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When you search for a booster, they are not currently available.COVID-19 vaccination appointments are currently unavailable pending approval of updated vaccines for 2025-2026.
Once the new vaccines are approved, appointments will be available again. Check back soon.
https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/covid-vaccine.jsp
If anyone finds information on where you can receive a vaccine for a fee, please post it.
tanyev
(49,688 posts)I have an appointment scheduled for next week.
Passages
(4,502 posts)CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com 2025/08/28 well cvs-ph...
12 hours ago CVS, the country's largest pharmacy chain, is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states, including Florida, New York and ...
tanyev
(49,688 posts)but then it allowed me to proceed with making an appointment. I dont think it would have let me continue if my state were one of the states affected.
Passages
(4,502 posts)LeftInTX
(34,852 posts)I got my last booster around Christmas in 2023.
Passages
(4,502 posts)It should be the most current, so that is very good news.
usedtobedemgurl
(2,071 posts)We made an apt to get it 9/17. We already had this one from last year. We really wanted the new one.
LeftInTX
(34,852 posts)usedtobedemgurl
(2,071 posts)We do not trust him but the news is talking in terms of months it being taken off the market. We just feel we had this one already and our bodies need the newest defense against the updated mutations of the disease. A lot of things can happen in two weeks.
Our reasoning is if it goes away, say in October, it will get a lot worse than it was before. Without protection of the vaccine, we do not feel 100% safe with our masks. Most are not even wearing masks any more. We think the disease will mutate like crazy with all of those now unprotected people. We feel more secure with the updated vax for everything that is coming.
On another note, we feel pulling the shots will even more negatively affect the economy. Our household will go on full lockdown if that happens. It feels like it will be the wild west out there. People are already not spending, or spending less. I mystery shop. I will not be doing anything but takeout. The economy will tank. We are in for one he'll of a ride. We do not even feel like we can go to Canada for our shots, because with our history of voting, donations and remarks on social sites, they may not let us back in.
Bluestocking
(797 posts)I live in Massachusetts but RI, Ct and NH are not on CVSs exclusions list. All within hour drive
Passages
(4,502 posts)Bluestocking
(797 posts)Passages
(4,502 posts)The most current are available. So as long as they are taking appointments, you will receive the current booster.
https://www.cvs.com/store-locator/new-york-ny-pharmacies/630-lexington-avenue-btwn-53rd-and-54th-st-new-york-ny-10022/storeid=3752?WT.mc_id=LS_GOOGLE_FS_3752
Yonnie3
(19,570 posts)I had scheduled RSV and COVID vaccines in July, but upon arrival for my appointment they only had RSV vaccine. They said they were awaiting the new COVID vaccine and to check back in August
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I had decided to get the old formulation of COVID vaccine since I believed the Trump administration would delay the new one.
Passages
(4,502 posts)so many people.
Yonnie3
(19,570 posts)However, I do feel angry. Very angry.
Passages
(4,502 posts)
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