CVS has COVID vaccine and is administering it. BE FORWARNED

[rzemanfl]

it is LAST YEAR'S Moderna, not the new stuff that was just approved. I would not be surprised if the Washington Post article was their plan to scare people into getting vaccinated this week. This country is a fascist kleptocracy. I will never patronize CVS again.

[avebury]

1. The CVS at my local Target has the new

Moderna vaccine. In Oklahoma.
.

[rzemanfl]

2. In Florida?

[avebury]

3. Oklahoma. It may vary by state,

If you have had the old vaccine you can get the new one after 90 days.

[Intractable]

11. As far as I know, the COVID vaccine, in any form, is not available in FL. It is forbidden.

If I am wrong, someone please correct me.

Four months ago, I got a COVID shot at Publix. I was told a new version of the vaccine would be available in September.

Now, it seems to just not be available at all, thanks to DeSantis and his pet surgeon general.

Ironically, DeSantis championed the first COVID vaccine five years ago. He took steps to make it available and bragged about it to the news. I got my first shot because of a pilot program he set up.

That lasted for a few months, until it became politically expedient to be against vaccines.

[rzemanfl]

12. Well, they have given 500+ shots in the past week at the CVS here.

Walgreens and Publix have no vaccines locally.

[Intractable]

13. To whom? Is it, for example, only those over 75?

[rzemanfl]

16. That information was not shared.

No one who passed through the waiting area looked young and no prescription was required. This was in the "Minute Clinic" area of the store. I understand the pharmacy requires prescriptions. My Medicare Advantage plan said I would be covered "with a prescription" when I called them a little while ago.

[radical noodle]

26. I got one this week, finally.

They wouldn't give it to me a couple of weeks ago, though. They did require a prescription to get it.

CVS in Summerfield, FL

[cachukis]

29. I was just at my local Publix.

The pharmacist said meetings were going to last through tomorrow and by 5:00 Friday PM they will announce if they are distributing. If a yea, then available on Monday.

[Intractable]

30. Thank you!

[cachukis]

33. Don't know if it is the CDC or state.

But Publix does have the new covid in stock, or so I was told.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Sounds like they want to get rid of the old stuff.

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Bait and switch. I wonder if was still good or past its use-by date.

[rzemanfl]

6. Not sure the right questions were asked.

[surfered]

5. I went to CVS last week and got the flu and Covid vaccination. It was the new Pfizer

[rzemanfl]

7. In Florida?

[surfered]

32. Texas, equally Red

[Timeflyer]

36. I called FL Dept. of Health today specifically about the COVID vaccine. Got a Magic 8-ball answer, "ask again later."

The staff couldn't say what the current state policy is until it hears from the CDC. They're juggling input from FL scum gov. Desatan, quack state surgeon general Lapado, and Brainworm Bobby Jr.---(imagine what it's like to try to maintain public health with those POS giving the orders!). There may be more info available tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 19, but who knows.

The phone # I called was 1-877-888-7468. Staff really tried to be helpful, given everything they're dealing with.

[piddyprints]

8. We went to Walmart

In TN last week. They said it was the new Moderna.

[Cheezoholic]

9. Indiana CVS new Phizer n/t

[rzemanfl]

10. I thought there is something special about the new Moderna.

[Cheezoholic]

19. I asked, they said the same so if there is they lied to me flat out. I had a reaction to the Moderna version in the past

so my Dr wanted me to get the Phizer. Never had an issue with that one. Dont ask me I'm no bio-chemist lol.

Edit: My local CVS also states Updated Phizer and Moderna on its local webpage. I hate CVS but have always gotten my Covid shots there as the pharmacist is my high school math teacher and I trust her to be up front. I use Walmart for my prescriptions. Long story.

[rzemanfl]

20. The new Moderna is a much smaller dose and is supposed to do the same thing.

I don't understand the science the claims, anyway science means nothing to the brain-worm guy.

