Getting an appointment doesn't always mean they'll have the vaccine you want when you go
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 6/27/2022, 8:51 pm
I had made an appointment for my grandmother and another family member to get a booster last week at the Walmart in her county. At the time, I was able to get appointments, so I assumed they would have the Moderna vaccine even though the fine print said subject to availability. So a family member took her to get it, but they didn't have the Moderna vaccine when they went. Since they had gotten that vaccine before, and my grandmother had no reaction to it, that was what they wanted to do again. There are only two places in her county to get the Moderna vaccine and the other place, Walgreens, doesn't have it either. (and doesn't seem like they will at that particular Walgreens) Walmart said they would, but it might be two weeks. Of course this is just her local Walmart, some of the ones in other counties have it. But unless necessary, we're trying to avoid driving her to another county. The Pfizer vaccine is much more easily available in southern Tennessee where she lives. At least now when I try to make an appointment at that Walmart it won't let me if you choose the Moderna vaccine. It would have been nice if they had sent an email saying they ran out before a family member wheeled my 99 year old grandmother into Walmart, but oh well. We'll always call in the future now. I guess when you accept walk-ins you risk running out so that the people with appointments won't be able to get what they made an appointment for. Again, would be nice to get an email. I had made an appointment to reduce the wait time filling out the paperwork.

And you can't trust that https://www.vaccines.gov/ will have correct information on availability. Since I made the Walmart appointment, and called her Walgreens to verify they didn't have the Moderna vaccine, vaccines.gov has still said for the past week that both places have it. I know this isn't an issue for most people, there are plenty of other options, but in some cases it's worth checking. Don't count on them having a particular vaccine just because you have an appointment.
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