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mgardener

(1,900 posts)
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 05:32 PM Sep 2023

Anybody else having trouble finding/ getting new COVID vaccine?

Live in upstate NY.
2 pharmacies have cancelled because they don't have it.

My daughter in MA got it last week.

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Anybody else having trouble finding/ getting new COVID vaccine? (Original Post) mgardener Sep 2023 OP
I scheduled with CVS ( here in central Ohio) Alliepoo Sep 2023 #1
I am in MA. sheshe2 Sep 2023 #2
My doctor said get it sometime in October Captain Zero Sep 2023 #3
Received this message from my 'Group' today: elleng Sep 2023 #4
Got mine in Delaware yesterday. we can do it Sep 2023 #5
I had to wait until 9/30 or drive 50 miles. sinkingfeeling Sep 2023 #6
My husband and I got ours last week at CVS phylny Sep 2023 #7
My normal pharmacy only has Pfzier LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2023 #8
Yes. murielm99 Oct 2023 #9

Alliepoo

(2,497 posts)
1. I scheduled with CVS ( here in central Ohio)
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 05:41 PM
Sep 2023

To get the flu and moderna Covid vaccines. They texted me to reschedule because they didn’t have it. I went online to walgreen and scheduled for the same and we just got home from being boosted. The pharmacist said we could have gotten the RSV vaccine also but that seemed like a lot so he said wait two weeks then get the RSV. I hope you find somewhere that has it.

sheshe2

(87,984 posts)
2. I am in MA.
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 05:49 PM
Sep 2023

I got it last week after one cancellation.

Keep trying. The federal government is not in charge of the vacine distribution , the commercial market is in charge.


COVID-19 Commercialization
Commercialization is the transition of COVID-19 medical countermeasures, including vaccines, treatments, and test kits previously purchased by the U.S. Government (USG), to more established standard pathways of procurement, distribution, and payment by both public and private payers (i.e., the traditional health care marketplace). Providing access to vaccines, treatments, and tests in the commercial market is something that manufacturers, logistics companies, and payors do every day, addressing a broad range of diseases and conditions.

Over the last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken a series of actions to communicate to and engage with manufacturers, distributors, payors, states and local jurisdictions, territories, and other stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition of the purchase and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to the commercial market in the fall of 2023.

Vaccine ordering through USG processes will begin to phase out on August 3, with a formal transition to the commercial market expected in mid-to-late September, pending regulatory action by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Our commitment to equity and access continues during this transition to the commercial market, especially for the uninsured through the HHS Bridge Access Program for Vaccines and Treatments.

tps://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/commercialization/index.html

elleng

(136,689 posts)
4. Received this message from my 'Group' today:
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 06:11 PM
Sep 2023

The updated mRNA Moderna vaccine is available beginning 09/25/23 at our Solomons, Prince Frederick, & Dunkirk locations. Vaccine will be available by appointment only. Please call our office at 410-535-2005 to schedule. Quantities are limited so we ask for your patience as we receive more in the coming weeks.





LetMyPeopleVote

(155,302 posts)
8. My normal pharmacy only has Pfzier
Sun Oct 8, 2023, 05:22 PM
Oct 2023

I got my flu shot there but just got my COVID vaccination at another pharmacy.

murielm99

(31,488 posts)
9. Yes.
Tue Oct 10, 2023, 02:26 PM
Oct 2023

We have gotten our other vaccines at the health department. I am supposed to call back next week. They don't have anything yet.

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