Unclaimed COVID vax appointments at Yankee Stadium

[brooklynite]

Thousands of COVID vaccination slots still unclaimed at Yankee Stadium

The mass vaccination site set to open at Yankee Stadium still has thousands of open timeslots for appointments, City Councilman Mark Levine noted Thursday afternoon, as he questioned whether New York has conducted enough outreach to drum up interest in the shots.

The inoculation hub — which is strictly reserved for residents of The Bronx, the city’s hardest-hit borough of late — will finally host opening day on Friday, following delays due to severe shot shortages.

But early sign-ups since the opening was announced Wednesday haven’t exactly been a home run, observed Levine, a Manhattan Democrat who chairs the council’s health committee.

“There are still 1000s of vaccine appts available at Yankee stadium next week. They are not disappearing fast,” Levine tweeted Thursday afternoon, along with a screenshot showing wide-open slots on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

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[CTyankee]

1. i don't know about Manhattan but there seems to be a great deal of suspicion about the vaccine

in our black population. It is for good reason, though, given their past experimentation of "vaccines." Pretty awful. No wonder there is suspicion.

[HUAJIAO]

3. This is in The Bronx, rather than Manhattan...

[frazzled]

2. People would come if they knew

These systems are so raggedy. Everyone eligible in the current cycle who signed up, and who didn’t get an appointment yet, should get an email or text in the afternoon—a general blast— announcing the approximate number of unused shots that may be available at, say, 5 pm (or whatever time is near closing).

And organizers should be out there helping people without Internet skills (mainly the elderly) to get registered. We should allow surrogates to submit their emails or phone numbers for an elderly or Internet lacking eligible person.

We could do better.

[Coleman]

4. Florida has had over 40,000 no shows for 2nd vaccination appointments.

I don't know if they checked with these people to concerning the reason.