Well, that was a waste of time.

[conuly]

I made an appointment to get my covid booster, 3rd shot.

I triple checked which park the mobile clinic was at, even looked at a map. There are two small parks near me, both of which have had the mobile clinic van in front of them, and I always get them confused, so I was very careful.

Got there on time, walked all around the park and up a couple of streets nearby as well. No van.

Ugh. I'll have to make a new appointment now.

Comments

[gwydion]

Aiyee!

[sabotabby]

Oh no! I'm sorry.

[mtbc]

I hope you are able to obtain a good explanation. The last thing we need is blocks to people receiving shots.

[conuly]

I'm not even gonna bother. I'll just make a new appointment.

[dewline]

Annoying and frightening in its way, this...

[movingfinger]

Frustrating and stressful! I'm sorry.

[thewayne]

Well, that sucks!

Here, Walgreens is doing walk-ins. Don't have to make an appointment or schedule anything through the State Dept of Health. I don't know how wide-spread that is. My wife wasn't able to schedule anything before we left for my dad's for Thanksgiving, I confirmed Walgreens was still doing walk-ins and she got her shot the next day.

[conuly]

I'd rather make an appointment - I've seen the waiting area at the local drugstore for covid and flu shots.

[thewayne]

Understandable!

[readerjane]

My husband and son and I didn’t have any trouble getting our boosters, but my mom arrived at her appointment at Walgreens, only to be told they were having trouble getting Pfizer in stock and could only offer Moderna. She asked, then why did their website still offer appointments for Pfizer, and they said they didn’t have any control over the website.

For the local staff of a chain pharmacy, I’m sure that’s true, but I bet the chain’s central office is getting a lot of complaints.

[conuly]

The Moderna booster is the same as the Pfizer but in a higher dose, isn't it? Did you mix and match or decide to try waiting?

[readerjane]

We’d had Moderna to start with, so it was a match for us. Mom had Pfizer for her first two doses, so she decided to try again for Moderna next week.