaiser online for my vax status, and there it is already. It was highlighted for me to check for accuracy and it was perfect. Gotta love technology.

Made appointments for husband and me on Monday, will be glad to get more protection.

Interesting piece about the new booster in today's NYT. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/opinion/covid-booster-shot.html

"For the first time, the United States is rolling out Covid vaccines updated to match variants that are currently dominant, as well as the original strain. This bivalent character will provide a better response to the most threatening variants today but probably to future variants, too, because when the immune system faces different versions of the same virus it generates broader protections overall.

This is terrific news, and there’s more. Not only will a booster with the new vaccines decrease the likelihood of infection and severe illness and help reduce transmission of the virus; it could also decrease the likelihood of developing long Covid.

The bad news? The boosters are getting so little fanfare, and so much unfounded skepticism, that too few people might get them, and lots of people who need not get sick, suffer or die will get sick, suffer or die."

Peer-reviewed study published on Aug 31, 2022 shows the risk/benefit regarding severe adverse events of getting the mRNA vaccine compared to a placebo especially to young adults is definately something you should consider. Again, SO GLAD my 19 year old son remains unvaxxed!

Of course, even questioning it all this time was considered an abomination! People need to do their research-because you will not see this on MSM.

If the risk of severe adverse events are actually higher than the risk of getting severe Covid 19-mostly in young adults-then we should do a risk-benefit analysis-which is shown in the results of below study. Ridiculous is took this long to provide this study.

Most are cardiac injury and clotting. Per 10,000 vax's there were 16% higher incidents compared to placebo!

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36055877/

No appointments this weekend, but i made an appointment for DH for next weekend and then for flu for both of us.

Olliejane, with that attitude you shouldn't bother getting Shingrix either. 🙄

I had two vaccines and two boosters. I'm just getting over Covid. Thankfully, it's a mild case and that I attribute to the vaccines and boosters. I will most certainly get this new booster, but from what I've read, the timing should be in four to six months?

And stop taking vitamin C because it also boosts T cell production, just like a vaccine. It may even interact with the genes in your cells!! More on the science of that here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4927435/

Meanwhile, I'm debating on the booster. I had my last one end of June so under normal circumstances I would wait six months since I live a relatively low exposure lifestyle right now. But I have a trip planned for middle of October to a different region of the country, a reunion where I will be with folks from many different areas of the country and even Great Britain. So I'm debating. Most activities will be outside or in well ventilated spaces, but there is a banquet and brunch planned. Large well ventilated area but the risk won't be zero. Low, but not zero. Most of the folks attending are people who work in the public sector so they have daily exposure and risk, they can't help it, they have to do it for their work. Many of them have had covid at least once even with vaccines. They won't come if sick, but could have it and not know it. Sigh.

I always get a day of all over muscle aches and extreme tiredness after the vaccine. But after that, zero side effects.

Judi, why would a young adult need the Shingrix vax?? You must have missed a few lines of my post.

Lucky me, I never had chicken pox-so no need for Shingrix vax. Been tested. If I had, I'm definately not against it.

You haven't been a young adult for many, many years.

So, you are talking about ME getting the covid vax?? I was talking about young adults-my son being a young adult-above. I wasn't talking about me. But, I've been very upfront that if I hadn't had natural immunity from the beginning, I probably would have gotten vaccinated. But, only the first two, no need for the rest. It's overkill.

I had a doctor's appointment on Thursday and got my flu vaccine there. I had to take a nap afterwards and spent most of the rest of the day in bed.

Yesterday I got my Omicron booster (Pfizer), as well as a tetanus booster, and that bothered me a lot less than the flu shot. The tetanus shot cost $37, but the others were free.

I asked my doctor about waiting until October for the flu shot, and he told me that sooner was better because the season has started earlier this year. Anyway, I am done with that for this year.

Wow, you are lucky that you have never gotten chicken pox. Were you vaccinated against it as a child? But then I know from your previous posts that you have a really powerful immune system. I'm not so lucky, I get sick at the drop of a hat. That's mainly why I get vaccines, I don't want to lose weeks and weeks of work by being sick. I used to think that my own immune system was good enough, but after losing a great deal of my life and probably permanently damaging my lungs, I realized the benefits of vaccines far outweighed any downside, and at this point I haven't experienced one single downside from covid or flu or shingrix vaccines. Other than a day of muscle aches and tiredness. One day. I know people who have had their life upended by shingles and for a few very old folks, it sent them over the edge to their final decline. But they had chicken pox in their youth. So when the shingrix vaccine came out, it was a godsend for us oldsters. No need for it if you haven't had chicken pox. Fewer kids are getting chicken pox due to vaccines now days. I'd be more worried about serious side effects of getting mumps as an adult than chicken pox. Back when I got it when I was about 8, my dad who had never had it stayed away from me, and they encouraged my five year old brother to hang out with me so he might get it. He didn't though. He hasn't ever gotten mumps. But he got chicken pox as a baby.

