{"id":2042940,"date":"2023-09-24T04:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T08:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-fda-official-suggests-spacing-out-vaccines-to-avoid-side-effects\/"},"modified":"2023-09-24T04:49:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T08:49:28","slug":"top-fda-official-suggests-spacing-out-vaccines-to-avoid-side-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-fda-official-suggests-spacing-out-vaccines-to-avoid-side-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Official Recommends Spacing Vaccines for Fewer Side Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-fda-official-suggests-spacing-out-vaccines-to-avoid-side-effects%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2042940&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>A Top FDA Official \u200bRecommends Spacing\u2064 Out COVID-19, Influenza,\u200d and RSV Vaccines<\/h2>\n<p>A\u2063 top official at the U.S. Food and Drug \u200cAdministration is suggesting people \u200cspace out vaccines for COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial \u2064(RSV).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have to be an honest person and say\u200b that\u2063 some people are saying, &#8216;well, could I get RSV, COVID, and the flu vaccine on the same day?&#8217;\u2063 Yes, indeed, you could,&#8221; Dr. Peter Marks, the official, said. &#8220;But honestly, I might not just because each of them can potentially make one a \u200blittle fatigued or have\u200b a little bit of a fever. And I\u200b might just want to space them out a little bit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added later, &#8220;Oftentimes, we suggest if you want\u2064 to minimize the chance of interactions and minimize confusing \u2062side effects from one with another, you wait about two weeks between the vaccines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/cdc-refuses-to-release-updated-information-on-post-vaccination-heart-inflammation-5496214?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">CDC Refuses to Release Updated Information on Post-COVID Vaccination\u200b Heart Inflammation<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/23\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/health\/cdc-advisers-recommend-pfizer-rsv-vaccine-for-pregnant-woman-5496984?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">CDC Advisers Recommend\u200d Pfizer RSV \u2062Vaccine for Pregnant Women<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/22\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But, he also said, &#8220;if you had to drive \u2063a lot of miles to get the \u200dvaccines, it might not be unreasonable to get\u2063 all three \u2062of them at once.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Side effects of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-fda-official-suggests-spacing-out-vaccines-to-avoid-side-effects\/\" title=\"FDA Official Recommends Spacing Vaccines for Fewer Side Effects\">vaccines include heart \u2064inflammation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-hired-600-employees-due-to-large-increase-of-adverse-event-reports\/\" title=\"Pfizer Hired 600 Employees Due to \u201cLarge Increase of Adverse Event Reports\u201d\">severe allergic shock<\/a>, and\u200d nausea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Dr. Marks, the director of the FDA&#8217;s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, was speaking during a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xcUmwP87gko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent call<\/a> with agency \u2064stakeholders after the FDA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/health\/fda-authorizes-new-covid-19-vaccines-in-bid-to-counter-waning-effectiveness-5487196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approved and authorized<\/a> new COVID-19 vaccines with practically no human data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The U.S. Centers \u2062for Disease Control\u2062 and Prevention (CDC) subsequently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/health\/cdc-advisers-recommend-new-covid-19-vaccines-for-virtually-all-americans-5490257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recommended<\/a> COVID-19\u200c shots for \u200bnearly all Americans, and \u2064advised many people to receive the\u2064 influenza and RSV shots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The CDC says (<a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.cdc.gov\/coca\/ppt\/2023\/091923_slides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>)\u200b that administering\u2062 two\u2062 or \u200cthree of\u2062 the\u200b vaccines at the\u2064 same time &#8220;is an acceptable practice.&#8221;\u200c The \u200cCDC did not provide any studies \u2064supporting the practice. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/health\/no-safety-data-to-back-cdcs-recommendation-on-co-administering-covid-19-injections-and-other-vaccines-in-children-4560494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously cited<\/a> a 1994 study.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Andrea\u200d Garcia, a vice president at the American Medical Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ama-assn.org\/delivering-care\/public-health\/cdc-guidelines-new-covid-vaccines-and-when-get-flu-shot-andrea-garcia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> recently that \u2064&#8221;research is\u2063 still ongoing\u2063 to inform guidance on that co-administration,&#8221; so people should talk to their doctor to \u200ddiscuss the matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The FDA says in fact \u2063sheets for the new COVID-19 vaccines \u2063that &#8220;data \u200dhave not been submitted&#8221; to the FDA\u200b on administering the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines at the same time as other vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you are considering having your\u200b child receive \u200dPfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine \u200dwith \u200bother vaccines, discuss the options\u200b with your child\u2019s healthcare provider,&#8221; one fact sheet states.