My doctor told me she would like for me to wait until November 1 to get my next booster along with my flu shot. I'm going to take her advice.

She wants both vaccines to last through the winter.

I’ll get the flu shot same time.

I'll wait for Pfizer/Modena. Proven technology.

My initial COVID shot and the boosters were all Pfizer vaccines.

Between September and December, I got the shingles vax and its followup, the flu, pneumonia, and COVID vaccines. In mid December I came down with a minor cough, a low fever that lasted less than 24 hours. I thought I was fine, but the cough developed into an annoyance. A trip to the doc, flu test and COVID test were both negative. The cough continued to develop--it never got to my lungs, but my bronchial congestion kept me busy and worn out until mid April. I couldn't breathe without wheezing and I was MISERABLE; I broke two ribs from the violent hacking cough. The doc said afterwards she suspected RSV, though I was never tested for it. She was worried about pneumonia and ordered the chest X-ray which revealed the broken ribs.

From now on, I will ALWAYS get an RSV vaccine. I was so worn out from coughing, it took me months to recover my energy--it was as bad, maybe worse than when I had chemo. If I hadn't had so many vaccines in such a short period of time, I might have remembered to get the RSV shot. I guarantee, I won't forget it this year. I think I'll get that first and hold out for the better COVID vax that is being developed.

The RSV vaccine is not currently an annual vaccine, meaning eligible adults do not need to get a dose every RSV season. Currently, CDC recommends only a single dose of RSV vaccine for all adults ages 75 and older and adults ages 60-74 with increased risk of severe RSV disease. Additional surveillance and evaluation activities are ongoing to determine whether adults might benefit from receiving additional RSV vaccine doses in the future. So far, RSV vaccines appear to provide some protection for at least two RSV seasons.


https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/rsv/hcp/older-adults.html#:~:text=The%20RSV%20vaccine%20is%20not,risk%20of%20severe%20RSV%20disease.

My shortness of breath is still here and very annoying. My doc says we need to get a new covid vaccine in October, and the flu shot as well.

My sister got KP-2 not too long ago.

I'm ready for the new vaccine.

of Ohio.

My last booster was in 9 months ago, and I'll have at least some protection from that. I'm masking in the mean time.

I don't want to get sick got to protect myself and the updated vaccine should be ready to go

We'd normally wait, but we're going to Italy, then a cruise to the Eastern Med in 3 weeks. We wanted to make sure that we were protected, since my husband has lung issues.

We'll probably wind up getting the new COVID vaccines later on.

It should be soon, like next month.

...and the site told me that many locations no longer had it (though the one near me did), because the new one would be available in August or September. I figured if they have locations out of stock and they are not re-stocking pending the arrival of the new one, it's probably expected to be pretty imminent. My last shot was in October, and I'd been meaning to get a new one for a while. For better or worse, I figured, I'd wait a little longer and get the new one.

There is only a low and pretty consistent level of hospital admissions, https://covidactnow.org/?s=50083753

I haven't worn a mask for 2 years, NM has very high vax compliance. When a new booster comes out, I'll probably get it, but I figure that I'm pretty well covered by the bivalent booster.

The only place I wear a mask is when I go on a plane or to a tightly packed concert venue. Otherwise I don’t bother.