Mine arrived just now. Shame it wasn’t earlier today; I’d walked past CVS twice already by then.
I had a message from my GP last week with a link to book my “spring Covid vax”. Went in yesterday, and they offered me the flu as well. This is because I am over 75 and considered vulnerable.
I guess I am lucky, as I have very little reaction to either.
Interesting on “spring vaccination”. They release a new one about once a year and I get it then.
As an asthmatic, I’m diligent about flu shots as well. I had flu once, when the kids were young (son brought it home from preschool) and did not especially enjoy it - and that was even after having the vaccination that year. I think there were a lot of breakthrough cases that year - it’s always a guessing game anyway.
I always got my flu shot in the Fall and now get Covid at the same time.
Sounds like the new normal is flu every fall & COVID 2x year: spring & fall.
The flu shot doesn’t last any longer than the covid shot, maybe less. If you are getting a covid shot twice a year, ask this doctor if it makes sense to get a second flu shot, too.
Although, i guess flu is more reliably prevalent in the winter, whereas covid seems to have both a summer and a winter surge, especially in warm areas.
I suspect it’s more a matter of mutation rate. COVID still changes pretty quickly compared to flu.
And about the development timeline of revised vax versions. Our moronic government aside, mRNA tech used in COVID vaxes is far faster & more responsive than the comparatively primitive tech still used to refine then produce flu vax.
I haven’t heard of anyone getting Covid shots twice a year so I looked it up. It’s only recommended for 65 and older.
Which is everyone I know. Including me. 
75 in the UK.
Also for people under the age who are at higher risk.
There’s an mRNA flu vax, and a combined flu & covid vax, that have been developed and tested and are basically being held up by the anti-vax folks in the FDA. And huh, i see that the combined vax, developed and mostly tested in the US by Moderna, was just approved for use in Europe. Moderna has an mRNA flu-only vaccine that’s also chilling in obscurity because the US is now run by anti-vaxxers.
I should probably ask my doctor if i need another set of vaccines. I’m not 65, but my husband is immune compromised.
I got the most recent booster, and it gave me flu-like symptoms for half a day, so if you sometimes react like that, dont get it the day before something important for you to do.
Got my booster today. 6 yr old granddaughter went with to watch. Nurse explained and showed everything
The antiseptic alcohol wipe, the small amount of the vaccine in the syringe. Alas, no dinosaurs bandage. Because I (age 76) didn’t cry; we both got ice cream after
She has had shots before but seeing grampa get one was new. Also had my flu shot the day before. Wife and I have an upcoming trip back to the mainland from Hawaii. Can’t trust those mainlanders with all the diseases running around.
I got the Nexspike booster last Wednesday. I got that one last spring, too. I have never had a reaction to any of the covid vaccines. Until now. Wednesday night I had terrible chills. My whole body was shaking. I had a miserable night and felt like shit Thursday. I did have plans that day which I couldn’t cancel but it was having lunch on a patio on a beautiful day so just sitting for a few hours was manageable. But I guess from now on I’ll have to plan to stay home just in case. I sure hope that never happens again, though.
I don’t plan to stay home, but i always plan to not have anything important or difficult i need to do the next day.
I got my mNEXSPIKE® (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) by Moderna at CVS a couple hours ago. So far so good; not even arm stiffness or soreness.
24 hours later no discernable arm soreness and no symptoms.
I got the flu shot and Pfizer’s COVID shot this morning. Now, about 10 hours later, all I have is mild soreness in the shoulder, and that’s actually an improvement over the soreness from a few hours ago.
I got flu (standard trivalent) and COVID (Comirnaty) in the same arm back in mid-September a few days before the latter was even technically available from Kaiser, as the injection clinic I frequent randomly got a supply in early. Maybe 72 hours of a little itchy swelling at the injection site. That’s it.