Many pharmacies and health plans had plenty of the new Pfizer boosters to offer but not Moderna.
If you want the new COVID-19 booster that protects against the latest circulating omicron variants, you have lots of options for appointments, except if you have your heart set on Moderna.
But on the Bay Area Vaccine Hunters Facebook group this week, members pleaded for tips about available Moderna doses and groused about cancellations. For those who just have to have the Moderna shot, bivalent booster appointments are available if you look around. One place that wasn’t hurting for supplies was Santa Clara County’s health system where on Thursday online appointments for the Moderna bivalent booster were plentiful next week.
Moderna’s news office had no response Thursday to questions about Bay Area booster shortages, and the company hasn’t issued recent statements indicating production or distribution issues. Its website directs those seeking the shots to the federal government’s online scheduler. But it indicates availability at several pharmacies that don’t actually have the shots now.
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