Originally Posted by
Sheesfaced
Serious question as I can’t find anything definitive on this. I’m supposed to get my 2nd shot tomorrow but on Sunday woke up with a cold. Sunday and Monday sucked but yesterday I felt a lot better although still have mild symptoms.
Assuming I still have some symptoms tomorrow am I good to get the 2nd shot or am I supposed to wait until symptoms are totally gone before getting it? Hopefully it’s moot and cold is completely gone by then but can’t seem to find anything that says what’s the protocol here. Team retard need not reply. Thanks.
This is another one where it's confusing whether to do it or not.
In 2010 I had a series of colds and I needed both a flu shot and TDaP booster because I had a baby coming very soon. However, they kept telling me I had to wait for the cold to get mostly better before doing either one of them, unless I absolutely was out of time.
Well, I finally found a window about a month before Ben was due. First I did the flu shot, then I came back about a week later for the TDaP. I got a strong reaction to the TDaP, but wasn't alarmed because my mom and sister had the same reaction. About 2.5 weeks later, I had shingles. I am almost sure it was brought on by the TDaP shot, but I always thought the cold right beforehand (and the flu shot) might have also played a role in this. There were other anecdotal reports about the TDaP bringing on shingles in some people in the exact same 2.5 week timeframe.
Anyway, at the moment the general feeling about the COVID vaccine is that it's okay to take with a cold, but they're not 100% sure of it. It's not dangerous to take with a cold, but the effect on efficacy isn't known. I'm not sure why this differs from what I was told about the flu shot and TDaP shot in 2010, though.