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Link to full list of what we know about preschool/infant vaccines at present.

Best Bets Vaccinating preschoolers and infants.

• MOA – Hours are Wed-Friday, 1 pm – 8 pm, and Saturday 9 am – 4 pm. Appointments preferred but walk-ins may be taken if they have capacity. They have Pfizer.
• Community Care Clinics. Walk in for all ages is available Monday-Saturday 9am-4pm at the Community Care Clinics of Minnesota. Check their facebook page for which locations they are at on a given day. They will have both Moderna and Pfizer for preschoolers, but are waiting on delivery of their vaccine.
• Hennepin County – Bunch of preschool/infant vaccine clinics coming up. They are doing 6 months and up. Some clinics are Pfizer, some are Moderna, and some are both. You preregister for an appointment.
• Minute Clinic books just 2 days out. They are vaccinating 18 months and older, mostly with Pfizer, but few locations may have Moderna.

Resources for decision making:

• Local Epidemiologist Post about the importance of vaccinating this age group, with an FAQ.
• Helpful Twitter thread by head of the Maine CDC.

Best Bets Vaccinating Both Kids and Adults

• Minute Clinic books just 2 days out
• MOA – Hours are Wed-Friday, 1 pm – 8 pm, and Saturday 9 am – 4 pm. Taking both appts and walk-ins.
• Community Care Clinics. Walk in for all ages is available Monday-Saturday 9am-4pm at the Community Care Clinics of Minnesota at 2139 44th Ave N, Minneapolis.

Full list of healthcare systems, pharmacies, and public health vaccinating.

This is a great FAQ about vaccines for kids, including info on how they were tested, side effects, etc.

Updated 3/22/22

Best info on who is eligible to get a booster and which boosters you are eligible for: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html

In the American Council on Immunization Practices they were clear that they felt patients should discuss with their doctors the benefits and risks to getting a booster, and which booster. We aren’t medical professionals, so we defer to your doctors, the CDC, and ACIP. To prepare for a conversation the resources below may be helpful.

There is a preprint of an NIH study on mixing and matching vaccines. Please note that this study was done with a full dose Moderna booster, not the half dose Moderna booster (which is all that is available).

• This is the NIH study preprint. It is a peer reviewed study.
• This article from LiveScience discusses the NIH study
• This article from the “Friendly Epidemiologist” also discusses the NIH study

Something else that was discussed in the ACIP meeting about J&J boosters was the very small but real risks of Guillain-Barre Syndrome from J&J. This comes from an Israeli study.

• This is one of the published articles about it.
• This is a Cleveland Clinic article about these risks.

You can find the recommendations for immunocompromised individuals on this page of the CDC website.

• MN Dept of Health maintains the best list of ALLLL the places you might get a vaccine. Check it out here.
• We have a list of health systems, pharmacies, and public health departments with links to their vaccine info page here.

If you qualify for Evushield, you can track down doses using this database and call locations listed to try to find a dose for yourself.

The covid vaccine is free. Businesses can charge a fee to your insurance for the administration of the vaccine, but if you do not have insurance or have not met your deductible, you cannot be charged. This is true of booster doses as well as the initial series. This Health and Human Services document describes how it works.

The Metropolitan Center for Independent Living is working with the State to ensure people with disabilities in Minnesota have access to the Minnesota COVID-19 Vaccine Connector and other COVID-19 information specific to their communities, including in multiple languages. They can provide a PPE care package, they are also able to help with information and transportation to a vaccine or covid test.

These days, many places you can just walk-in without an appointment, particular at local pharmacies.

They can call 833-431-2053 to be registered over the phone in the Vaccine Connector at a state location.

I’m struggling with technology to make an appointment.

• Request help through our website: https://mnvaccinehunters.com/help/
• Walk-ins are now available at most local pharmacies
• Where we have phone numbers to make an appointment, those are noted in the information on the page for that health system or pharmacy.

The State of Minnesota has a great vaccine hotline that answers questions. Depending on what your question is related to, there are different numbers.

The State also maintains a list of all vaccine locations.

If you are still stuck, join our facebook group and ask a question.

If you aren’t on facebook, you can email info@mnvaccinehunters.com. Please be patient in anticipating a response via email.