SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Pucci’s Pharmacy co-owner Clint Hopkins heeded his conscience and the Sacramento County public health team’s call for help with vaccinating people at high-risk of contracting monkeypox.
The county provided Hopkins’ independent drugstore with the vaccines at no charge, and his team started giving shots on July 8.
Hopkins figured that insurers would reimburse Pucci’s for the time his staff put into checking in customers, educating them on vaccines and monkeypox, giving the shots, and counseling women who had justifiable fears of contracting the disease but who didn’t meet early eligibility criteria.
