Just FYI we’re entering a summer Covid wave right now (especially western regions in the US); you can see it in the CDC wastewater plot here (and anecdotally a bunch of my friends are suddenly testing positive). www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...
I really wish we could choose to do a booster every six months if we were so inclined — feels like I’m catching COVID right at the wane of immunity from the last booster.
You kind of can if you're willing to lie a little bit and pay out of pocket, the drugstores aren't really checking that closely though YMMV and you may have to drugstore hop. The funniest thing is I got mine two weeks ago at the same drugstore chain (not location) that I got my booster in the fall.
I do think it's hilarious that it took a global pandemic to make me a consumate rule follower to be like fuck it, gonna work the system. All of my tricks are like how to get travel paxlovid though and like how to get metformin when your doctor won't prescribe it for you.
This is not medical advice: If you Google reddit travel paxlovid you'll find a path. You'll have to lie and say you actually have covid though but they run it through your insurance and dispense from a normal pharmacy. Also say youre obese and have no other preexisting conditions
Metformin is really really easy to get: just look for a longevity website like agelessrx - they mail it to you so this is too have on hand. For faster screws A friend was also able to get it via Pushrx they dispense through local pharmacies
Again: not a doctor. Certain medications and conditions are contraindicated for the above. Do not take without at least taking through your covid options with a real doctor. Pharmacists are good people to talk about potential drug interactions.
Also dont, imho, get travel paxlovid if you're traveling domestically. Your doctor can call on a script remotely if you get sick. This is specifically if youre going abroad where these meds can be hard to come by
