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In response to "Also, tangent: Necessity being the mother of invention and all that notwithstanding, it's kind of shameful something like this is needed in the first place -- (link*)" by znufrii

That's exactly how we found out about this group of available appointments.

Posted by ty97 Mar 1 '21, 19:57

The main page shows 'no appointments available' at javits but that's a static page I think that requires manual intervention to be updated.

If you start the process, hundreds (at least) of appointments. His bot discovered that.

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That kind of proves my point exactly, then. -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 19:57 7
- yup - ty97 Mar 1, 19:58 6
  - No better here, you have the county waiting list, but separately any number of retail pharmacies that may or may not have available supplies. - znufrii Mar 1, 20:01 5
    - additionally, there's this tool, nationally, but I'm not sure how comprehensive it is. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 1, 20:02
    - yeah..... like.....WHY. It's just absurd -- nm - ty97 Mar 1, 20:02 3
      - because planning for mass vaccinations is based on scaling for a surplus of supply, not for scarcity. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 1, 20:07 2
        
        You can have one scheduling system still -- nm - ty97 Mar 1, 20:17 1
        
        That would have been nice, yes. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 1, 20:22

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That's exactly how we found out about this group of available appointments.

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