Big pharmacies and public health clinics in Georgia are not yet giving this year’s COVID-19 booster shots, or are putting new restrictions in place, amid vaccine uncertainty under Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy.

Doctors hope the confusion will be resolved in a couple of weeks, when a federal committee appointed by Kennedy is scheduled to decide on whether to recommend the shot. It is not certain how the committee will vote.

At least for now, CVS will not allow its pharmacists to give the shot to Georgia customers unless they have a prescription, a CVS spokesperson told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

None of the public health clinics in Georgia’s 159 counties will likely give the COVID booster for now either. The state Department of Public Health

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