{"id":6706,"date":"2021-11-02T19:29:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T19:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/?p=6706"},"modified":"2022-06-02T19:29:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T19:29:18","slug":"mix-matched-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/blog\/mix-matched-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"Mix Matched Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An individual who receives a second or third dose different than their initial vaccine, will be \u201cmixing and matching\u201d their vaccine series.\u00a0<\/span>CDC now allows for eligible individuals to choose which vaccine they would like to receive as a booster<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This will help those who are eager and eligible to get their booster shot faster by allowing them to mix and match. It will save the hassle of needing to call around to various vaccine clinics to see what doses they have\u00a0on hand. Which, in turn, will\u00a0also\u00a0help to further boost nationwide vaccine rates and herd immunity as we head into the winter season.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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So far, experts say that there is no evidence that mixing and matching vaccines will cause any harm.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>A recent study with 458 individuals showed no adverse or severe side effects with mixing and matching the vaccines<\/span><\/span><\/a>. In general, we know that all 3 types of vaccines in the US have been proven effective in preventing serve illness, death, and even protecting us against variants.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Even when vaccines were first made available to everyone 18 and older, people had a preference over which one they had as their primary vaccine. Some preferred the two-doses of Pfizer or Moderna where others wanted to be one and done with Johnson & Johnson. This same principle applies with getting a booster dose.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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There is limited data on if a certain combination of COVID-19 vaccines is more effective in preventing illness versus the other. However, one thing is certain \u2013 getting a booster shot of any COVID-19 vaccine will increase the number antibodies and\u00a0<\/span>strengthen<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>your immunity in fighting off the virus if you get exposed to it.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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COVID-19 vaccines are offered daily via walk-in at Health & Wellness Services upstairs in the clinic IWC 222 M\u2013F 10\u201311:30AM & 2:30\u20134PM. Please bring your student ID and insurance information with you. Don\u2019t forget to <\/span><\/span>self-report<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0your vaccine!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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An individual who receives a second or third dose different than their initial vaccine, will be \u201cmixing and matching\u201d their vaccine series.\u00a0CDC now allows for eligible individuals to choose which vaccine they would like to receive as a booster.\u00a0\u00a0 This will help those who are eager and eligible to get their booster shot faster by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":6709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[729,1],"tags":[851,880,748,889,888,730],"class_list":["post-6706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-wellness-blog","tag-booster","tag-dose","tag-immunization","tag-mixing-and-matching","tag-shot","tag-vaccine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/VaxIllustrations-02.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7PQJv-1Ka","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6706"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6713,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706\/revisions\/6713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}