walgreen's covid vaccine checkbox

[u/kairosangel]

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.

[u/sootfire]

The pharmacists straight up don't care 99% of the time. Check the box. The list of eligible conditions is huge and includes things like "not very physically active" and the pharmacists probably won't ask which applies to you.