There has been so much criticism surrounding the availability of the COVID-19 Vaccine, and where to search to receive one. Independent software developers across the United States have resorted to creating their own sites to help people find vaccines.
Each state individually manages the operation of the vaccine distribution. This is why you will see how each experience differs state by state.
Nonetheless, try visiting Turbo Vax. This site was designed by Huge Ma, a software engineer, and has been a great and reliable resource in finding COVID-19 vaccine in the New York area. Follow them on their Twitter and enable notifications to know when the site has newly available appointments.
If you’re in the NJ area and eligible, be sure to register here and review the PDF with all vaccine sites and locations. Not in the NY/NJ area? The Wall Street Journal posted a great article with links to state websites with info on how to register and vaccine locations
Eligibility
We recommend you check your eligibility for getting the vaccine. In summary, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s eligibility recommendations are as follows:
Phase 1A
- Healthcare Personnel
- Long-Term Care Residents and Staff
Phase 1b
- Frontline essential workers
- firefighters
- police officers
- corrections officers
- food and agricultural workers
- United States Postal Service workers
- manufacturing workers
- grocery store workers
- public transit workers
- educational sector (teachers, support staff, and daycare workers.)
- People aged 75 years and older
Phase 1c
- People aged 65—74 years
- People aged 16—64 years with underlying medical conditions
- Other essential workers
- transportation and logistics
- food service
- housing construction and finance
- information technology
- communications
- energy
- law
- media
- public safety, and
- public health
Remember other vaccines are just as important too. Click here to be directed to VaccineFinder.com where you can find locations to get your vaccines for the flu, shingles, rabies, yellow fever and many more.
