Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’

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Anonymous wrote:These restrictions in vacccine access are awful. Antivaxxers can make decisions about their own bodies and those of their kids, but they shouldn't let their anti-science paranoia prevent Americans who need and want those vaccines from getting them.

They're approved. Anyone can get one with a prescription. At least, once they're distributed to doctors offices.

They aren’t. Please read the last few pages, or a reputable news source.

DP here but what do you mean? This is from NPR. Is that reputable?

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday, but imposed new restrictions on who's eligible to get them.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5515503/fda-covid-vaccines-restricted

Right. As the article says, people can get a prescription for the vaccine from their doctor. It might be "off-label," but off-label prescriptions are very common.

Separately, you might need to have it administered at a doctor's office, due to regulations on pharmacists in some states.

But full FDA approval means anyone can get these.

No, they need ACIP to make the final approval. They are gone. They used to post the meeting agenda, open up comments, and broadcast the meeting with public able to make live comments before making the final approval. It was a great system.

No, they don't. Read the articles again. State regulations would allow ACIP-recommended vaccines to be administered by pharmacists without prescriptions, but it does not affect doctors prescribing and administering vaccines.

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Anonymous wrote:These restrictions in vacccine access are awful. Antivaxxers can make decisions about their own bodies and those of their kids, but they shouldn't let their anti-science paranoia prevent Americans who need and want those vaccines from getting them.

They're approved. Anyone can get one with a prescription. At least, once they're distributed to doctors offices.

They aren’t. Please read the last few pages, or a reputable news source.

DP here but what do you mean? This is from NPR. Is that reputable?

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday, but imposed new restrictions on who's eligible to get them.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5515503/fda-covid-vaccines-restricted

Right. As the article says, people can get a prescription for the vaccine from their doctor. It might be "off-label," but off-label prescriptions are very common.

Separately, you might need to have it administered at a doctor's office, due to regulations on pharmacists in some states.

But full FDA approval means anyone can get these.

No, they need ACIP to make the final approval. They are gone. They used to post the meeting agenda, open up comments, and broadcast the meeting with public able to make live comments before making the final approval. It was a great system.

No, they don't. Read the articles again. State regulations would allow ACIP-recommended vaccines to be administered by pharmacists without prescriptions, but it does not affect doctors prescribing and administering vaccines.

What are you talking about? State regulations all differ. CVS stopped offering Covid vaccinations in 16 states already. My Maryland ped practice said they don’t know if they will be able to offer Covid vaccines this fall if ACIP doesn’t make the recommendation.

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Anonymous wrote:These restrictions in vacccine access are awful. Antivaxxers can make decisions about their own bodies and those of their kids, but they shouldn't let their anti-science paranoia prevent Americans who need and want those vaccines from getting them.

They're approved. Anyone can get one with a prescription. At least, once they're distributed to doctors offices.

They aren’t. Please read the last few pages, or a reputable news source.

What I got from my ped practice….

From my pediatric practice. I guess the moron antivaxxers rule the day:

The Covid Vaccine Situation – Unclear for the Time Being

It is not yet clear whether Covid vaccine will be available for children this year. This past week the FDA issued a “safety label” for the 2025-2026 versions of the Pfizer vaccine for ages 5 and up, and the Moderna vaccine for ages 6 months and up. However, the vaccines have not yet been approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

CDC approval has historically been a prerequisite for vaccine distribution and administration. In a normal year, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets in the spring to issue vaccine recommendations for the fall season. The director of the CDC then typically approves the vaccines for distribution and use.

This year, the spring ACIP meeting did not occur – it was canceled. All 17 members of the Committee were then dismissed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr. They were replaced by a group of 8 new members, 1 of whom has subsequently resigned. At least two of the remaining 7 are noted vaccine skeptics.

ACIP is next scheduled to meet September 18-19. It is expected to issue a Covid vaccine recommendation at that time. However, given the ouster this week of the director of the CDC and the subsequent resignation of several other top CDC officials, it is not clear that this meeting will take place as scheduled. It is also not clear what the Committee will recommend, whether the CDC will follow that recommendation, or whether CDC approval will prove necessary for vaccine distribution and administration this year.

The upshot is that we do not yet know when and if Covid vaccine will be available for children this fall. We will update you here as soon as the situation becomes clear.

What your doctor's office is saying is that they don't see enough value in the vaccine to obtain, prescribe, and administer vaccines to kids in their practice.

Yes, I'm sure it was easier for them to just send patients to CVS. They won't necessarily be able to do that. But since these vaccines are approved for all age groups over 6 months, they could absolutely handle these vaccines themselves.

