Vaccine Tourism Is an Economic Boon for Some Towns
The Atlantic Out-of-towners looking for shots are unintentionally lifting local economies after a tough year. Chris Chester At 8 a.m. on February 14, the very minute New York made me eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, I fired up my laptop and started looking for a shot. Over the course of five torturous minutes, I blasted my way through a laggy eligibility screener, waited for the confirmation page to unfreeze, and finally landed on the portal listing the state’s mass-vaccination sites. “Appointments available,” promised the Westchester County Center, the one closest to my house. I clicke...
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