We had the same thing with multiple lists and being told not to sign up for them. My thought was that if they didn't want people to sign up for multiple lists, they should have made a centralized system (which our govt. did, after the vaccine rush was over, too little, too late). There was such a rush for appointments that I don't think being on multiple lists hurt anyone. When my name came up on a list, I got an automated text/email/voicemail. Our lists were just to be able to *make* an appointment - they didn't actually give you the appointment until you called or texted them back. Most of the vaccines were run through vaccine clinics run by hospitals or larger health care service providers who were processing thousands of people per day.


Some places had no list. You had to be online at midnight when they opened appointments and then the site would crash because too many people were trying at the same time. One place released appointments once a week at 4 PM. There were Twitter accounts and websites to help people find appointments.


The mRNA vaccines seem to be having a positive effect here. I saw a friend this weekend who has been driving tests to the state lab. He told me that on some days last week, he delivered *no* tests.

I don't know if this is the greatest article, but what has really bothered me is the lackluster speed at which we are ramping up mRNA production globally. We need these factories everywhere: Vaccine production needs to speed way up for the next pandemic - Vox