Subj : FWIW - Shingrex To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Mar 06 2020 08:47:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>>> shot was free by most insurances. NB>>>> That's generally the case, wherever one gets the flu shot... at a NB>>>> pharmacy or at the doctor's office... :) BM>>> True, just sometimes 'advertising the obvious' gets more business. NB>>> Or gets the customer's attention better... ;) BM>> I'm thinking 'free' gets the customers' attention! Plus this sign BM>> says 'free' and the other doesn't, so maybe a cost? Little tricks of BM>> advertising. NB>> MIght be a trick... but not necessarily to get customers to choose NB>> away from competitors.... ;) OTOH, it might just be that all the NB>> pharmacies are just trying to make sure that as many people as NB>> possible do get their flu shots.... :) BM> Right: customer notes the 'free/covered by most insurances' at pharmacy BM> with the sign: "hmmm: wonder if mine does the same?" and checks out. NB> And so, theoretically, more people get their shot, and there is NB> more protection overall.... :) In theory. On one hand does provide some protection with the generation of antibodies, on the other hand such as with the flu shot is missing some. Could be better than none. I'll admit to not having a solid reason to not getting a flu shot but I also don't have a solid reason to get it. OTOH using Shingrix as an example I had Chicken Pox, probably twice, I am at risk for Shingles and have seen what happens to others -- stab me! BM>>> I'm thinking it might be like my no coffee-flavoured M&Ms at Hy-Vee: BM>>> just don't carry. NB>>> And might be a regional thing.... or, if you have it for a while and NB>>> then it disappears, more proof that you may be a test market for new NB>>> food products.... ;) BM>> Quite possible. And I haven't checked at the gas stations to see if BM>> she was able to get any in from her second supplier. Last week was BM>> only one week and she indicated the earliest would be closer to two. NB>> Just have to be patient... ;) BM> And when coming home didn't even think to stop at the gas station; BM> didn't even think of it earlier that morning. NB> You'll think of it next time you need gas, I suppose... ;) Apparently I wasn't meant to yesterday: coming back from the grocery store did think of it: "I have to get in the other lane" but cars other there. Travel, travel - temporarily forgot (self-driving cars have been around for decades: human drives out of habit!) - 'oo! I need to get over!" but more cars. BM>>> Do know the websites might indicate the store doesn't have when really BM>>> do: when I was working my store's website would indicate we didn't BM>>> have certain stock when we did. On-hand count was correct. We found BM>>> out if below a certain number would not be listed. Also had something BM>>> to do with popularity: not a popular item with the in-person shoppers BM>>> then the website might list to get rid of it to the web shoppers. NB>>> Various factors playing in there... ;) BM>> Sort of learned that when working at the store and the company went BM>> on-line: how come dot-com says we have three of this which is right BM>> and none of these when I have one in my hands and the on-hand count is BM>> right? NB>> Definite inconsistencies... ;) BM> Though probably made more sense when one looked at buying trends. NB> Possibly... and to the trained eye... ;) Or the computer's algorithm! And that was probably based on someone's observations of selected items and then applied to the rest. NB> ... A mind stretched by new ideas can never go back to its NB> original size. That might explain why mine is so stretched out and floppy!! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Is it wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly? --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .