The demand is so overwhelming that one Northeast Ohio county health department is resorting to a lottery system to schedule vaccine appointments.
“We have a list of about 110,000 folks that we’re going to just randomly, use a random number generator and find, and just send an email out,” said Summit County Health Commissioner Donna Skoda.
Skoda said starting March 1, anyone registered and eligible to receive a COVID vaccine through the health department will have their appointment scheduled by a new lottery system. Until now, the county’s system would open up at noon every Tuesday for people to call or go online to set a date to receive their shot.
Skoda said the public can register on the health department website at any time and each week the lottery will randomly choose eligible people from the list.
Summit County health officials said they are encouraged that so many residents want the COVID vaccine.
The lottery scheduling system is only for people getting vaccinated through Summit County Public Health one of several dozens of vaccine providers.
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