Fast-growing social media group is helping Marylanders to get vaccine appointments
February 25, 2021
MARYLAND – Despite the fact that vaccines have been available for about two months, actually getting one has been difficult because of shortages. A Mount Airy resident has started a social media group to help people find them. “During a pandemic when there’s a severe shortage of vaccine, every dose should go into somebody’s arm instead of into the trash,” said Maryland Vaccine Hunters founder Elliot Hazzard.
Hazzard tells 47ABC he got inspiration from another Facebook group based out of New Orleans. He says NOLA Vaccine Hunters helps connect people with vaccines that are at risk of expiring soon. In just a few short weeks, the Maryland Vaccine Hunters Facebook group has garnered about 40,000 members. Hazzard says they’ve helped get COVID-19 vaccines to countless Marylanders. “When you have that many people posting all the time in the discussion feed it makes it ve
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Montgomery: A state hotline for COVID-19 vaccination appointments has been overwhelmed with calls after Alabama announced Friday that the state will begin giving the shots to people 75 years old or older, as well as first responders, later this month. The Alabama Department of Public Health said Saturday that the telephone number received 1.1 million calls in the first day of being open to the public. The Health Department pleaded with people not to call unless they are in the eligible groups. “Due to the overwhelming amount of calls, our target population cannot get through to schedule their appointments,” the health department wrote in a social media post. The state health department said the free vaccinations can be made by appointment only. Eligible people can call the ADPH toll-free phone number at 1-855-566-5