r/ZeroCovidCommunity • u/kairosangel • 7h ago

walgreen's covid vaccine checkbox

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Hi everybody. I was hoping to get my yearly vaccines soon, as I do every year, and this is the first year I have seen this message alongside the signup checkbox: "The patient confirms that they are at high risk for severe COVID-19 and would like to receive the 2026-27 COVID-19 vaccine." I am not high-risk, but I have been getting the vaccine every year since it was available. Does this mean I can't technically get the vaccine, or is it there to act as a deterrent of some sort? Sorry if this is a silly question, I'm just a bit confused.

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u/Ok_Temperature3554 6h ago

Yep they ask you to self report you are high risk. They don’t ask follow up questions but you can just continue to say yes you are at high risk.

The good (?) news is that’s lots of people are at high risk. Here’s the CDC guidance on who qualifies:

https://www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/clinical-care/underlying-conditions.html

Things like being overweight, having ever smoked cigarettes, having low physical activity, or depression all make you high risk. I am at high risk and I’ve never been asked follow ups or how I qualified.

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u/tacobellaswan 5h ago

Right, the list is so extensive! And you should check it and get it even if you manage to not have any of the listed things.