[Magdalen] Shingles vaccine

[Grace Cangialosi]

I don’t remember needing a Rx for the old shingles vaccine or any of the others that I get at a drug store. Guess I’d better check.

> On Sep 4, 2019, at 6:54 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It seems to vary a lot depending on where you are, judging by comments
> here. I was on a waiting list at my CVS for six months and got nowhere near
> the top of the list. I took my Rx back and went to an independent pharmacy
> which also had a wait list, but it was much shorter. I’ve now had both
> shots of the new Shingrix vaccine which is supposed to be 95% effective, a
> big improvement over the older vaccine which I previously had received
> several years ago.
> 
>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 2:28 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> We have these vaccinations on our to do lists.  A privately owned
>> specialized pharmacy in Charleston apparently has lots of vaccine
>> available.  This place is next door to my internist's office.  I was there
>> last week but we were headed out of town for the weekend.  Now that we are
>> home, We will get a bit of Dorian...everything has been closed since
>> Tuesday.  Best we can do is soon.
>> 
>> Ginga
>> 
>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 1:53 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Mine is also a Walgreen’s. I’ll try CVS.
>>> How long ago did you get yours, Judy?
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 4, 2019, at 1:39 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> We got ours with no wait from a Walgreens nearby.  My friends keep
>> saying
>>>> they have to wait months.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 1:20 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> But if they’re not making and selling it, how can they be making any
>>> money
>>>>> from it??
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sep 4, 2019, at 1:10 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Three little words...Big Pharma Greed.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 12:45 PM Grace Cangialosi <
>> gracecan at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I just called my pharmacy  to ask about the two-dose vaccine, and
>> they
>>>>>>> said they’ve stopped taking names, because the waiting list is at
>> 400!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I can’t quite figure this out...if they can make flu vaccine for
>>>>> hundreds
>>>>>>> of thousands of people every year, why the problem with this one?
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
>>>> Western Michigan
>>> 
>> 
> -- 
> 
> Christopher Hart
> 
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