Nick Muerdter (Website creator)
For weeks, Nick Muerdter had been hearing about his coworkers’ concerns and frustrations as they tried to navigate complicated and evolving Covid 19 vaccination systems to land an appointment for their parents.
“It seemed like a lot of people were just spending a lot of time on these pharmacy websites,” said Muerdter, a 34-year-old software engineer for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado.
In mid-February, Muerdter began creating a tool in his free time that scanned local pharmacies’ vaccine appointment availability and gathered all that information in one place.
It allows users to view nearby available appointments just by plugging in their zip code and how far they were willing to drive. (CNN)
Vaccine availability information is now on his website for all 50 states and is kept current every minute.
The websites address is: vaccinespotter.org
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