The question you should be asking yourself and them is why they don't intend to do that.

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Anonymous wrote:These restrictions in vacccine access are awful. Antivaxxers can make decisions about their own bodies and those of their kids, but they shouldn't let their anti-science paranoia prevent Americans who need and want those vaccines from getting them.

They're approved. Anyone can get one with a prescription. At least, once they're distributed to doctors offices.

They aren’t. Please read the last few pages, or a reputable news source.

DP here but what do you mean? This is from NPR. Is that reputable?

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday, but imposed new restrictions on who's eligible to get them.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5515503/fda-covid-vaccines-restricted

Right. As the article says, people can get a prescription for the vaccine from their doctor. It might be "off-label," but off-label prescriptions are very common.

Separately, you might need to have it administered at a doctor's office, due to regulations on pharmacists in some states.

But full FDA approval means anyone can get these.

No, they need ACIP to make the final approval. They are gone. They used to post the meeting agenda, open up comments, and broadcast the meeting with public able to make live comments before making the final approval. It was a great system.

No, they don't. Read the articles again. State regulations would allow ACIP-recommended vaccines to be administered by pharmacists without prescriptions, but it does not affect doctors prescribing and administering vaccines.

What are you talking about? State regulations all differ. CVS stopped offering Covid vaccinations in 16 states already. My Maryland ped practice said they don’t know if they will be able to offer Covid vaccines this fall if ACIP doesn’t make the recommendation.

The articles explain this. It's odd you're so concerned yet so unwilling to read the full articles.

They have FDA approval. The new vaccines are still being distributed, but the old vaccines have already been removed from distribution. Depending on the state, pharmacists may be to prescribe and administer them, or they may be able to administer them with a doctor's prescription. In some cases, you might need to have a doctor's office administer them. But FDA approval means you would be able to get them.

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Anonymous wrote:These restrictions in vacccine access are awful. Antivaxxers can make decisions about their own bodies and those of their kids, but they shouldn't let their anti-science paranoia prevent Americans who need and want those vaccines from getting them.

They're approved. Anyone can get one with a prescription. At least, once they're distributed to doctors offices.

They aren’t. Please read the last few pages, or a reputable news source.

DP here but what do you mean? This is from NPR. Is that reputable?

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday, but imposed new restrictions on who's eligible to get them.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5515503/fda-covid-vaccines-restricted

Right. As the article says, people can get a prescription for the vaccine from their doctor. It might be "off-label," but off-label prescriptions are very common.

Separately, you might need to have it administered at a doctor's office, due to regulations on pharmacists in some states.

But full FDA approval means anyone can get these.

No, they need ACIP to make the final approval. They are gone. They used to post the meeting agenda, open up comments, and broadcast the meeting with public able to make live comments before making the final approval. It was a great system.

No, they don't. Read the articles again. State regulations would allow ACIP-recommended vaccines to be administered by pharmacists without prescriptions, but it does not affect doctors prescribing and administering vaccines.

What are you talking about? State regulations all differ. CVS stopped offering Covid vaccinations in 16 states already. My Maryland ped practice said they don’t know if they will be able to offer Covid vaccines this fall if ACIP doesn’t make the recommendation.

Your pediatric practice is lying to you, or at least isn't being forthcoming with the truth. In Maryland, and everywhere else, for that matter, doctor's offices can administer FDA-approved vaccines. They operate under completely different regulations than pharmacies.

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I don't see any availability in VA. CVS mini clinics may be offering in Montgomery County MD.

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Anonymous wrote:These restrictions in vacccine access are awful. Antivaxxers can make decisions about their own bodies and those of their kids, but they shouldn't let their anti-science paranoia prevent Americans who need and want those vaccines from getting them.

They're approved. Anyone can get one with a prescription. At least, once they're distributed to doctors offices.

They aren’t. Please read the last few pages, or a reputable news source.

DP here but what do you mean? This is from NPR. Is that reputable?

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday, but imposed new restrictions on who's eligible to get them.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5515503/fda-covid-vaccines-restricted

Right. As the article says, people can get a prescription for the vaccine from their doctor. It might be "off-label," but off-label prescriptions are very common.

Separately, you might need to have it administered at a doctor's office, due to regulations on pharmacists in some states.

But full FDA approval means anyone can get these.

No, they need ACIP to make the final approval. They are gone. They used to post the meeting agenda, open up comments, and broadcast the meeting with public able to make live comments before making the final approval. It was a great system.

No, they don't. Read the articles again. State regulations would allow ACIP-recommended vaccines to be administered by pharmacists without prescriptions, but it does not affect doctors prescribing and administering vaccines.