Did I say anything about Covid?

Now I will. Go ahead and play Russian roulette.

Infections with variants before Omicron or being fully vaccinated appear to be less effective at preventing immunity against BA.4 and BA.5.

I give up. You are talking in circles.

I got my booster (3rd) yesterday along with my flu shot (they said that was no problem at the clinic). Pfizer (my 2nd booster was Moderna, but my original two and first booster were Pfizer). No noticeable reaction.

cawaps, we have the same vax pattern. The 2nd booster (Moderna) had the worst reaction, still mild compared to some folks. Nothing with #5 (Pfizer).

Got both the flu and new Covid vaccination yesterday. Not one side effect other than slight soreness at the injection sites, but only if I press on it.

I had swollen lymph nodes for about 7 months after the 1st booster, so I don’t want anymore.

summers, did you happen to report it on VAERS?

No, I didn’t.

summers, thank you for answering-I think you are like most and didn't. The VAERS is vastly under reported. I've also read somewhere it's hard to navigate through and that it's mostly doctors who did the reporting. I don't know, since I'm not vaccinated and I've never had any reason to peruse the site.

https://www.factcheck.org/2021/03/scicheck-viral-posts-misuse-vaers-data-to-make-false-claims-about-covid-19-vaccines/

Very outdated as to where we stand today on Covid vaccine adverse issues today and still very under reported. Read the study I provided above. Trust the science that can-and does change. You have to keep up with current scientific studies on Covid.

Besides isn’t covid over now? LOL

I got the new booster this morning (about 6.5 hours ago). DH and DS (21 years old) both got it last week. DH had fever, body aches, headache for 24 hrs, but milder than the 2nd vax and 1st booster. DS had body aches, headache, but no fever. He had no symptoms at all after 2nd vax (didn't qualify for booster until now).

We shall see how I react. Expecting mild symptoms.

An update. I had my worst reaction yet. Almost no reaction after 2nd vax. Slight fever after 1st booster. High fever, terrible headache and body aches for 24 hours after this latest booster.

I'm very glad we got it as DH and I leave for Mexico next week, and son is back at college. We were going to get the 2nd booster around now for protection before our trip. Very happy this new one came out in time for us. 24 hours of misery 100% worth it for as much protection as I can get before traveling.

Also, I had no problem getting appointments for all 3 of us at CVS. There were lots of openings.

DH got his third booster and flu shot yesterday, only a sore arm today. I am getting my bivalent booster on Saturday. They have all made me a bit sick, so not looking forward to that. I will get my flu shot a couple of weeks after. We have done all Pfizer, but switching to Moderna for this one.

We were going to have our annual flu shots and a Moderna booster last week, and were notified we'd had a Covid exposure. Decided to wait. We wanted to know more easily if we had symptoms - if we should be looking at actual virus or side effects from the shot. Although other than a bit of fatigue and general 'off' day each, we've really had no side effects from the Moderna shots (we've had 4 now! Seems like too many ;))

Plan was to go this week, we seem to have dodged a bullet with our friend who came down with Covid. We've been so few places in these last two years, hearing he'd been ill just a couple of days after we'd been to dinner with him was a big disappointment - we'd had a very nice time at dinner.

Saturday we met some of DH's classmates at another friends house and had finger foods, desserts, caught up, it was a birthday for one of the men, someone whose wedding DH had participated in many years ago. This morning I was called to hear one of the other women there was testing positive this morning. So frustrating. We've only ventured out socializing a little and that's two confirmed exposures in a week. Vaccinations are on hold again, maybe next week.

I was thinking we will get one closer to the time we travel, but OTOH my DD2 just got it, so maybe we should not wait. Mild case but still 5 days she is not in class.

Maddie, you might check on the timing of the vaccinations. My SIL had a mild, mild case but testing positive while in Croatia this summer. July - it's just been 60 days. She had the Moderna booster ( her 5th Moderna shot), along with her annual seasonal flu shot last Wednesday. A health clinic not pharmacy and she'd given them all the correct appropriate dates. No side effects at all.

