But you'll probably still need a prescription. |
Exactly. |
This is still a big barrier for some people. Doctors offices also don’t want to waste their appointments for this vaccine which should be able to be given elsewhere. |
My doctor’s office has a time when patients can walk in and get vaccinations they need without a separate appointment. |
So the vaccine is a "waste"? |
My primary care and all specialists have never stocked or given the Covid vaccine. My doctor told me once that it wasn't profitable at all for them to give out and takes up too much time. Same with the flu shot. They always just say to go to the pharmacy/grocery store. |
+10000
My concierge doc emailed us prescriptions but has no interest in vaccination |
Sounds like they either don't think it's important or that they don't care about your health. |
Same here re: the COVID vaccine. If I happen to be at the doctor’s office at the right time, I might get a flu shot but usually I get it at the grocery store when they announce it while I’m shopping. My doctor’s office and my kids’ pediatrician have not even mentioned the COVID vaccine over the past five years. |
“Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had become “a political tool” and that their states will coordinate on vaccine recommendations”
NYT States are stepping up for their citizens and snubbing RFK! |
Not true. It's just not cost effective or wasn't given the plethora of pharmacies and clinics that used to do the vaccines. The covid vaccines historically were harder to store, the new Moderna mNEXSPIKE has an advantage in that regard. I never would have wanted to pay doctors immunization clinic for my service charge to get a free covid shot. YMMV in more rural areas. |
34 states currently allow pharmacists to give covid vaccines to those eligible under FDA guidelines. 16 locales require FDA and CDC. Of those 13 want prescriptions too. DC and VA are among those. 🤬 This is politics given CDC lagging on guidance if it ever comes. Maryland is one of the 34. |
11:58 here. Why do I care? I am 75 and would like risk of severe illness or hospitalization from covid as low as possible. I choose vaccines as part of my risk mitigation.
You young'uns and kids well you have a different calculus. Us old'uns looks like we will be trying to MAHA by thinning the herd by culling the old. Well I am old and I vote. |
No, it’s just time consuming and COVID vax is expensive. I messaged my doctor and she said she is booked for months and doesn’t know how to squeeze us in for vaccine. She’s getting back to me soon bc it is a very important priority. She said there is also plan within state legislation to change the rules to snub RFK. |
I have a friend who is a CVS pharmacist in New York and as of this week people need to show a doctor’s prescription when they come in for a vax and that their vaccinations are down. For a lot of people, they barely find time to come in for an annual shot, getting to the doctor first to get a prescription is a big barrier. |