As we move into season three of America: The Pandemic, it feels like we’re all still just doing our best to stay COVID-free. Health experts agree that the best way to stay safe is to get vaccinated, boostered, and stay masked. We now know the vaccines are effective, but what can we do to better our chances — and how far are we willing to go to do that? A new study suggests that doing 90 minutes of cardio after you get vaccinated can increase your immune response to both the COVID vaccines and the flu vaccine.
The study, which was published over the weekend in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, examined the immune response in healthy adults aged 18-87 who said they exercised regularly (this last part’s important). Experiments were only conducted on 70 human volunteers, which is a small sample size, so take that into consideration.
