VaccinateCA

VaccinateCA
Available inEnglish, Spanish, Tagalog, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean
Websitewww.vaccinateca.com
CommercialNo
LaunchedJanuary 14, 2021

VaccinateCA was a community-run website that tracked the availability of COVID-19 vaccines in California. It was created by a group of volunteers who called hospitals, pharmacies, and other health care providers daily to gather information about vaccine availability, eligibility, and appointment procedures. The website then published this information and allowed users to search for vaccination sites by region, county, or within a set radius of their ZIP code.

References

  1. 1 2 Kaplan, Ezra (January 22, 2021). "'We can fix this': Californians build their own vaccination-tracking website". NBC News. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  2. ↑ Severn, Carly (January 21, 2021). "California's Clearest COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment Dashboard Is Run by Volunteers". KQED. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  3. ↑ KABC (January 27, 2021). "Vaccinate CA: Techies create map showing all COVID-19 vaccine locations in absence of state directory". ABC7 Los Angeles. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Vaccinate The States is winding down". VaccinateCA. July 27, 2021. Archived from the original on October 5, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  5. ↑ Findell, Elizabeth; Lazo, Alejandro (January 30, 2021). "Covid-19 Vaccine Confusion Leads Volunteers to Create Online Guides". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  6. ↑ Torrez, James (January 20, 2021). "California volunteers create crowdsourcing site for available vaccines". KTVU FOX 2. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  7. ↑ Harwitz, Emily (January 30, 2021). "Bay Area techies help roll out VaccinateCA to get Californians vaccinated". The Mercury News. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  8. ↑ CalMatters (January 25, 2021). "California Activates Statewide 'MyTurn' Vaccine Clearinghouse Website". LAist. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  9. ↑ Budman, Scott (January 19, 2021). "New Website Lists Locations of COVID-19 Vaccination Sites, Tracks Availability of Doses". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  10. ↑ Wick, Julia (January 19, 2021). "Essential California: Crowdsourcing how to get the COVID-19 vaccine". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  11. ↑ Vainshtein, Annie (January 19, 2021). "This crowdsourced website tracks where you can get vaccinated in California". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  12. ↑ McClurg, Lesley (January 26, 2021). "With Few Details From Health Officials, Volunteers Create COVID-19 Vaccine Database". NPR. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  13. ↑ Basu, Tanya (February 1, 2021). "People are fed up with broken vaccine appointment tools — so they're building their own". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

Co-founder and CEO Patrick McKenzie documents his personal experience starting the company: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-story-of-vaccinateca/