@maddie260 you can get the new booster 2 months after having covid or having a booster/vaccine.

I delay getting the yearly flu vaccine until late Sept/early October under the theory that it will last through the end of the season. And since I will get the COVID booster at the same time, I am waiting on that also. If I had travel or large event to go to, I would go in sooner.

DH and I received both Covid and flu shots on Friday. He has multiple medical treatments starting in Oct and we thought it was prudent to get them now.

I had both in my left arm and they was very little soreness at the site.

Tina Marie, thx for the info. The literature is just all over? I've read anywhere from two to six months? I'll probably settle in three, but get flu vaccine soon.

DH is taking a trip in October so I just signed him up for flu shot and Covid booster. I suppose I will do mine pretty soon too so we are both in sync and since I should get the flu shot anyway.

I delay getting the yearly flu vaccine until late Sept/early October under the theory that it will last through the end of the season.

I do the same, since flu season usually peaks in January/February. If I learned that flu was circulating early I would get it sooner.

I got the omicron booster last week and my reaction was swift-- body aches within two hours. The next day I was feeling 100% fine as long as I sat at my desk. But as soon as I tried to do some light chores, I realized I had absolutely no steam. Overall, not too bad though.

My husband had practically no reaction at all.

We're travelling in a couple of weeks so we wanted to be prepared.

I got my Pfizer bivalent vaccination about a week ago and had no reaction whatsoever.

An acquaintance is retired and works part-time in a store with a lot of customer interfacing routinely many times a day.

Nobody wears a mask there at that market and she stopped wearing a mask. She had Covid a year ago. She had the 4 vaccinations/boosters but had not yet received the bivalent vaccination because somebody (a doctor and a pharmacist, she said) told her she had to wait six months after the last booster. That was wrong information. You don’t really have to wait that long and can have the new formulation within a couple of months of either having Covid or a vaccination (booster). You do not have to wait six months so don’t buy that line of malarkey.

I think the confusion stems from some people (lay and professional) believing that the conferred immunity lasts longer than it in fact does. Immunity after having the virus or a booster (vaccination) begins to wane rather quickly. And in some people doesn’t last very long at all.

Last week my acuaintance came down with a fever of 101 Deg F, congestion and a horrible cough. She home tested positive for COVID-19. So she probably has a new variant, BA5/4.

Again she has a lot of close contact with many different people from all walks of life pretty much. The more people you’re in contact with and close areas, indoors especially, the greater is your opportunity to come into contact with the virus. The newer strains of the Covid-19 virus are more transmissible than the older delta.

In The News:

For the second time in six weeks the CEO of Pfizer has tested positive for COVID-19. Again. He has had four of his vaccines/boosters and was waiting to receive the new bivalent formulation. He says he’s feeling well and without symptoms.

Now I wonder: if the virus is supposed to confer some degree of immunity, how did he come down with Covid-19 again, within six weeks? (Did he have a rebound of the same infection?)

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In some places in Europe, England and Wales there is now a robust uptick in Covid-19. I believe in Norway also there is an increase of about 50% over the last week. In the past the United States has followed closely after England in seeing an upswing in Covid-19 cases.

LINK cnn : https://apple.news/AwC2b5LuXSOaRn2Bol5_Sqw

This is interesting. From July 2022

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220707/each-covid-19-reinfection-increases-health-risks

Each COVID-19 Reinfection Increases Health Risks

New study out: Need to read for yourself to get all the info, but from what I understand in layman's terms is, the reason why the \/ is not giving \/'d people immunity is because the \/ cannot break through the mocusal barrier (nose) and the brain and since that is where most people become infected, is through the nose, you don't get Tcells from \/, like you do when you become naturallly infected through your nose. When you become naturally infected-you get infected in the nose first, therefore getting immunity.

https://www.cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S1074-7613(22)00411-3?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1074761322004113%3Fshowall%3Dtrue#secsectitle0020

Edited to add: Instead of a \/, a nasal "mist-type" would seem to have been more sufficient-since most people get infected through the nose.

But, that would have been a "one and done" and billions of dollars is still not enough to be made for big pharma. A portion of people STILL get them. Unbelievable. Go figure.

We were on the fence about getting the latest booster given how mild the current variant is reported to be. We then got C while traveling (second time for me, the first following the first two vaccinations) which came as no surprise. We were each out of commission for a day and then back at it. For now I prefer natural immunity but should the virus revert to where it was in the early stages, we'll get v'd again.

Article saying vaccine was not tested thoroughly, it was rushed

Maybe this is headed in another direction altogether....