Yeah, I am interested in this from the “about to have an infant” perspective (my wife is almost 20 weeks pregnant). Interestingly this means she will be able to get both the flu, covid, and newly-approved RSV shot.
Presumably you want to space out the vaccines a lot—I would guess two weeks at least, but maybe more?
Is there a difference between when covid, flu, and RSV peak in activity, which might justify getting one before the other? (The RSV vaccine is apparently only approved for weeks 32 − 36 of pregnancy, so we will at least have to wait at least another 12 weeks I guess, which annoyingly takes us all the way past the holidays.)
Like you say, I am thinking that earlier is better (rather “play it safe” and have some immunity, even if it later wears off), so she has already gotten her flu shot. (Does flu or covid immunity wane faster?)
I think part of the reason RSV is only approved for the third trimester is to transfer some immunity to the child, so that the newborn is protected in its first months of life. Presumably that logic applies less for influenza (which is not particularly severe in newborns) or covid (which seems especially mild in children)?
Yeah, I am interested in this from the “about to have an infant” perspective (my wife is almost 20 weeks pregnant). Interestingly this means she will be able to get both the flu, covid, and newly-approved RSV shot.
Presumably you want to space out the vaccines a lot—I would guess two weeks at least, but maybe more?
Is there a difference between when covid, flu, and RSV peak in activity, which might justify getting one before the other? (The RSV vaccine is apparently only approved for weeks 32 − 36 of pregnancy, so we will at least have to wait at least another 12 weeks I guess, which annoyingly takes us all the way past the holidays.)
Like you say, I am thinking that earlier is better (rather “play it safe” and have some immunity, even if it later wears off), so she has already gotten her flu shot. (Does flu or covid immunity wane faster?)
I think part of the reason RSV is only approved for the third trimester is to transfer some immunity to the child, so that the newborn is protected in its first months of life. Presumably that logic applies less for influenza (which is not particularly severe in newborns) or covid (which seems especially mild in children)?