Navigating the many different options for COVID-19 vaccine appointments was a “pain in the neck,” 13-year-old Eli Coustan discovered when he tried to find an appointment for his grandparents.
Finding open appointments can be difficult, with many slots filling up just as eligible residents attempt to sign up. Eli, an eighth grader at Haven Middle School, said the fact there was no centralized list of vaccine availability complicated his search.
“(Eli) said ‘I think I could do a website’ and we didn’t spend more than five minutes picking the name,” Charles Coustan, Eli’s father, said. “We registered the domain, paid seven dollars, and he had a working prototype within 24 hours.”