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How TurboVax and Vaccine Bots Helped Vaccinated the US
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How bots like TurboVax boosted states in the rush to vaccinate America insider@insider.com (Connor Perrett)
Twitter accounts sharing vaccination appointments have popped up across the US.
The accounts are bots run by software engineers who helped Americans find appointments.
Bots like TurboVax in New York City have courted thousands of followers.
Kenneth Hsu s parents-in-law were desperate to find a vaccine appointment.
In February, both over the age of 70, the two met the requirements to get vaccinated in their home state New Jersey. They added their names to the state s waiting list. Then silence followed. They were getting nowhere, said Hsu, a 40-year-old software architect from Basking Ridge, New Jersey, a city about 50 miles north of Trenton.
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This SF man s grandmother couldn t find a COVID-19 vaccine. So he made a Twitter bot to help.
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Workers wait in line to receive their vaccine at Monterey Mushrooms in Morgan Hill, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021.MediaNews Group/The Mercury News/Digital First Media via Getty Im
Finding a COVID-19 vaccine is challenging to say the least. With eligibility opening this week to everyone in California over the age of 16, the state’s MyTurn appointment system has been slammed with users refreshing to book a time to receive the vaccine (check our full list of ways to book an appointment here).