This week, hundreds of thousands more Pennsylvanians have begun searching for COVID-19 vaccine appointments. Postal workers, transit workers and those who
Pittsburghers helping Pittsburghers secure COVID-19 vaccination appointments: Three Hampton-area women started a Facebook group to do just that.Watch the report in the video player above. I just wish I had a magic button to help every single person that asks for help on our page, Leighann Bacher said.Bacher, along with friends Heather Lucci and Liz Huber, created the group, which is called Getting Pittsburgh Vaccinated - COVID-19 Appointment Tip Page.After Bacher secured appointments for family members, she felt she could help others who were struggling. It s really frustrating, she said. It breaks my heart every time someone comments and they re like, I ve been trying for weeks, I have this many risk factors, I m so worried, or they re worried for their mom, their dad, their grandparents. Desperate to get vaccine appointments for her father and high-risk mother-in-law, Donna Azar said she spent hours calling their primary care physicians, local hospitals and Veterans Affai