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VaccinateCA
Available inEnglish, Spanish, Tagalog, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean
URLwww.vaccinateca.com
CommercialNo
LaunchedJanuary 14, 2021[1]

VaccinateCA was a community-run website that tracks the availability of COVID-19 vaccines in California.[1][2][3][4] It was created by a group of volunteers who call hospitals, pharmacies, and other health care providers daily to gather information about vaccine availability, eligibility, and appointment procedures.[5][6][7][8] The website then publishes this information and allows users to search for vaccination sites by region, county, or within a set radius of their ZIP code.[9][10][11][12][13]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kaplan, Ezra (January 22, 2021). "'We can fix this': Californians build their own vaccination-tracking website". NBC News. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  2. ^ Severn, Carly (January 21, 2021). "California's Clearest COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment Dashboard Is Run by Volunteers". KQED. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  3. ^ KABC (January 27, 2021). "Vaccinate CA: Techies create map showing all COVID-19 vaccine locations in absence of state directory". ABC7 Los Angeles. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "Vaccinate The States is winding down". VaccinateCA. July 27, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  5. ^ Findell, Elizabeth; Lazo, Alejandro (January 30, 2021). "Covid-19 Vaccine Confusion Leads Volunteers to Create Online Guides". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  6. ^ Torrez, James (January 20, 2021). "California volunteers create crowdsourcing site for available vaccines". KTVU FOX 2. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  7. ^ Harwitz, Emily (January 30, 2021). "Bay Area techies help roll out VaccinateCA to get Californians vaccinated". The Mercury News. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  8. ^ CalMatters (January 25, 2021). "California Activates Statewide 'MyTurn' Vaccine Clearinghouse Website". LAist. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  9. ^ Budman, Scott (January 19, 2021). "New Website Lists Locations of COVID-19 Vaccination Sites, Tracks Availability of Doses". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  10. ^ Wick, Julia (January 19, 2021). "Essential California: Crowdsourcing how to get the COVID-19 vaccine". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  11. ^ Vainshtein, Annie (January 19, 2021). "This crowdsourced website tracks where you can get vaccinated in California". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  12. ^ McClurg, Lesley (January 26, 2021). "With Few Details From Health Officials, Volunteers Create COVID-19 Vaccine Database". NPR. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  13. ^ Basu, Tanya (February 1, 2021). "People are fed up with broken vaccine appointment tools — so they're building their own". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
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Co-founder and CEO Patrick McKenzie documents his personal experience starting the company: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-story-of-vaccinateca/