PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The road to a COVID-19 shot often leads through a maze of scheduling systems: Some vaccine seekers spend days or weeks trying to book online appointments. Those who get a coveted slot can still be stymied by pages of forms or websites that slow to a crawl and crash.
North Carolina health officials expect the state to receive as many as 400,000 first doses of vaccine per week by the beginning of April, a jump of 175,000 doses made possible in large part by the start of production of the Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine.
With public health experts responding on the fly to a once-in-a-century pandemic, the person behind a much-criticized vaccination registration software said everything won’t go smoothly.
First came a tough spring surge, when COVID-19 killed thousands of Illinois residents. Then, an even more brutal one in the fall and winter.
President Biden’s push to get COVID-19 vaccinations into the arms of Americans quickly, efficiently and safely has proven to be a lofty goal. While more than 60 million vaccinations have been given since January 20, having to vaccinate another 200 million adults with the additional pressures of the country wanting to open up sooner rather than later, means the Biden administration needs to get creative. New research shows pop-up vaccination drive-thrus are the answer.
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