"The decision doesn't limit the availability of COVID vaccines for Americans who want them." -White House
OK. But now I need to make a doctor's appointment AND get a prescription. And frankly I don't feel qualified to decide if I need a shot or not. Normally I get a flu shot each fall before school and this year I'm very confused.
I'm going to email my doctor and see what she says.
What are ya'll doing in other temperate countries with "flu seasons" ?
Despite teaching in NYC I have not had the flu since I started taking the shots like 8 years ago. Does that prove anything? I don't think so? But I hate the mixed messages this is sending.
I'm not "high risk" or elderly. If I did get the flu it would just be annoying. COVID would be worse, but probably not "the end" but why risk it? And why be a petri dish and make my elderly parents sick?
It's just irritating to have this seem like a new research project that I didn't ask for.
@futurebird Same here, I'm a teacher and I get a flu shot every year, for at least the last 10 years, only caught the flu once when H1N1 was going around.
