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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFYI, folks: The new Omicron variant boosters are now available.
I've made an appointment at my nearby Walgreen's for next Wednesday (flu shot also). Sign up!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Ty!
Irish_Dem
(48,097 posts)I am also getting one next week with my flu shot!
Scrivener7
(51,090 posts)the Omicron boosters for my second booster.
I guess I have to get it now.
stopdiggin
(11,415 posts)I'll definitely look into it this evening.
MuseRider
(34,140 posts)We just saw Weird Al 2 nights ago with no real checks or precautions required and a week from tonight our 2 or 3 times canceled because of Covid Pink Glasses with Randy Rainbow show will finally happen. That venue requires temp checks and vaccine checks and asks you to wear a mask if you pass those tests. I really do not want to be exposed after this long since our second booster.
Thanks for letting us all know they are out now.
luvs2sing
(2,220 posts)Just scheduled mine!
MerryHolidays
(7,715 posts)My local CVS store is still showing the Moderna vaccine with patient info from June 2022. It seems awfully quick that the vaccine is available since it was only approved this week.
I called the CVS that I scheduled mine at and got lost in voicemail hell. I couldn't speak to a human to verify what booster they have.
Ocelot II
(116,003 posts)MerryHolidays
(7,715 posts)I'm scheduled now for the middle of September. It's clearly for the new booster.
The CVS one I scheduled for next week is for the old booster, as far as I can tell. I will cancel that.
Native
(5,943 posts)the website is incorrect. Although it states that you can make your appointment for the updated booster now, it seemed odd to me that it was giving me available times slots as early as this evening (when the earliest available at Walgreens is the 7th), so I called the CVS pharmacist directly, and she told me they just got word that they are no longer able to administer the old boosters and they haven't gotten the new ones yet. So... I guess CVS jumped the gun on their site.
So now I'm scheduled with Walgreens for 9:45 am on the 7th.
Takket
(21,715 posts)if drug stores are only doing the "new boosters"? I don't want to make an appointment only to find out that they are using up the stock of "old" boosters first.
tavernier
(12,428 posts)I didnt know they had okd them yet?
Ocelot II
(116,003 posts)Walgreen's website specifically offers the omicron booster. https://news.walgreens.com/press-center/walgreens-now-offering-appointments-for-updated-covid-19-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters.htm
getagrip_already
(14,980 posts)Eligibility: Individuals aged 12 years and older who completed a COVID-19 vaccine primary series or received a booster dose at least 2 months ago can now receive an updated COVID-19 booster dose. Individuals aged 12 through 17 years are eligible to receive Pfizers updated COVID-19 booster dose, and individuals aged 18 and older are eligible to receive Pfizers or Modernas updated COVID-19 booster dose.
It doesn't say anything about the max number of boosters you can have; just that your last one was more than 2 months ago.
tavernier
(12,428 posts)Off to Walgreens/CVS next week.
I am 75, still work, fly often, have social interaction regularly with many groups
and all for past year plus.
But I take all shots and boosters and mask and hand wash as much as possible. So far so good.
So heigh Ho heigh Ho
another booster to go!
Dave in VA
(2,044 posts)Just signed up for the new booster. Getting it on Wednesday!
Hoorah for boosters!
ananda
(28,914 posts)At my nearby CVS.
MerryHolidays
(7,715 posts)Walgreens is clearly for the new booster, but I don't CVS would have them now. Even the Covid head Dr. Jha said they wouldn't be available until after Labor Day.
ananda
(28,914 posts)nt
KarenS
(4,101 posts)we've been double vaxed and double boosted,,,,
we're old but not 'immunocompromised' so according to the CDC we are not eligible yet.
We do need flu shots though,,,, but we're moving,,,, so this month after the move.
Ocelot II
(116,003 posts)When I filled out the questionnaire for the appointment I checked not immunocompromised, but I also gave them my birth date so they know I'm old - and they gave me an appointment. I don't think you have to be immunocompromised to get one.
KarenS
(4,101 posts)so according to the CDC we aren't but maybe I'll call anyway and see what Walgreens says,,,,
after we move though,,,, We have gotten sick for about 2 days each time since the 2nd vaccine,,,, don't have the time to lay around right now.
Ocelot II
(116,003 posts)if you are at least 12 (Pfizer) or at least 18 (Moderna) and you have had the primary series and at least one booster. You don't even have to be old. https://www.statnews.com/2022/09/01/your-questions-on-the-new-covid-vaccine-boosters-answered/
People who are fully vaccinated against Covid those whove had a primary series and people whove had a primary series plus one or two previous boosters are eligible to get one of these new shots.
Shermann
(7,489 posts)2naSalit
(86,963 posts)I'm on the list for when it arrives.
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