Some hints if you’re still in the hunt.
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For me, last Thursday was like every other day since the COVID vaccines were launched.
Up at 4 a.m. to scan my current set of potential vaccination sites: Maryland state (which controls the 6-Flags mass vaccination site), Anne Arundel County (which controls the sites closest to my home and has us on their digital pre-registration list), local Hospitals (2 of them, also on their “vaccine interest” lists), local grocery chains (2 of them, supplied by AA County) … and, two new additions: CVS and Walgreens.
Conservatively, I estimate that I’ve spent well over 100 hours trying to break through the scheduling sites; have made literally thousands of site visits; and, even learned how to set my browsers to auto-refresh web pages, hoping that trick would supplement my manual click-ons.
Warning: That last hack has a potential downside. You lose your spot in the online queue at some scheduling sites if you refresh their web pages.
Last Thursday, my search priorities were the new additions: Walgreen’s and CVS.
