The key words here are “hedge fund.” Of course big wigs never buy individual stocks. Too risky, and I do not mean financial risk. They buy into “special” funds…
Each state of s so different. My in-laws, who live in GA, heard of a pharmacy in January giving Covid shots, literally the week they were released. Went, walked in and got their shots no wait. (Over age 70). They went back there a few weeks ago for their boosters. No idea how this is happening and no literal line jumping. Just walked up to a mom and pop pharmacy…
On another note- the person this original post is about, as well as their family, are awful and the reason we are still in this mess. I live in PA and it disgusts me that they knowingly traveled here with a positive Covid kid.
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Because it’s highly unlikely those machines would all have been in use if everyone else was vaccinated. That’s why.
I don’t understand why in our state you are supposed to verify that you have a qualifying immunocompromised condition while other states seem much more willing to give to people who just show up and say they want the shot.
In HI, old age (90+) isn’t enough. Nor is any number of conditions likely to make you sicker if you get it, nor just saying your md wants you to get your booster.
My friend WAS able to get her booster by saying her oncologist wanted her to get the booster (which he did). My lung doc and relatives who are MDs are urging me to get my booster as I had Pfizer and have very bad lungs.
but even if true – which we have no way of knowing, as there are only 3 beds – how is that hypocritical?
“The key words here are “hedge fund.” Of course big wigs never buy individual stocks. Too risky, and I do not mean financial risk. They buy into “special” funds…”
Not to go further down this tangent but for accuracy…
If you have a pension, insurance policy or your state government all likely have a portion of their investable assets with hedge funds. While specifically designed to only attract investment from accredited investors most hedge funds indirectly serve as investment mechanism for broad groups of indirect investors.
The overall discussion here is about people who don’t get vaccinated and then need scarce treatments, possibly taking them away from those who did everything they could to not get sick. I think that’s clear, and that is why the hypocrisy matters, and I’m not clear why you’re hammering this particular angle.
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I don’t understand the state differences either. I know people have had an easy time getting boosters in CT, too. Not sure why HI is so much harder
People have told us to just lie but we aren’t ready to do that yet. They’re following fed guidelines & I can’t fault them for doing so, but would think if our md wants us to get it they should be willing and able to give us shots.
I don’t even mind if we have to pay for the booster, think we should get it as we had Pfizer and got shots in Feb.
I was interested in talking about the original question about a couple using their influence to garner preferential treatment and transportation to a far away state. And lying about their vaccination status.
I’m not really sure why this has meandered to booster shots and hedge funds.
I guess this discussion has meandered too much for me.
Yes if I were you I would get the third shot. February is a long time ago and lung problems put you at risk. You said your pulmonologist said you should get it, can he/she use it off label for you?
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I will put more effort into all of this after I finish a webinar I’m hosting in a week. My medical relatives are begging me to do whatever I need to in order to get my 3rd shot and did mom to get hers.
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Off-label prescriptions are a common practice in which physicians prescribe FDA-approved drugs for unapproved uses. This is how physicians can prescribe the Pfizer vaccine to people who are not immunocompromised. Since the FDA does not regulate the practice of medicine, physicians regularly issue off-label prescriptions of FDA-approved drugs. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, one in five prescriptions written are for off-label use.
I think there is a fairly straight line given OPs original post #3 which detailed his/her areas of interest for discussion:
- It’s not right that influential people move to the front of the line
- Low income people would not have this option
- Demanding everyone do everything for them but they never acted in the best interest of anyone else
- Lying about vaccination status
- Ignoring science when it’s not convenient to them
Booster discussion was directly relevant to items 1,4,5. Moving to the front of the line, lying about vaccination status and ignoring science when it’s convenient to them.
Hope that clarifies?
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@roycroftmom I had not heard this & asked my ED doc family member, no 3rd shot mentioned in their large city. 
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@roycroftmom the ED docs I know have not received boosters yet. All were full vaccinated by January 5….so 8 months out. None have had boosters.
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I wrote a message to my internist asking if she could authorize me to get my 3rd Pfizer shot. Will see what she said. I laid out all my reasons.
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Anyone can get a booster in Colorado by walking into a pharmacy or medical facility. I took my mom for one two weeks ago to a state mobile bus. They were only giving Pfizer that day but that’s what she’d had before (Jan/Feb). She qualified because she had cancer and a tumor last year, but no questions asked at all, not even for an ID or medical insurance card.
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My mom got her third shot last week in CT. She called her oncologist’s office and was told “we are telling all our patients to get them”. There was no authorization required though. It sounded like it was easy to get.
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I have wondered that too. Even if someone shows a vax card they are easily forged.
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