What are you talking about? State regulations all differ. CVS stopped offering Covid vaccinations in 16 states already. My Maryland ped practice said they don’t know if they will be able to offer Covid vaccines this fall if ACIP doesn’t make the recommendation.

My MD independent pharmacy is administering COVID vaccines to kids 5+ starting on September 11.

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Anonymous wrote:This is funny. Everyone on this thread wants the US healthcare system to be more like Europe and Canada, until it comes to the Covid vaccine. Someone upthread said Canada should be immunizing US citizens at the border. Do you know that Canada, like the EU, only vaccinates adults over 65 and those with certain conditions? Their restrictions are even tighter than these new US conditions. Literally, over half the US can get the vaccination because obesity is one of the conditions that makes one eligible; as is anxiety and depression. Pretty much everyone on this site is covered. So to call this a "humanitarian" crisis is beyond hysteria. And comes from a place of complete disinformation.

I’m sorry to point it out, but you are incorrect.
1.In Canada, anyone can be immunized with Covid vax once a year, and those high risk can be immunized twice a year.
2. Due to individual state laws in the USA, vaccines cannot be released if they are not approved by fda and ACIP. RFK has fired ACIP and tried to force cdc director to sign off on fake documents. This now means they are banned in a few states and require prescription AND proof of high-risk condition in order to get one.

This has been widely reported and clarified by reputable news sources in the past 24 hours.

That's not quite right. And what about the EU, hmm?

Same in the EU. Anyone of any age can get the covid vax free of charge, at least once a year. Some member states of the EU offer more than one a year to high risk groups, free of charge.
This information is easy to look up, you know. EMA. Not Fox News or gateway pundit.

Nope.

https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/26/whos-eligible-for-the-2025-covid-19-vaccine-or-autumn-booster/

For autumn 2025, COVID-19 vaccination will be offered to:

adults aged 75 years and over
residents in care homes for older adults
individuals who are immunosuppressed aged 6 months and over

This represents a change from the autumn 2024 programme, which also included adults aged 65 to 74 and all those aged 6 months and over in a clinical risk group.

The eligibility is the same across the 4 nations of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).

For some reason, this kind of data they just don't believe. They want to be just like Europe, until most of Europe doesn't provide the Covid vaccine to healthy people, then it's "follow the sciecnce" "just go back and eat asbestos." We can post all the data about the risks vs. benefits, but those who want their boosters come hell or high water will continue to ignore the basic facts and call it a humanitarian crisis.

Once again, UK =/= all of Europe. The UK opted out of the European Union, which represents most of the European countries, and has different policies.

Your point would only be true if you were claiming the opposite of what you did. You got it wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:These restrictions in vacccine access are awful. Antivaxxers can make decisions about their own bodies and those of their kids, but they shouldn't let their anti-science paranoia prevent Americans who need and want those vaccines from getting them.

They're approved. Anyone can get one with a prescription. At least, once they're distributed to doctors offices.

They aren’t. Please read the last few pages, or a reputable news source.

DP here but what do you mean? This is from NPR. Is that reputable?

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday, but imposed new restrictions on who's eligible to get them.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5515503/fda-covid-vaccines-restricted

Right. As the article says, people can get a prescription for the vaccine from their doctor. It might be "off-label," but off-label prescriptions are very common.

Separately, you might need to have it administered at a doctor's office, due to regulations on pharmacists in some states.

But full FDA approval means anyone can get these.

No, they need ACIP to make the final approval. They are gone. They used to post the meeting agenda, open up comments, and broadcast the meeting with public able to make live comments before making the final approval. It was a great system.

No, they don't. Read the articles again. State regulations would allow ACIP-recommended vaccines to be administered by pharmacists without prescriptions, but it does not affect doctors prescribing and administering vaccines.

What are you talking about? State regulations all differ. CVS stopped offering Covid vaccinations in 16 states already. My Maryland ped practice said they don’t know if they will be able to offer Covid vaccines this fall if ACIP doesn’t make the recommendation.

My MD independent pharmacy is administering COVID vaccines to kids 5+ starting on September 11.

Interesting. I wonder how they plan to set that up. I think Maryland is a state where pharmacists can only give ACIP-recommended vaccines without a prescription. So will they
make you come with a prescription or are they going to have a Dr. or NP there prescribing them as people come in?

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Anonymous wrote:These restrictions in vacccine access are awful. Antivaxxers can make decisions about their own bodies and those of their kids, but they shouldn't let their anti-science paranoia prevent Americans who need and want those vaccines from getting them.

