{"id":1579,"date":"2021-09-14T08:44:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T12:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1579"},"modified":"2021-09-14T08:44:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T12:44:15","slug":"can-other-vaccines-be-administered-at-the-same-time-as-the-covid-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1579","title":{"rendered":"Can other vaccines be administered at the same time as the COVID vaccine?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Question:<\/span><\/strong> I am receiving conflicting information on the spacing between vaccines and would like to know what is considered the best practice.\u00a0 I received my flu vaccine (senior dosage) on Thursday 9\/9 at my doctor\u2019s office. \u00a0I had my first shingrix vaccine back in May and wanted to get my second one on Saturday, the 11th, but the tech in the Walgreens pharmacy said I would need to wait 14 days before getting the vaccine, because it would interfere with the production of antibodies from my flu shot. \u00a0Today, I went to CVS to get my covid booster shot and was told that I absolutely have to wait 4 weeks, not just 14 days, between vaccines unless I am getting them at the same time. \u00a0This is very confusing. Why is it okay to get them at the same time, but not 3 days apart? Or is it okay to get them at the same time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Answer:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>What a confusing experience you’ve had!\u00a0 As always, please consult your doctor.\u00a0 And in the meantime, based on recommendations from CDC, I do not see any reason that you need to wait.\u00a0 Specifically, per CDC’s\u00a0Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines<\/a>\u00a0(August 31, 2021 update), “COVID-19 vaccines may now be administered without regard to timing of other vaccines.”\u00a0 This means that the booster can be given at the same time as other vaccines and that a booster need not be deferred for some amount of time after receipt of a different type of vaccine (like the shingles vaccine).\u00a0 Of course, there is a waiting period between the COVID-19 booster and the completion of the initial 2-dose Moderna\/Pfizer series; the booster should be given\u00a0at least 28 days<\/a>\u00a0after the completion series.\u00a0 Turning to the shingles vaccine, Shingrix, I was curious if there were any specific guidelines related to coadministration of other vaccines with it.\u00a0 Here too,\u00a0CDC recommends<\/a>\u00a0that it can be administered at the same time as other vaccines and gives no recommendation about a waiting period post influenza vaccination (or other vaccination).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why the confusion?\u00a0 For the COVID vaccine, I think the confusion stems from older CDC guidance, which did require a minimum 14-day interval between COVID vaccination and administration of other vaccines.\u00a0 This was a recommendation made out of an abundance of caution when the COVID vaccines were new, and was changed as a result of substantial safety data collected in the intervening months.\u00a0 As to the 4 weeks bit you describe, my only supposition is a conflation of the guidelines about booster receipt at least 4 weeks after the 2nd COVID vaccine dose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Note to readers: boosters are currently\u00a0recommended\u00a0<\/a>only for moderate to severely immunocompromised people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Question: I am receiving conflicting information on the spacing between vaccines and would like to know what is considered the best practice.\u00a0 I received my flu vaccine (senior dosage) on Thursday 9\/9 at my doctor\u2019s office. \u00a0I had my first shingrix vaccine back in May and wanted to get my second one on Saturday, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[50,64],"tags":[224,159,158,226,227,114],"class_list":["post-1579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guidelines","category-vaccines","tag-booster","tag-moderna","tag-pfizer","tag-shingles","tag-shingrix","tag-timeline","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pexels-photo-3985170.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1253&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1581,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579\/revisions\/1581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}