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A few months ago I had an incident with my dog where I was teasing her with a toy and she finally "got it" and also a bit of my hand in the process (my fault, t

by extr 5y ago

A few months ago I had an incident with my dog where I was teasing her with a toy and she finally "got it" and also a bit of my hand in the process (my fault, the dog is not aggressive and immediately ran to hide when she realized she had broken skin). I went to the doctor and he recommended a tetanus shot "just to be safe". Coincidentally, I was scheduled to get my 2nd COVID shot that same day. Apparently guidance right now is not to double stack vaccines like this, so it was an interesting back and forth with the pharmacist on whether or not it made sense to do it anyway. We did and I got both vaccines the same day (different arms), no issues in the end, but I did feel like a bit of a guinea pig!

jacobwil 5y ago
The CDC has issued guidance that the COVID-19 vaccines and routine vaccines can be administered without regard for each other’s schedules including at the same time. As I understand it, there are a few reasons why this wasn’t always the case (including wanting to isolate COVID-19 vaccine symptoms and side effects from others at the start of the rollout). Source: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/hcp/faq.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/hcp/faq.html
- extr 5y ago
  That's basically what the pharmacist said: it's probably not a hazard, more like your data point on side effects is not going to be useful because of the co-mingling. Good to know that they nailed it.
scrollaway 5y ago
Oof, yeah, I wouldn't have gone for it myself. I had a pretty severe fever after my last tetanus booster shot; and my first CureVac shot (mRNA, https://www.curevac.com/en/covid-19/ https://www.curevac.com/en/covid-19/) gave me an atrocious 40 degree fever (that's 104F for the differently-scaled). I'm sure they don't just …. add up, but I can't imagine having a good reaction to both at the same time.
- Johnny555 5y ago
  My wife recently had her TDAP booster and had a stronger reaction to that than to her COVID shot -- she had a fever and body aches for a couple days.
rubyist5eva 5y ago
How bad of a bite was this? I've been bitten during play with my dog more times than I can count and I've never once considered going to the doctor over it, let alone getting a vaccine for it...so strange to me.
- extr 5y ago
  Yeah fair question, it wasn't so much of a bite as the way my hand was angled it snagged on one of her canine teeth, and when I felt pain and pulled away, it drove her tooth even more deeply into the palm of my hand, causing a nice and deep tear/puncture wound in the process. That's why I said it wasn't the dogs fault, there wasn't really any pressure applied by her, and it wasn't like a classic "dog bite" injury with a bite-shaped pattern of bruising or anything. I was on my laptop and playing with her with my free hand, not really watching but still getting her really excited to grab the toy. So, my bad. Lesson learned. I actually called and asked my family doc what to do and he recommended I come in strictly because it was somewhat deep and on my hand (apparently more prone to infection + bad outcomes). He even prescribed precautionary antibiotics due to the depth. I was lucky in that it didn't touch any tendons or anything, and healed without stitches with only a pinpoint scar.
  - rubyist5eva 5y ago
    fair enough!

by extr 5y ago

jacobwil 5y ago

The CDC has issued guidance that the COVID-19 vaccines and routine vaccines can be administered without regard for each other’s schedules including at the same time. As I understand it, there are a few reasons why this wasn’t always the case (including wanting to isolate COVID-19 vaccine symptoms and side effects from others at the start of the rollout). Source: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/hcp/faq.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/hcp/faq.html

extr 5y ago
That's basically what the pharmacist said: it's probably not a hazard, more like your data point on side effects is not going to be useful because of the co-mingling. Good to know that they nailed it.

scrollaway 5y ago

Oof, yeah, I wouldn't have gone for it myself. I had a pretty severe fever after my last tetanus booster shot; and my first CureVac shot (mRNA, https://www.curevac.com/en/covid-19/ https://www.curevac.com/en/covid-19/) gave me an atrocious 40 degree fever (that's 104F for the differently-scaled). I'm sure they don't just …. add up, but I can't imagine having a good reaction to both at the same time.

Johnny555 5y ago
My wife recently had her TDAP booster and had a stronger reaction to that than to her COVID shot -- she had a fever and body aches for a couple days.

rubyist5eva 5y ago

How bad of a bite was this? I've been bitten during play with my dog more times than I can count and I've never once considered going to the doctor over it, let alone getting a vaccine for it...so strange to me.

extr 5y ago
Yeah fair question, it wasn't so much of a bite as the way my hand was angled it snagged on one of her canine teeth, and when I felt pain and pulled away, it drove her tooth even more deeply into the palm of my hand, causing a nice and deep tear/puncture wound in the process. That's why I said it wasn't the dogs fault, there wasn't really any pressure applied by her, and it wasn't like a classic "dog bite" injury with a bite-shaped pattern of bruising or anything. I was on my laptop and playing with her with my free hand, not really watching but still getting her really excited to grab the toy. So, my bad. Lesson learned. I actually called and asked my family doc what to do and he recommended I come in strictly because it was somewhat deep and on my hand (apparently more prone to infection + bad outcomes). He even prescribed precautionary antibiotics due to the depth. I was lucky in that it didn't touch any tendons or anything, and healed without stitches with only a pinpoint scar.
- rubyist5eva 5y ago
  fair enough!