They're approved. Anyone can get one with a prescription. At least, once they're distributed to doctors offices.

They aren’t. Please read the last few pages, or a reputable news source.

DP here but what do you mean? This is from NPR. Is that reputable?

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday, but imposed new restrictions on who's eligible to get them.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5515503/fda-covid-vaccines-restricted

Right. As the article says, people can get a prescription for the vaccine from their doctor. It might be "off-label," but off-label prescriptions are very common.

Separately, you might need to have it administered at a doctor's office, due to regulations on pharmacists in some states.

But full FDA approval means anyone can get these.

No, they need ACIP to make the final approval. They are gone. They used to post the meeting agenda, open up comments, and broadcast the meeting with public able to make live comments before making the final approval. It was a great system.

No, they don't. Read the articles again. State regulations would allow ACIP-recommended vaccines to be administered by pharmacists without prescriptions, but it does not affect doctors prescribing and administering vaccines.

What are you talking about? State regulations all differ. CVS stopped offering Covid vaccinations in 16 states already. My Maryland ped practice said they don’t know if they will be able to offer Covid vaccines this fall if ACIP doesn’t make the recommendation.

My MD independent pharmacy is administering COVID vaccines to kids 5+ starting on September 11.

CVS issued an update last week, but it looks like you still need to get your doctor to prescribe you the COVID vax before you go to the pharmacist (which is a bigger hassle than just walking in and getting one.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/well/cvs-pharmacy-covid-vaccine-16-states.html

On Friday, CVS issued an update: It could administer vaccines in 13 of the 16 states, and in the District of Columbia, to people who had obtained a prescription from a doctor or other medical provider. (As of Friday morning, its online scheduling tool still did not allow anybody to book an appointment in those places; Ms. Thibault said an update was in progress.) In Massachusetts, Nevada and New Mexico, CVS still cannot offer the shots at all, Ms. Thibault said.

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Anonymous wrote:This is funny. Everyone on this thread wants the US healthcare system to be more like Europe and Canada, until it comes to the Covid vaccine. Someone upthread said Canada should be immunizing US citizens at the border. Do you know that Canada, like the EU, only vaccinates adults over 65 and those with certain conditions? Their restrictions are even tighter than these new US conditions. Literally, over half the US can get the vaccination because obesity is one of the conditions that makes one eligible; as is anxiety and depression. Pretty much everyone on this site is covered. So to call this a "humanitarian" crisis is beyond hysteria. And comes from a place of complete disinformation.

I’m sorry to point it out, but you are incorrect.
1.In Canada, anyone can be immunized with Covid vax once a year, and those high risk can be immunized twice a year.
2. Due to individual state laws in the USA, vaccines cannot be released if they are not approved by fda and ACIP. RFK has fired ACIP and tried to force cdc director to sign off on fake documents. This now means they are banned in a few states and require prescription AND proof of high-risk condition in order to get one.

This has been widely reported and clarified by reputable news sources in the past 24 hours.

That's not quite right. And what about the EU, hmm?

Same in the EU. Anyone of any age can get the covid vax free of charge, at least once a year. Some member states of the EU offer more than one a year to high risk groups, free of charge.
This information is easy to look up, you know. EMA. Not Fox News or gateway pundit.

Nope.

https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/26/whos-eligible-for-the-2025-covid-19-vaccine-or-autumn-booster/

For autumn 2025, COVID-19 vaccination will be offered to:

adults aged 75 years and over
residents in care homes for older adults
individuals who are immunosuppressed aged 6 months and over

This represents a change from the autumn 2024 programme, which also included adults aged 65 to 74 and all those aged 6 months and over in a clinical risk group.

The eligibility is the same across the 4 nations of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).

For some reason, this kind of data they just don't believe. They want to be just like Europe, until most of Europe doesn't provide the Covid vaccine to healthy people, then it's "follow the sciecnce" "just go back and eat asbestos." We can post all the data about the risks vs. benefits, but those who want their boosters come hell or high water will continue to ignore the basic facts and call it a humanitarian crisis.

Because it should be OUR (and everyone's) Choice to decide if we want the covid vax yearly (or every 6 months). I might have family members who are severely compromised and want to visit them and keep them safe. I might have a kid dealing with cancer or some other illness and want to/need to keep them safe, which means I need protection as well.

The science indicates the shots work well at reducing the side effects when you get covid. Who knows, they might help prevent it somewhat as well. Either way, just like I don't want measles or mumps (I'm barely old enough to not have friends who got it---but all of my older cousins did) I don't want any other disease that is easily preventable.
But besides vaccinations, I also stay home when sick, wear a mask normally when it's possible (plane/train/grocerystore/movies/etc) and go about enjoying my life including dining out, etc. But I make choices and when cases are really high, I'm likely to only dine outside or get takeout.

