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I’m on a local NHS Practice steering group.
Boris might say covid booster from Monday but no logistics in place for it as of yet.
The local practices want to give it same time a s winter flu jab.Odd, that was my thought too, but they say they cannot give the covid jab and flu jab together at my clinic.
IIRC when the first jab came out they wouldn’t give you the first vaccine if you had recently had the flu jab but it seems that’s now OK -
Experts study viability of giving flu and Covid jabs at same time
Findings on side-effects and vaccine efficacy expected by August or September as NHS prepares for potential flu surge
Researchers are working to establish whether the flu jab and a Covid vaccine can be given at the same time, as the NHS braces itself for a potential surge in cases of flu this winter.
Giving the two shots at the same time could save precious resources for the NHS by avoiding millions of unnecessary appointments, experts said.
“It isn’t actually that difficult to give two injections at the same time – we do this in children all the time – but organising totally different visits has a massive implication in terms of resources and time and so on,” said Adam Finn, professor of paediatrics at Bristol Medical School and a member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).
Since the start of the pandemic, lockdowns, social distancing and mask-wearing have reduced the risk of contracting not only Covid but other respiratory bugs as well, such as the flu – cases of which were basically non-existent last winter, according to surveillance data largely encompassing England compiled by the Royal College of GPs.
More here - theguardian.com/society/202 … -same-time