LATEST UPDATES: Tracking COVID-19 | Vaccines | Racial Justice Thursday, April 8, 2021 By Jacob Aere Credit: San Diego Vaccine Bot Above: A screenshot of the San Diego Vaccine Bot Twitter page is shown, April 8, 2021. Eligibility and demand for vaccines always seems to outpace the supply. So some people with technology backgrounds are trying to help others book that elusive vaccination appointment. They’re using Twitter to create automated accounts, known as bots, that do the bulk of the appointment searching for those who are looking to be vaccinated against COVID-19. One of the accounts is called San Diego Vaccine Bot, which was created in early March by the bay-area based cybersecurity engineer Omar Darwish. He has multiple bot accounts for large population centers in California, all of which scan for appointments on the My Turn platform. Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Content can be viewed at actual source page: https://youtu.be/LxhOvHZuMKs> Reported by Jacob Aere “This bot does that checking for you, all the time, once every five minutes,” Darwish said. “And if it finds something, it’ll let you know that there is something for you to scoop…
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Twitter 'Bots' Help San Diegans Book COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments
