'Vaccine hunter' group helps navigate the confusing world of appointments, 'spare' doses Social media groups help connect people with information about the vaccine, appointments, and tries to connect people with doses that might otherwise be wasted. Author: Hope Ford Updated: 12:08 AM EST February 23, 2021 ATLANTA — It’s an idea that becoming more popular across the country: social media sleuths creating virtual groups to help track down the COVID-19 vaccine. Some groups were started to help seniors and high-risk people navigate the sometimes-confusing appointments systems, while others were created to make sure doses of the vaccine didn’t go to waste. Here, in Georgia, Ashley and Alicia Chen started their own group, after reading about a similar group started in New Orleans.