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@vivify said
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/05/993882203/giving-2-doses-of-different-covid-19-vaccine-could-boost-immune-response

Giving 2 Doses Of Different COVID-19 Vaccines Could Boost Immune Response

I've already received the Pfizer vaccine, I plan on getting the Moderna shot...but, I'm not sure how safe this may be. From what I've read so far, there ma ...[text shortened]... en a good idea to do.

Thoughts? And has anyone here gotten or plan to get get double vaccinated?
Getting two shots of either vax should be sufficient. I wouldn't screw around with an untested combination of vaxxes.

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@mercury said
You would probably be better off asking someone who is an experience professional in medicine, such as your doctor.
This is one of those situations where experienced medical professionals are anything but that. Experts in this Covid situation has been giving conflicting advice for over 18 months now and arguing among themselves in full view of the public whose trust they are trying to gain. the truth is nobody is sure about anything except for one thing, they are still learning, and as the virus mutates they are even more lost.


@teinosuke said
Actually, there's some evidence that it may do.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01805-2

Mixing COVID-19 vaccines is emerging as a good way to get people the protection they need when faced with safety concerns and unpredictable supplies. Most vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 must be given in two doses, but multiple studies now back up the idea that mixing the ...[text shortened]... e, and a similar picture is emerging from German studies.

The whole article is worth reading.
That is about taking one shot of one and one shot of another.

Not about two shots of one and then two shots of another.