In the rest of the US, you can get an appointment for the updated vaccine by using the CVS website to schedule one, and checking a box indicating that you have a risk condition.
Risk condition: I live in the USA under trump as President
this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2025
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Risk condition: I have lungs and a daily requirement of oxygen.
^ This is an answer that we should be able to put down. Or if there is a blank spot line to fill out: "...because I'm a fucking free individual, goddamn it. That's my 'preexisting condition'."
People shouldn't have to fucking lie in order to get life-saving vaccines just to satisfy dickheads like bobby brainworm and dementia donnie.
One of the risky conditions is depression. I'm depressed I'm living in a collapsing nation whose leaders no longer respect medical science.
A BMI of 25 or greater qualifies you for a shot, and that is about 75% of US adults.
Sweet!
Current or former tobacco user too.
So I can lie to CVS and say I'm a smoker or sedentary so I can pay for a vaccine. Then cvs will then sell that lie as data to an insurance company and now my insurance premiums are doubled.
So far, insurance companies are still not allowed to raise premiums on the basis of pre-existing conditions, (thanks Obama) but no guarantees about next week under Dollar Store Hitler.
Just say you have sleep apnea
I would not admit to that either.
You can probably go in person and just ask for it. They're usually pretty happy to just give it to you, and they'll fudge whatever the computer makes them enter. Half the time I go, they haven't even asked for my insurance info.
That's just FREEDOM, son! Just drink it in, here, in the land of the free and home of the brave, being made GRRR-EAAT again by Taco and his superfriends. Where you have to LIE to get basic healthcare.
I'm thinking a whole lot of reality-based people are going to be checking the "physically inactive" box.
Now, I just have to figure out why Colorado is on the restricted list. WTAF.
All the restricted states listed by law follow the federal recommendations. The states not affected can make their own decisions. The governors of the restricted states could pass new legislation that allows them to act independently of federal recommendations, hopefully they do so.
For those wondering about Walgreens:
Walgreens, the nation’s second largest pharmacy chain, did not respond to requests for comment about the availability of Covid shots at its stores. But when a New York Times reporter tried to schedule vaccine appointments in all 50 states, the pharmacy’s website said patients would need a prescription in 16.
Vaccine appointments also appeared unavailable at Walgreens in many states. That may, in part, reflect a supply issue, doctors said. But Walgreens’ note that patients need prescriptions in some states could signal confusion among pharmacists over whom they’re allowed to vaccinate.
I’m actually surprised Texas is not on that list
He added: “I don’t know anybody who’s not confused.”
Chaos and cruelty is the point with the Krasnov "administration".
Do these updated vaccines have the hangover experience that the Moderna has?
I’ll be visiting my anti-vax family in the US next month and will sneak out to get the vaccine if possible.
I'm expecting similar side effects from mRNA vaccines as in past years, but actual local appointments don't start until next week, so I haven't heard any direct experiences.
You might try Novavax which was made using a different process if the mRNA ones take you down for a day
Getting vaccinated for COVID last year was such a ridiculous experience for me. I think it took like 4 attempts.
First time I tried, there was a shortage and I was told it wasn't available in our area. Second time I went to a walk-in place, and they turned me away because it was going to be about an hour wait and they'd be closed by then. Third time, I got turned away because I said said "kind of" when they asked me if I'd been around anybody in the past two weeks who tested positive, even though I explained that it was a brief outdoor exchange of hellos from a distance and the neighbor didn't test positive until a couple days later.
I ended up getting it at Walmart of all places, and they didn't even ask any of those qualifying questions (i.e. exposure in the past 2 weeks). They just wanted to know my insurance info and which arm to give the shot in.
Now that I'm a caretaker for a medically fragile adult who has never fully recovered from their prior COVID infection, I'm hoping that my situation is covered. But if not, I've already been trained on what to say to "qualify".