\u2062 Health care providers were told in \u200banother: &#8220;There are no data to\u200b assess the \u2063concomitant administration of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (2023-2024\u200b Formula)\u200b with other vaccines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Dr. James Johnston, a family doctor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/health\/safety-data-for-simultaneously-administering-covid-19-vaccines-with-other-vaccines-for-children-unavailable-4240333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told The Epoch\u200b Times<\/a> before that he generally advises spacing out\u200b shots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn vaccine speak, you\u2019re trying to induce immunity without the actual \u200cinfection,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re creating a fake war to \u200btrick the immune \u200bsystem into \u200cproducing immunity, so space out those wars as\u2063 much as possible and you\u2019re\u2063 going\u2064 to have less untoward side effects \u2062in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The new shots came just one \u2064year after the\u2063 clearance and recommendation of bivalent vaccines, which, according to observational data, provided \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/health\/pfizer-funded-study-shows-poor-effectiveness-for-covid-19-vaccine-in-young-children-5495181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">little protection<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/bivalent-booster-protection-against-hospitalization-drops-to-near-zero-cdc-data-5490106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just a few months<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dr. Marks said that data from\u2063 50\u2063 people who took Moderna&#8217;s shot, \u2063and mice\u200c that received Pfizer&#8217;s shot, indicate the updated vaccines \u200cwill work better against new variants.<\/p>\n<p>While U.S. officials \u2064are recommending vaccination for \u2063virtually all Americans aged 6 months or older, \u2063many other countries, including much of Europe, are either \u200cnot recommending shots or\u200c not allowing shots for\u2064 large portions of the\u200b populace, citing in part the levels of prior infection and\/or vaccination among them.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark, for example, is only offering influenza and COVID-19 vaccines to some people over the age of 65.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/florida-recommends-against-new-covid-19-vaccines-for-people-under-65-post-5492109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is recommending<\/a> against the new shots for people under 65, with Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida&#8217;s surgeon general, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/florida-surgeon-general-dr-joseph-ladapo-cdcs-promotion-of-new-boosters-ludicrous-atlnow-5495609\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noting<\/a> the lack\u2062 of data supporting them \u200cand how officials relied largely on studies and trials of older versions of the \u200bvaccines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;For the FDA to point to clinical trials that were performed almost \u200cthree years ago, actually approximately three years ago, as justification for making a decision now, when immunity\u2064 is completely different, the circulating viruses and their pathogenicity, how serious they are in terms of the\u200c gravity of illness \u2063they cause is completely different, \u2064it&#8217;s just ludicrous,&#8221; Dr. Ladapo told EpochTV&#8217;s &#8220;American Thought Leaders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What potential side \u200deffects should be considered when deciding on the timing and spacing of vaccines?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  A top official at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that individuals space out their COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory \u200csyncytial (RSV) vaccines. Dr. Peter Marks, the director of \u200cthe FDA&#8217;s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research,\u2062 acknowledges that \u2062some people have questioned whether\u2062 they can receive all three vaccines on the same day.\u2063 While \u2063it is technically possible, Dr. Marks \u200dadvises against it due\u200b to the potential for fatigue or fever associated with each vaccine. Instead, he suggests \u2064waiting about two weeks between the \u200bvaccines to minimize the chance of interactions and confusing side \u2062effects.<\/p>\n<p>However, Dr. Marks also acknowledges that if individuals must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-cancels-celebrity-studded-new-years-toast-roast-special-over-covid-19-spike\/\" title=\"FOX Cancels Celebrity Studded New Year\u2019s \u2018Toast &#038; Roast\u2019 Special over COVID-19 Spike\">travel long distances<\/a> to\u200d receive the vaccines, it may be reasonable to receive all three at once. The decision ultimately depends\u2063 on the individual&#8217;s \u2062circumstances and\u2063 preferences.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u2064important \u2064to \u200dnote \u2063that the vaccines can have side effects, including heart \u200cinflammation, severe\u2063 allergic shock, and nausea. These adverse effects should be taken into \u200dconsideration\u2062 when deciding the timing and spacing of the vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Marks made these recommendations\u2064 during a recent call with agency stakeholders after the FDA approved and authorized new\u200b COVID-19 \u200cvaccines based on limited human data. The U.S. Centers for Disease\u2063 Control and Prevention (CDC)\u200d subsequently recommended COVID-19 shots for nearly all Americans and\u200c advised many individuals to receive the influenza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior FDA official advises spacing out COVID-19, influenza, and RSV vaccines. Some individuals wonder if they can receive all three on the same day. 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