{"id":1727,"date":"2022-12-09T09:42:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T15:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2022-12-13T11:21:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:21:05","slug":"when-you-get-your-flu-shot-and-covid-shot-at-the-same-time-this-is-what-happens-to-your-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2022\/12\/09\/when-you-get-your-flu-shot-and-covid-shot-at-the-same-time-this-is-what-happens-to-your-body\/","title":{"rendered":"When You Get Your Flu Shot And COVID Shot At The Same Time, This Is What Happens To Your Body"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/health\/health-news\/%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bwhen-you-get-your-flu-shot-and-covid-shot-at-the-same-time-this-is-what-happens-to-your-body\/ar-AA154ngo\">MSN<\/a>) Considering how health experts are forecasting a high number of flu cases even as we are still battling COVID-19, many are advocating for eligible people to get the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthdigest.com\/1083687\/can-getting-the-flu-shot-give-you-the-flu\/\" target=\"_blank\">flu vaccine<\/a>\u00a0and the new COVID-19 booster shot at the same time. But what happens to your body if you get these two doses simultaneously? While you may be concerned about more intense discomfort due to receiving both vaccines at once, most people who have gotten a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthdigest.com\/1051173\/how-the-flu-shot-affects-your-body\/\" target=\"_blank\">flu shot<\/a>\u00a0and COVID-19 booster at the same time are reporting only mild to moderate side effects, according to the experts at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sharp.com\/health-news\/can-i-get-a-covid-booster-and-flu-shot-at-the-same-time.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Sharp Health News<\/a>. Examples of these side effects include arm soreness resulting from the injection, fatigue, gastrointestinal discomfort, fever, muscle aches and headaches. However, health experts explain that these symptoms are common and are part of the immune system preparing to battle the viruses if needed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(MSN) Considering how health experts are forecasting a high number of flu cases even as we are still battling COVID-19, many are advocating for eligible people to get the\u00a0flu vaccine\u00a0and the new COVID-19 booster shot at the same time. But what happens to your body if you get these two doses simultaneously? While you may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vaccine-headlines"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1728,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions\/1728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}