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Nick Rodriguez is one of the many San Jose residents now eligible for a vaccine, but he has had no luck booking a time and date for it. I haven t been able to get it yet, he said. I m trying to figure out when that can happen.
Dona Fisher, an Alameda County resident, wants to help people like Rodriguez.
Fisher is a retired chief financial officer turned vaccine finder who has managed to notch hundreds of appointments for people.
She says persistence pays off. Think of it as a video game; once you get to a certain level, whether it s a drug site, MyTurn, or whatever, don t go back , she said. Even if they say there are no more appointments, there are. Stay there, toggle, and something will show up.
16-year-old Luke Izzo is being called a remarkable human being and a young man with a great heart by Joel Leyden, the owner of vaccineangel.com, raving about the work Izzo has done finding and booking hundreds of vaccine appointments according to an article to ctinsider.com.
Get our free mobile app Vaccine Angels hunts down thousands of COVID vaccination appointments for people who have a difficult time finding one or are having difficulty navigating the websites to find an appointment on their own. Here s a direct quote from their FB page,
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A man gets the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination hub in San Marino, Friday, April 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
This is one of a series of articles in which reporters from WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk answer questions about vaccines and COVID-19 submitted by you, our audience.
“What the Biden administration is doing is implicitly pressuring the states to get vaccinations into as many arms as possible. And the idea is that the more vaccinated people that we have, the quicker that we can get to this concept of community immunity,” Drexel epidemiologist Neal Goldstein told WHYY News.
Here s how Bay Area COVID vaccine-hunting experts say you can prep for April 15
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Medical assistant Karla Lopez prepares the COVID-19 vaccine at Bay Area Community Health in Fremont.Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
Starting Thursday, all Californians ages 16 and older will be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine and there are several ways you can prepare, according to Bay Area vaccine-hunting experts.
First things first: Don’t get discouraged.
The searching process can be disappointing given how quickly appointments are snatched, and you might not find a slot on your first try but experts encourage people to keep trying.
“If you start to feel discouraged or you’re not able to access an appointment reach out for help,” said Lee Nevo Lamprey, a vaccine hunter for the Facebook group Bay Area Vaccine Hunters and founder of the It’s My Shot website, where she shares tips.