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A fucking pharmacist tried to talk my daughter out of the latest COVID vaccine (which I guess is its own thing and not just a booster). Wtf? This was at Walgreens. I’m proud of my kid, though.
Holy shit, for real?
In your shoes, I’d be filing a complaint. An antivaxer has precisely zero business being a pharmacist (or any medical professional). It’s like a mechanic who doesn’t believe in using antifreeze - yeah, most of the time it’s gonna be ok, but it’s gonna straight up not work in multiple completely feasible situations where a normally maintained car would work great.
Unfortunately, a fair number of people in medicine-adjacent fields that have less requirements on having knowledge on biology and vaccines, such as nurses and pharmacists, are anti-vaxxers.
Sure, but if they're actively spreading disinformation they should be fired - and if they aren't fired but actively defended then those people should be fired. It's not unreasonable to assume that pharmacies need to employ people who don't actively oppose public healthcare.
It's like a mechanic that doesn't believe in electricity
not surprised it was a Walgreens: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/retail/2022/07/21/walgreens-pharmacy-birth-control-condoms/10110827002/
The big pharmacy chains are all bad, each in their own special way. I'm fortunate to have a few small independent pharmacies to choose from. The one I go to is no nonsense, and I've never waited more than five minutes, and they know my name. Support them while you can.
Not that it's anyone's business, but what in the world was the pharmacist's argument?
Not thoroughly tested vaccine; she is in precisely zero high risk groups. But, not that it’s his business, she lives with me and her mother. We both wouldn’t be the best candidates for covid or any of the seasonal infections. The funny thing is my daughter saw the flu shot marketing piece at the photo department register!
I think "not thoroughly tested" is code for anti-vax. Big overstep for a pharmacist. That's between you and your physician, but here we are.
Being in a statistically low risk category does not necessarily mean that you won't get very sick. It just means you're more likely to be okay, but there's no guarantees. You know unless you have the vaccine.
The categories made sense when the vaccine was in limited supply, but when it's not in limited supply the categories are literally irrelevant. You don't perform triage all of the time.
Probably not old enough to be in the at risk group is my guess... Everything we do has risk, and the vaccine itself is not risk free - are you more likely to have side effects from the vaccine, or from catching covid19?
The latter. This has been actively studied extensively over the past three years. There are minor potential risks from the vaccine (and from any vaccine, since the point is to cause an immune response), but I'd rather take my chances with side effects of my immune system reacting to a pretend infection than having to deal with the real one.
Even for 16yo? They're told not to get a booster here in Australia as too young.
FWIW I've done 7, chasing the XBB but apparently they won't give it to me here as I'm too young... 🤷🏻♀️
16 year olds can still have major negative long-covid complications from being infected.
The whole "you don't need it, you're young" thing was just because they didn't have enough shots for everyone.
I’ve had a doctor at a COVID vaccination station trying to talk me out of it. He said that with my age and three prior vaccinations there’s absolutely no benefit. After a few statements like that he admitted that he was required to allow anyone who really insists to get it, though. So that’s what I did.