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hlthe2b

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1. Not sure why you think you are at risk by getting Pfizer over Moderna, but mixing vaccine actually

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Fri Sep 29, 2023, 11:16 AM

Sep 2023

confers some immune benefit--at least in the data to date. I have intentionally gotten a few Moderna doses intermixed with my primary Pfizer series. Same very mild short-term arm soreness, but nothing else. YMMV, but there is not any real reason to expect far more significant reactions from one to another.

As for the timing, unless you are boosting MMR or getting Yellow Fever--both of which may be modified live virus vaccines, I am not sure I see major issues.

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I'm scheduled for international travel 10/22 and needed some additional vaccinations. [View all] sinkingfeeling Sep 2023 OP

Not sure why you think you are at risk by getting Pfizer over Moderna, but mixing vaccine actually hlthe2b Sep 2023 #1

Good to hear. I have several bad allergies to medicines and the doctors debated if sinkingfeeling Sep 2023 #2

I have had two Modern a shots and four Pfizers. Mixing them was not a problem. tblue37 Sep 2023 #5

That's all Rebl2 Sep 2023 #3

My recent experience. MLAA Sep 2023 #4