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Anonymous wrote:From my pediatric practice. I guess the moron antivaxxers rule the day:

The Covid Vaccine Situation – Unclear for the Time Being

It is not yet clear whether Covid vaccine will be available for children this year. This past week the FDA issued a “safety label” for the 2025-2026 versions of the Pfizer vaccine for ages 5 and up, and the Moderna vaccine for ages 6 months and up. However, the vaccines have not yet been approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

CDC approval has historically been a prerequisite for vaccine distribution and administration. In a normal year, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets in the spring to issue vaccine recommendations for the fall season. The director of the CDC then typically approves the vaccines for distribution and use.

This year, the spring ACIP meeting did not occur – it was canceled. All 17 members of the Committee were then dismissed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr. They were replaced by a group of 8 new members, 1 of whom has subsequently resigned. At least two of the remaining 7 are noted vaccine skeptics.

ACIP is next scheduled to meet September 18-19. It is expected to issue a Covid vaccine recommendation at that time. However, given the ouster this week of the director of the CDC and the subsequent resignation of several other top CDC officials, it is not clear that this meeting will take place as scheduled. It is also not clear what the Committee will recommend, whether the CDC will follow that recommendation, or whether CDC approval will prove necessary for vaccine distribution and administration this year.

The upshot is that we do not yet know when and if Covid vaccine will be available for children this fall. We will update you here as soon as the situation becomes clear.

This is what happens when you FAFO with our kids' health. A lot of vulnerable kids who need vaccine protection won't be able to get it. And when these kids die of preventable diseases, we can say "there was no way to prevent this" even though that's a lie.

I was under the impression that high risk groups are still eligible for the vaccine. And high risk is defined very broadly. What vulnerable kids would be outside of that?

If anyone asks, I previously smoked and I'm sedentary. Those make everyone eligible

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Anonymous wrote:From my pediatric practice. I guess the moron antivaxxers rule the day:

The Covid Vaccine Situation – Unclear for the Time Being

It is not yet clear whether Covid vaccine will be available for children this year. This past week the FDA issued a “safety label” for the 2025-2026 versions of the Pfizer vaccine for ages 5 and up, and the Moderna vaccine for ages 6 months and up. However, the vaccines have not yet been approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

CDC approval has historically been a prerequisite for vaccine distribution and administration. In a normal year, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets in the spring to issue vaccine recommendations for the fall season. The director of the CDC then typically approves the vaccines for distribution and use.

This year, the spring ACIP meeting did not occur – it was canceled. All 17 members of the Committee were then dismissed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr. They were replaced by a group of 8 new members, 1 of whom has subsequently resigned. At least two of the remaining 7 are noted vaccine skeptics.

ACIP is next scheduled to meet September 18-19. It is expected to issue a Covid vaccine recommendation at that time. However, given the ouster this week of the director of the CDC and the subsequent resignation of several other top CDC officials, it is not clear that this meeting will take place as scheduled. It is also not clear what the Committee will recommend, whether the CDC will follow that recommendation, or whether CDC approval will prove necessary for vaccine distribution and administration this year.

The upshot is that we do not yet know when and if Covid vaccine will be available for children this fall. We will update you here as soon as the situation becomes clear.

This is what happens when you FAFO with our kids' health. A lot of vulnerable kids who need vaccine protection won't be able to get it. And when these kids die of preventable diseases, we can say "there was no way to prevent this" even though that's a lie.

I was under the impression that high risk groups are still eligible for the vaccine. And high risk is defined very broadly. What vulnerable kids would be outside of that?

If anyone asks, I previously smoked and I'm sedentary. Those make everyone eligible

That's not the issue. It looks like the ACIP is not likely to recommend the vaccines for everyone (and might not meet at all). As a result, people in many states will likely need a prescription from the their doctor to get the vaccine.

The caveat that the FDA approvals are for high-risk individuals is not practically relevant. That doesn't limit the ability of a doctor to prescribe the vaccine. Nor does it directly create an impediment- you'd still need a prescription from a doctor even if the FDA approvals did not include that line.

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I am over 65 with asthma and a prescription. I want Moderna mNEXSPIKE. Any suggestions what independent pharmacy to try?

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Anonymous wrote:I am over 65 with asthma and a prescription. I want Moderna mNEXSPIKE. Any suggestions what independent pharmacy to try?

Call around or ask people on the Maryland Vaccine Hunters group.