COVID boosters, flu shots and kids’ vaccines: Q&A with local pharmacist Charles Beaver
Earlier this month, the province of New Brunswick opened up eligibility to COVID-19 booster shots to include anyone over 65 whose second shot was more than 6 months ago. In addition, health care and school workers are eligible, along with people who are immune-compromised. People who received one or two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are also eligible, as well as people with mixed doses who need to travel outside of North America for essential reasons.
On Wednesday in Sackville, the Vitalité Health Network is running a walk-in vaccination clinic at the Sackville Visitor Information Centre from 9am to 4pm. The clinic is open to anyone 12 years and older, and is administering either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines. But walk-in appointments are only available to those getting a first or second shot of a vaccine. For third or booster doses, public health is asking people to make appointments online.
In Sackville, appointments are bookable through public health for the occasional Vitalité clinic hosted in town, but people are also able to book online to get doses through the Corner Drug Store pharmacy.
Recently I spoke with Corner Drug Store pharmacist and owner Charles Beaver with some questions about booster shots and more.
Q: Both Moderna and Pfizer are available for the the third dose or booster shot. How do people know which one they should be requesting?
Charles Beaver: There are folks who want to have their third one be the same as the first two, which makes sense to me.… Continue
Tantramar Report: Hirtle’s up for sale, walk-in Pfizer clinics in Sackville, and survey results are in
Tuesday on Tantramar Report:
Jan and Bill Hirtle have announced they are putting their Middle Sackville grocery story, Hirtle’s Variety, up for sale. The pair made the announcement on social media, and say they will continue to operate the store while they look for a buyer. The message said the Hirtle’s were drained emotionally after “recent negativity on Facebook”, likely referring to criticism levelled at the owners after they removed a Pride message from their store sign within hours of it being put up by their own staff. Ironically, Bill Hirtle said he removed the message—which read “LOVE WINS OVER JUDGEMENT – HAPPY PRIDE MONTH”— in order to avoid controversy.
It’s Election Day in Nova Scotia. Results will start getting posted online by Elections Nova Scotia at 8pm tonight, and you can tune in to CHMA Wednesday to hear the recap.
Sackville’s Corner Drug Store is hosting a walk-in Pfizer vaccination clinic this Wednesday between 10am and 6:30pm. The pharmacy will also be open for walk-in Pfizer appointments next Wednesday August 25th from 10am to 6:30pm. Monday’s numbers from the province show 71.5% of eligible people have received two shots of a COVID-19 vaccine. In Sackville, the number is higher, hitting 79% as of August 10.
The province announced another 40 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial active case total to 105. … Continue