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Double-jab achieved, covid in one arm and flu shot in the other. Now can I finally have my super powers please?

@pimoore Nope. Not till I get mine. I had THREE shots!!

@pimoore I hope you don't have the reaction I did. Won't ever do that again ;) Was pretty brutal but guess I got them both out of the way.

@pimoore I'm sorry but you only get superpowers if you get them in the same arm

@alexink Wow, what was the third one?

@jasonekratz Hopefully not, though I have read from several people this one’s a doozy—though they said that about the primary dose and I was fine.

@wrenman Well shit, I want my money back now. 😂

@pimoore For pneumonia. It was free, so yeah, I got it.

@alexink Oh yeah, that’s another good one to get for sure. Next year I’ll be getting my shingles vax since I turn 50, and I’m very glad about that.

@pimoore @alexink if you’re making a list - get a whooping cough booster. My GP recommended it as something you should have after turning 50. I had a combo booster with tetanus.

@pimoore Yeah, we had a whole load of updates to our vaccines in 2019 (just before the pandemic hit) I got my Shingrix, and Hep alphabet ones during that year plus tetanus, as we were hoping to go to Paris in the spring of 2020.

Well, that never happened.

@alexink Yeah, I don’t think anyone expected what was coming that spring.

@meandering @alexink I believe whooping cough is already included with our boosters, which cover tetanus, diphtheria, and polio. I’m going to ask anyway as I’m due for a booster soon.

@pimoore Surprise wasn't in it! I'm just glad we'd had so many vaccines in 2019 as I think it helped prime our bodies for the initial onslaught.

@pimoore It's always worth asking and checking if updates are needed.

@alexink so was I and thought that had me covered for life but apparently it’s recommended to get a booster after 50.

@meandering I'll check with my nurse next time I book a blood test.