[Nanuke]

14. I got the new one at CVS in Minnesota.

[wishstar]

15. Ingles Pharmacy in NC has updated Moderna vaccine, got it this week

Last Friday Gov. Stein did executive order to authorize without prescription and state also put out a list of pharmacies carrying the new Moderna Covid which included Ingles Pharmacies (widespread grocery chain headquartered near Asheville). Before this week, the pharmacists at Ingles told me they had not gotten any Covid Vac for this season.

I had an awful night after the shot with muscle and joint aches, backache, headache etc. However a caffeine coffee, oatmeal and an Aleve made me feel much better within an hour after waking. At least I know I really got the vaccine! Spouse also felt like they were coming down with something during night, but quickly recovered in morning.

https://ncnewsline.com/briefs/stein-orders-covid-19-vaccines-available-without-a-prescription-in-north-carolina/

[mnhtnbb]

17. Have you tried using the CVS scheduler

to see what FL pharmacies have the current vaccine?

Patient Look-up | CVS Pharmacy https://www.cvs.com/scheduling/patient-lookup?lob=rximz&flow=vaccine&icid=covid-lp-topfaq3

[rzemanfl]

18. I am through with CVS permanently.

Their pharmacy requires a prescription, even for a 78-year-old man. The "Minute Clinic" in the store doesn't but wanted Medicare or a lot of money.

[mnhtnbb]

21. It's the State of Florida mandating the prescription

CVS is complying with that requirement. Any pharmacy in Florida will require a prescription.
Do you have Medicare? Do you have a primary care doc? If so, contact the doc's office and request the prescription.

Here in NC we had the prescription requirement until our Dem Governor stepped in and took action to do away with the prescription requirement for seniors. The shots are no longer free, though, Medicare was billed for mine when I got it last week.

[rzemanfl]

22. You misunderstood this mess.

The "Minute Clinic" inside CVS gives COVID vaccine to people on Medicare without a prescription. The pharmacy also gives COVID vaccine but requires a prescription. What bothers me is that the "Minute Clinic" people suggested I could use my Medicare card. I have Medicare Advantage, so that claim would have been denied and I would have been on the hook for it as far as I know. This state is so screwed up nobody really knows what is going on.

[mnhtnbb]

23. Do you have a primary doc

that you see? Presumably someone in your MA approved network? Have you called their office to see if they will write you a prescription for the COVID vaccine? Or are you saying your Medicare Advantage plan will not cover the shot, even if your MA primary doc writes you a prescription?

[rzemanfl]

25. The shot would be covered if I had a prescription. I am not going to bother with that.

I should be able to get vaccinated without a prescription once the "guidance" comes out, based on being 78 years old. I want the new Moderna vaccine and am willing to wait for it.

[rzemanfl]

24. This article, dated today, says I should not need a prescription-

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2025/09/18/who-can-get-covid-shot-vaccine-florida-eligibility-price-cvs-walgreens/86195945007/

Chaos is the goal of the administration and its enablers.

[radical noodle]

28. I blame this particular chaotic mess

on DeSantis and Ladapo.

[rzemanfl]

34. They are part of it. I blame the Supreme Court in 2000.

[radical noodle]

27. I think that's a Florida thing

not just CVS. I'm also 78 and just called my doctor for a prescription. They called it in for me.

[rzemanfl]

35. What pharmacy? What vaccine. Nobody around here but CVS has any.

[radical noodle]

37. CVS here in Summerfield

I haven't heard if anyone else has it or not. I always get mine there so didn't check elsewhere. They do have the new vaccine, afaik. I mean, I didn't see invoice from the shipment to ever be 100% sure, but what they gave me this week they couldn't give me two weeks ago.

[viva la]

31. I got the new vax, but in the midwest.

Check to see if your state is letting pharmacists give the new shot.

Creepo RFKJr (whose father must be wishing in his heavenly home that he'd named him something else) wants to make us sick. It's insane.