Here's what VaccinateCA.com got done today, Day 11. (Technically speaking I know day is over in California but work hasn't stopped in Tokyo yet.)
* We made several hundred calls (near our peak to date) to pharmacists across California, and wrote down what they said.
* We made several hundred calls (near our peak to date) to pharmacists across California, and wrote down what they said.
* We added 60 net new locations with the vaccine, plus the instructions their dispensing pharmacists indicated would allow one to get an appointment and any eligibility criteria required. This brings us to about 320 we know of.
* We re-called many places to check for changes.
* We re-called many places to check for changes.
* We did major work on a Brand Identity Toolkit, so that the experience of using our project is consistent across the site and the other various presences we will soon have. We'll be cutting over to the new branding over the next few days.
This is one of those things which impacts the mission but doesn't feel like it in the moment.
It is critically important that both end-users and other stakeholders looking at our work see something that is trustworthy and, while community-maintained, likely to be accurate.
It is critically important that both end-users and other stakeholders looking at our work see something that is trustworthy and, while community-maintained, likely to be accurate.
* We prepared some groundwork for localization of the project, to help Californians who may find it more convenient to get information about the vaccine in languages other than English.
* We continued iteration on the UX towards an easier-to-use design for end-users.
* We continued iteration on the UX towards an easier-to-use design for end-users.
* We continued recruiting professionals to address gaps in our operation, and will continue onboarding them as available. Most will start their first day with us by calling to find the vaccine for Californians, so that they viscerally understand the problem and our operations.
Fundamentally, we have a patients-eye view of the system. We called almost two thousand places so that vaccine seekers don't have to call 20+, being discouraged by noes, by conflicting information, and by information which does not reflect the truth.
For example:
If the recording at a pharmacy says heavy call volume, blah blah, we don't have the vaccine, blah blah, staff doesn't have any more information, blah blah, and pharmacist disagrees:
Recordings don't administer the vaccine.
Pharmacists do.
Guess who is right.
If the recording at a pharmacy says heavy call volume, blah blah, we don't have the vaccine, blah blah, staff doesn't have any more information, blah blah, and pharmacist disagrees:
Recordings don't administer the vaccine.
Pharmacists do.
Guess who is right.
It's been a good 11 days. None of us could have imagined getting this far this quickly.
We are not fast enough. It is impossible to be fast enough in a pandemic.
Every day matters. Every dose matters.
We are not fast enough. It is impossible to be fast enough in a pandemic.
Every day matters. Every dose matters.
On a personally edifying sidenote, while I won't post the URL out of concern for the privacy of the writer, I read a blog post today written in Japanese advocating that people in the Bay Area wanting the vaccine use our zip code search.
一本でも多く。１日でも早く。一命でも少なく。
人間一同、全力全速で、コロナを。
人間一同、全力全速で、コロナを。
I am not entirely sure I got that right, as it has been a long week and I have had very little call to write like this before, but my translation would be something like:
For even one dose more. For even one day faster. For even one life less.
Humanity together [must act with ] at the limit of its ability in the most utmost urgency [to bring the] coronavirus [pandemic to an end].
Humanity together [must act with ] at the limit of its ability in the most utmost urgency [to bring the] coronavirus [pandemic to an end].
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