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'Vaccine angels' can only do so much: How can US make it easier to find COVID-19 vaccination appointment in minutes, not hours?

'Vaccine angels' can only do so much: How can US make it easier to find COVID-19 vaccination appointment in minutes, not hours?

'Vaccine angels' can only do so much: How can US make it easier to find COVID-19 vaccination appointment in minutes, not hours?
Mar 02, 2021 2 mins, 16 secs

Despite creating three COVID-19 vaccines in less than a year, America's fragmented health system doesn't offer a simple way to sign up to get a shot.

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As of Monday, Nick Muerdter had gotten 2.4 million hits on a page he launched two weeks ago to help people find open COVID-19 vaccine appointments at nearby pharmacies?

In Washington, D.C., the city's vaccination portal was down over the weekend, unable to handle a surge as more than 36,000 people tried to get access to 4,300 appointments, according to a tweet by Lindsey Parker, chief technology officer for the D.C.

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"We're also looking at lower-tech solutions that the federal government might be able to provide, whether those are call centers or people to help navigate the system," he said. "Overall scheduling remains for far too many people, too frustrating.

An 85-year-old wins but to get his shot he has to make an appointment online.

"Vaccine angels" or "vaccine hunters" have appeared online to help others find spots or simply to share information.

"I am trying to help someone who lives in a FEMA designated zip code in Dallas and has severe underlying conditions to get an appointment for a vaccine.

Colleagues complained two weeks ago they couldn't make appointments for their parents.

Greg Leding tweeted out the address to Muerdter's site, noting Arkansas had no centralized hub of its own to help connect residents to vaccine.

Johnson & Johnson officially enters the fight against COVID-19 as its single-shot vaccine was approved over the weekend.

There are other vaccine finding sites, including one created by the federal government that was started in 2011 during the H1N1 flu pandemic, and has been relaunched to help find COVID-19 vaccine

For now, the site only has information on health department and other vaccination clinic appointments in a handful of states but more are being added every day. Eventually, Brownstein hopes to add the ability to make appointments nationwide

"Even though they still have to register for an appointment, the site told them where there was vaccine near them, which cuts down on frustration," Brownstein said. 

"Scheduling an appointment for a vaccine should take minutes, not hours

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Because the country has an electronic national health system, the name, age and contact information of every citizen known is known and people are automatically put on a vaccine priority list

When they become eligible, they get either a call, a text message or an email, and a link that allows them to make an appointment

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