Hoosier Health Matters
Hoosier Health Matters focuses on the pressing health policy issues in Indiana and tries to make this stuff not boring. Hosted by Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson, board members of the Good Trouble Coalition, this podcast brings together healthcare and public health stakeholders to discuss, educate, and advocate for patient-centered care, public health, and health equity. It will focus on state-level health policies, legislative updates, and expert interviews.
Hoosier Health Matters
BONUS episode: Questions answered about getting vaccines this fall
Hoosier Health Matters
Season 1, Episode 24
Date: 9/12/2025
Title: BONUS episode: Questions answered about getting vaccines this fall
In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson are joined by infectious disease physician Haley Pritchard and pharmacist Veronica Vernon to untangle the massive confusion that is vaccine policy this fall and answer questions about who should get the shot, who can get it, and try to discern why HHS did it this way.
00:00- Intro
02:30- Flu vaccines (the simple part)
04:05- Vaccine approval/recommendation process
06:20- What to expect from COVID this winter (TL;DR: lots of disease, mostly very mild)
8:31- new formulation of the COVID vaccine currently available
09:00- Who should get the vaccine (ignoring the approval/guidelines)
10:40- Confusion at pharmacies, and Gabe is pissed that he has to write prescriptions for this now
13:18- Other medical groups make recommendations about vaccines
14:31- in general, pregnant people benefit from the COVID vaccine
15:43- Kids and the COVID vaccine
16:16- Vaccines for Children program may not have COVID vaccine (this covers 50% of the kids in the country)
17:00- Can I get a COVID vaccine at a pharmacy right now?
18:13- It didn't have to be this way
19:58- Will insurance cover COVID vaccines for everyone?
21:17- wrap-up