Kemper Drug COVID-19 Vaccine

Third Doses of Moderna are Now Available

As of 8/14/2021, we will be offering third doses of Moderna vaccine to eligible immunocompromised patients.  You may receive a third dose from us regardless of where you receieved previous doses.

The current CDC, FDA and ACIP recommendation is that people with moderately and severely immunocompromising conditions should receive an additional (third) dose of COVID-19 vaccine as part of their primary series. These conditions include:

• Active treatment for solid tumor and hematologic malignancies.
• Receipt of solid-organ transplant and taking immunosuppressive therapy.
• Receipt of CAR-T-cell or hematopoietic stem cell transplant (within 2 years of transplantation or taking immunosuppression therapy).
  Moderate or severe primary immunodeficiency (e.g., DiGeorge, Wiskott-Aldrich syndromes).
• Advanced or untreated HIV infection.
• Active treatment with high-dose corticosteroids (i.e., ≥20 mg prednisone or equivalent per day), alkylating agents, antimetabolites, transplant-related immunosuppressive drugs, cancer chemotherapeutic agents classified as severely immunosuppressive, TNF (tumor necrosis factor) blockers, and other biologic agents that are immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory.

Please call us if you have any questions about these eligibility criteria.

We are currently offering third doses of Moderna vaccines on a walk in basis. You may call or text us at 763-441-1353 if you prefer to schedule an appointment.

Please note, Pfizer BioNTech can be administered to people 12 years and older and Moderna for people 18 years and older.  We ONLY Have Moderna available. It is recommended that you get the same vaccine for the third dose as you received for the previous two doses.  The third dose can not be administered sooner than 28 days following the second dose.

This additional dose recommendation is intended to provide added assurance of a response to vaccination. It is likely that even with an additional dose in the series, those that are moderately to severely immunocompromised will need to continue to take measures to reduce the risk of exposure to COVID-19.

Immunocompromised people, including those who receive an additional mRNA dose, need to continue to follow prevention measures, which include:

• Wear a mask.
• Stay 6 feet apart from those you don’t live with.
• Avoid crowds and poorly ventilated indoor spaces until advised otherwise by your health care provider.

Close contacts of immunocompromised people are strongly urged to get vaccinated against COVID-19, wear a mask in public indoor settings in areas of substantial or high transmission (refer to CDC COVID Data Tracker), wear a mask if they have been exposed to an infected person, and test 3-5 days after exposure to an infected person.  

Moderna Booster doses are now available.

 If you would like to receive a booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and it has been at least 5 months since you received the second dose either Moderna or Pfizer, or at least 2 months since you received a single dose of Johnson& Johnson, please use the link address below to schedule an appointment. Alternatively, beginning January 10th, you may walk in for any Moderna dose without an appointment, up to 30 minutes prior to close each day. Please note that walk in availability may be limited, depending on staff availability and scheduled appointments.

If you would like to receive a third dose instead of a booster because you are immune compromised, or you would like to receive your booster dose along with a flu shot, please call us to schedule these, and DO NOT use the link below.

If you are not available on the days currently shown on the schedule, please save this email and check back at a later time using the same link to see additional appointment times as they are added, or call us at 763-441-1353 to schedule an alternative time.

Copy and paste this address into a new window, or highlight and right click to open:

https://hipaa.jotform.com/212926606273154

Upon successfully scheduling, you will see a confirmation page with a green checkmark. If you do not get this page, please register again, as someone else was likely attempting to schedule for the same time slot you chose. We will contact you if more than one registration comes through for you. You may get an email confirmation, but please do not call us if you do not receive an email confirmation. As long as you see the green checkmark page, with your time listed, your appointment is confirmed.

If you have any questions, please call or text us at 763-441-1353

When you come in for your appointment, please plan to wear a mask to help protect our team, and bring your vaccine record card with you if possible (so we may add this dose to your record). Please wear short sleeves and/or layers, so the pharmacist can easily access your upper arm.