Eastern Idaho Public Health uses drawing to schedule vaccinations for seniors Yeah, it s going to be work on our end but we re willing to do that to keep it as simple as possible for the seniors, the director of the health department said. Author: Brian Holmes Updated: 5:31 PM MST February 4, 2021
BOISE, Idaho Idahoans scrambled for the coronavirus vaccine like it was GameStop s stock before everyone s parents found out about it or a Turbo Man action figure on Christmas Eve when the state began allowing seniors to get vaccinated on Monday.
The rollout wasn t a Fyre Festival-level of a disaster, but St. Luke s had over 100,000 people trying to get one of the hospital system s 1,500 vaccine appointments, which were all booked within eight minutes.