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You can get Covid-19 and flu vaccines at the same time, but should you? What the science says

By Brenda Goodman, CNN

November 24, 2023

…The study found that rates of hospitalizations, emergency room visits and doctor’s visits were similar between both groups. Overall, the group that got both shots at the same time was slightly more likely to visit the doctor or emergency room for Covid-19 but less likely to need medical care for the flu, suggesting that getting both shots together improved immune protection against influenza infections.

So how you get your vaccines comes down largely to personal preference, but Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University, says that getting them together makes a lot of sense, especially this far into the season.

“I would just remind everyone that a vaccine deferred is often a vaccine never received, because you have to make another effort to go in,” he said.