Having flu vaccination, COVID-19 booster simultaneously seems sensible

4 June 2025

Posted the other day by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC):

As winter begins, a new study has found that getting a COVID-19 booster at the same time as the flu vaccination could reduce the rate of hospital admissions for coronavirus. In a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia, Burnet Institute researchers found that offering COVID-19 vaccination boosters alongside the flu shot could reduce the hospital admission rate for COVID-19 by up to 14 per cent.

This is something we’ve been doing for the last couple of years now. We go in for the flu vaccination, and are also given a COVID-19 booster.

I was surprised the first time the medical centre staff offered to do the COVID booster at the same time as the flu shot, since we used to have to wait about two weeks after one, before we could get the next. Not anymore it would seem.

It may not seem like the odds of going into hospital, in the event of a serious infection, are hugely reduced, but every little bit helps.