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Virginia teen made the easiest website for booking vaccine appointments ? showing DC, VA, and MD available slots
Sawyer Thompson rated the difficulty of the task a six out of 10, a moderate challenge for a boy who?s mastered printing robotic hands.
Author: Mike Valerio
Published: 10:16 PM EDT March 30, 2021
Updated: 2:28 AM EDT March 31, 2021
ALEXANDRIA, Va. ? The concept seems simple enough, yet it took a teenager?s tech prowess to deliver a single website, seamlessly displaying where vaccine appointments are available in D.C., Maryland and northern Virginia.
Sawyer Thompson rated the difficulty of the task a six out of 10, a moderate challenge for a boy who?s mastered printing robotic hands before he?s learned to drive.
The website, DMVVaccine.com, updates every minute, showing where available vaccine appointments are found in CVS pharmacies, hospitals, universities, and grocery stores across the Greater Washington area.
Yet if there are no open spots, there?s another route, courtesy of Sawyer?s ingenuity.
The Alexandria eighth-grader created a Twitter feed, where users can enable mobile notifications. Their cell phones are then alerted the moment new appointments become available...
Virginia teen made the easiest website for booking vaccine appointments ? showing DC, VA, and MD available slots
Sawyer Thompson rated the difficulty of the task a six out of 10, a moderate challenge for a boy who?s mastered printing robotic hands.
Author: Mike Valerio
Published: 10:16 PM EDT March 30, 2021
Updated: 2:28 AM EDT March 31, 2021
ALEXANDRIA, Va. ? The concept seems simple enough, yet it took a teenager?s tech prowess to deliver a single website, seamlessly displaying where vaccine appointments are available in D.C., Maryland and northern Virginia.
Sawyer Thompson rated the difficulty of the task a six out of 10, a moderate challenge for a boy who?s mastered printing robotic hands before he?s learned to drive.
The website, DMVVaccine.com, updates every minute, showing where available vaccine appointments are found in CVS pharmacies, hospitals, universities, and grocery stores across the Greater Washington area.
Yet if there are no open spots, there?s another route, courtesy of Sawyer?s ingenuity.
The Alexandria eighth-grader created a Twitter feed, where users can enable mobile notifications. Their cell phones are then alerted the moment new appointments become available...