Did you all hear that the 2nd vaccine should be the opposite of the initial one we received.......

[a kennedy]

Like if, what I did, got the Moderna shots, for the 2nd booster I’m supposed to get the Pfizer booster now?? Did anyone else hear that?? My friend just told me she heard it on NPR read it in the Washington Post.

[Phoenix61]

1. I haven't heard that. nt

[Mz Pip]

2. Not what I got

I’ve been getting my shots from our Kaiser Hospital. They gave us what we had before. All my shots were Pfizer.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. I recall hearing something like that when boosters were first available.

As I recall, some advised getting the same vaccine and others advised to mix them. I don't know that anyone came up with proof one way or the other.

[a kennedy]

5. Shoot......now I'm concerned......she said her friend works at Walgreens and mentioned the same thing about

switching brands for the second booster. Guess I’ll ask Walgreens when I go to sign up for my 2nd booster.

[wcmagumba]

4. I just received the 2nd booster...my first 3 shots were Moderna...

the 2nd booster was Pfizer...from my county health dept...two of the nurses there said it was thought to be more effective this way...the Pfizer booster had more side effects for me than any of the previous Moderna shots...felt lethargic and sore arm for 3 days...

[jzola]

6. It doesn't mater which shots you

Get in what order. It’s all the same.

[Triloon]

7. Did you hear that ...

rumors about covid treatments and vaccines are to be ignored and not spread around?

[FreepFryer]

8. Nope (Nt)

[Ocelot II]

9. Haven't heard this, and the last thing I'm going to rely on is Internet rumors.

[captain queeg]

10. I have heard it might be preferable, not sure how big a difference it would make.

I’d gotten all Pfizer but I ended up getting Moderna this last time just because that’s what they had when I went in, so I was happy about it.

[Fla Dem]

11. There was some thought getting a different 2nd shot may provide more comprehensive protection.

I heard that reported a couple of times when the the 2nd boosters was first being encouraged. Haven't heard anything since, except that it's safe to get a different booster.

The FDA has authorized three vaccine boosters — Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Janssen/Johnson & Johnson — and determined that it is safe for individuals to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster or additional dose that is a different brand than the initial dose or doses.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/booster-shots-and-third-doses-for-covid19-vaccines-what-you-need-to-know#:~:text=%3EThe%20FDA%20has%20authorized,initial%20dose%20or%20doses.

The FDA has authorized the use of mix-and-match booster doses for currently available COVID-19 vaccines based on the results of a NIAID-supported study.

Mixing and Matching COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses

https://covid19.nih.gov/news-and-stories/mixing-matching-covid-19-vaccine-booster-doses#:~:text=The%20FDA%20has%20authorized%20the,NIAID%2Dsupported%20study.

[LuckyCharms]

12. I've heard both positions.

The last credible thing I read before I received my second booster suggested to stick with the same "flavor", so to speak.

So that's what I did...4 Pfizers.

[Deuxcents]

13. Had my second booster yesterday..all Moderna

No problems but if I was a betting woman, I’d say a booster once a year like our flu shots are in the future. I’m good with that as time and the science will give us better data.

[yellowdogintexas]

18. I have thought that from the outset. This thing mutates so fast

that there really does not seem to be a better solution.

I certainly do not have any objection at all to an annual COVID booster.

After all, I have been getting an annual flu shot for years

[JudyM]

14. I heard Fauci say that, but it wasn't as much declarative as suggestive/partially speculative.

As in, he thought it might be helpful, but the research was not all in. This was around the time of the first booster. The thought was that it could improve the range.

[wishstar]

15. That advice only applies definitely to those that got Johnson/Johnson previously

Protection from both Pfizer and Moderna is relatively equivalent so whichever one folks took before with no bad side effects, they should just take again but Johnson/Johnson's lowered effectiveness plus serious and even some fatal blood clotting side effects indicated safest bet for Johnson folks is either Pfizer or Moderna for boosters.

But mixing Pfizer and Moderna has only a possible speculative benefit but not definitely recommended.

[imaginary girl]

16. We did this

Received the J&J first round, and have gotten Modern A for both boosters. Finally feel our coverage is catching up!

[wnylib]

20. Agree. The mixing is definitely recommended for

people whose first shot was J&J.

But for people who got Pfizer or Moderna, it doesn't matter if they stay with the same brand or mix them.

All mine have been Moderna.

[Emile]

17. I heard you stay with the shot you started with, unless

you started with the one shot Johnson & Johnson, then you can take Moderna or Pfizer for a booster.

[wnylib]

21. Yup. That's the advice. But people are getting confused over it.

[Wounded Bear]

19. I'm Clan Moderna and would prefer to stay on brand when it's time...

Have first two shots and first booster. Looking to get 2d booster in a couple of weeks, @ 4 months after 1st booster.

[soldierant]

22. As Sherlock Holmes once said,

"Now that I know it, I shall do my best to forget it."

My 2 and first booster were Moderna ... and before the first booster Walgreens finally got around to publishing the entire ingredients lists, and Pfizer has an ingredient I'm allergic to, and Moderna doesn't.

Can't remember now what it is. But I definitely remember noticing it.

[Iggo]

23. Went to the same place 4 times, got 4 Modernas.

Not once did they ever suggest I should be switching them up.

I think that story is caca.

[milestogo]

25. Same here.

But my pharmacy only had Moderna.

[Iggo]

27. Hmm. I assumed that me pharmacy had both, but I could easily be wrong about that.

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I’ll check…

EDIT: I called ‘em up. (Had to schedule a shingles vaccine anyway.) They originally had Moderna, Pfizer, and J&J, but now they only have the first two.

[kairos12]

24. I did hear that and went from

Pfizer to Moderna. No issues.

I also read that Moderna was more potent than Pfizer.

[LisaL]

26. No.

It's not true. You don't have to switch. You can if you want to.
I got all four Modernas.

[UTUSN]

28. VA switched me out today. Said *definitely* they are "INTERCHANGEABLE." - 2nd booster today.

Was all Pfizer before. They only had Moderna/interchangeable. So their rationale wasn't addressing the OP's question, only about availability, all other things being equal.

[birdographer]

29. I had heard that.

We discovered the grocery store had boosters and so we decided to get the second booster right then and there, before I had time to investigate the deal with getting a different kind. I decided there may be some sense to it (they are the teensiest bit different and so you get some little molecule you didn't have before?? ) and that I didn't see how it could do harm, so we went with Pfizer after being straight Moderna before.

[Trailrider1951]

30. I think that advice is directed at people who received the Johnson vaccine

The one dose vaccine. Moderna or Pfizer is recommended for them. Also, I received my 4th dose of Pfizer on Monday. Same as before, my only side effects were a tiredness and a sore arm for just a day. I'm gonna stay with what works for me.