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Teen pals build bot to help COVID vaccine hopefuls snag appointments CNET 2 hrs ago © Provided by CNET Sam Mendelson (left) and Daniel Stoiber, creators of CovaxSF. For plenty of people in the US, setting up a COVID-19 vaccine appointment has meant sitting in front of a computer, endlessly refreshing multiple browsers in hopes of snagging a rare open slot through their health provider or a local pharmacy chain. At times, getting a spot can seem like trying to win the lottery. (Well, lotter...

12 April 2021, 8:50 pm EDT By COVID-19 vaccines are still limited in other states and areas in the country, but this problem can be solved as teens from California created the Twitter bot called "CovaxSF" to secure one via social media. The technology was created to help these teenagers parents to get an appointment but has evolved into something that can help others too. (Photo : Photo by Justin Tallis - Pool / Getty Images) A member of staff poses with a phial of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vac...

Teens build Twitter bot to help COVID vaccine hopefuls snag appointments CNET 2 hrs ago © Provided by CNET Sam Mendelson (left) and Daniel Stoiber, creators of CovaxSF. For plenty of people in the US, setting up a COVID-19 vaccine appointment has meant sitting in front of a computer, endlessly refreshing multiple browsers in hopes of snagging a rare open slot through their health provider or a nearby pharmacy. At times, getting a spot can seem like trying to win the lottery. (Actually, lot...