Will you be able to get a COVID vaccine?
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The millions of Americans who are used to getting their Covid-19 vaccines at a local pharmacy may face new hurdles this fall depending on where they live and whether federal health officials have decided they qualify.
Pharmacists’ authority to vaccinate individuals varies across state lines. In some places, it’s dependent upon a federal advisory process that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has upended.
At the same time, the Food and Drug Administration has signaled that it will only approve updated Covid vaccines for individuals 65 and older and for younger people considered to be at high risk for severe disease. People, regardless of where they live, may need to prove that they need the shot.
The agency is expected to sign off on the new vaccine formulas and labels any day now. The action will halt administration of the current vaccines, which are approved for most adults and children, regardless of underlying conditions.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/22/covid-shot-hhs-recommendations-fall-00519315
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https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/acog-endorses-covid-19-vaccination-during-pregnancy-despite-cdc-changes/
ACOG refuses to follow the new (Kennedy mandated) CDC guidelines on vaccination. Kennedy threatens "liability" against doctors who follow their professional society's guidelines over the CDC's politicized rules.
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@Daniel. said in Will you be able to get a COVID vaccine?:
Will I be able to and would I are two different questions.
Do you have an answer for either?
Sometime in the next week or three, I plan to stop by a local pharmacy to find out what I may be eligible for.
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@Daniel. said in Will you be able to get a COVID vaccine?:
Will I be able to and would I are two different questions.
Do you have an answer for either?
Sometime in the next week or three, I plan to stop by a local pharmacy to find out what I may be eligible for.
@Axtremus said in Will you be able to get a COVID vaccine?:
Sometime in the next week or three, I plan to stop by a local pharmacy to find out what I may be eligible for.
I was thinking to do the same.
I also had thought that if I wasn't immediately eligible, i might ask my provider for a prescription, but i would hate for that to get her in trouble.
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@Daniel. said in Will you be able to get a COVID vaccine?:
Will I be able to and would I are two different questions.
Do you have an answer for either?
Sometime in the next week or three, I plan to stop by a local pharmacy to find out what I may be eligible for.
@Axtremus - I assume you want the most up-to-date version of the vaccine, so be sure to keep an eye on the FDA news so that you know when they have approved this year's formula and that's what the pharmacy is giving you.
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I've had a number of boosters and last Dr. visits for myself and MrsTuner, neither doc recommended getting any more at this point until possibly combined with a flu shot.
Reason? They just aren't seeing data that suggests that outcomes are different with getting boosters or not. With and without boosters people get infected and stay out of the hospital. Just two opinions in an urban setting...
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I've had a number of boosters and last Dr. visits for myself and MrsTuner, neither doc recommended getting any more at this point until possibly combined with a flu shot.
Reason? They just aren't seeing data that suggests that outcomes are different with getting boosters or not. With and without boosters people get infected and stay out of the hospital. Just two opinions in an urban setting...
