Yeah, this afternoon they had
a kovid and joint vaccine,
a flu vaccine clinic here in Shoreline.
They were trying to get people
vaccinated for both things.
Now, if you were not able
to come out to this event,
that event was sponsored today.
It was from one to four,
was sponsored by QFC,
but a lot of places right now
are offering the vaccines.
This is a Safeway store here in Shoreline.
Walgreens Rite Aid,
so many different places
you can get these vaccines,
flu and COVID and now they've got those.
Booster shots available.
They're really trying to
get them out right now.
They're very concerned this flu
season could be extremely bad.
I'm Claire, I'll be giving your shots today
for months.
The question was usually Pfizer,
Moderna or Johnson and Johnson.
And we let that dry today
at this shoreline clinic.
It was flu shot or COVID shot, or both,
and that's it. We got my flu and lay
my left and my COVID in my right.
I was not yet vaccine for flu. John Grimm
took the double shot. He works in
the healthcare field with patients
who have cancer and I feel it's
important to be vaccinated to protect
myself and protect my patience.
Probably my patients more than myself. Grim
was not the only one here for a booster shot.
Just one day after they expanded
the use of booster shots,
Thomas Griggs says he came when he
realized he was now eligible, since
I believe the science I'm wanted to
protect my family primarily in the public.
I'm really not that worried about myself.
But I want to make sure other
people that care about her safe. We
explain still look into getting a flu shot.
Pharmacists say they're pushing
people to act quickly and concerned.
This flu season will be worse
than last year and tough on an
already strained healthcare system.
We want to avoid that situation that
twin demic where our you know health
care providers are having to deal with
the COVID cases as well as influenza
cases. Whatever shot you might need,
pharmacist suggest people act.
Soon with the COVID vaccine approval
for children on the horizon,
these clinics could get busy once again,
potentially by November we might
be doing some Pfizer vaccine
for kids as young as five.
I think that will continue to
keep pharmacies pretty busy.
And one thing to keep in mind,
if you're going to be going
out to get that booster shot,
it's a good idea to bring with you your shot.
Record those shot cars now.
Some people took pictures of their
records and they don't necessarily
have those shot cards anymore.
Here's a little bit of advice we got.
You can go to the website
myirmobile.com. That's a website
that has all the records from when
people did the COVID vaccinations.
And they put those in that website.
You can go to that website and it will
give you a record you can print out.
You can take that if you're going
to go get a COVID booster shot and
then they can put the new information
about your COVID booster shot on
there because I know some people
don't necessarily have the cards
they got when they got their initial
booster or their initial COVID shots.
You know more than six months ago
and one more reminder they're seeing
at some of these clinics is this
is just for Pfizer at this point.
This is not for the Moderna and
Johnson and Johnson,
although we do expect those
likely will come down the road.
We saw some people coming to the
clinic today who had had Moderna or
the Johnson and Johnson they want
to remind people this is just for
Pfizer but at the QFC event today
they told me that you can go out
to any of their pharmacies if you
couldn't come today even if you don't
have an appointment you can walk in,
talk to the pharmacist if you fit
the criteria you can go ahead and
get those booster shots and you
can get that flu vaccine.
They're really encouraging people.
The CDC usually recommends you
get that by the end of October,
and they really want to push that deadline.
Get get in there early,
get that shot and get protected from
the flu before that season comes on.
We're Live Today in Shoreline.
Amy Marino King 5 News.