Good news and bad news

[dreamshark]

So I opened my email about 30 minutes ago and was delighted to see a new missive from Health Partners declaring "It's your turn to get vaccinated!" YIPPEE! At last! So I followed the link, logged onto my account, iterated and reiterated that I do not have a history of anaphylactic shock, and got to the list of clinics. I clicked on Methodist Hospital. Sorry, no appointments available, try another clinic. Regions - Sorry, no appointments available, try another clinic. Maple Grove - same. Woodbury - same. Stillwater? nope. New Richmond, Wisconsin? Nope. What is this, some kind of sick joke?

I finally clicked on Amery, Wisconsin, and they had 3 appointment slots open, starting at 5:20 pm. TOMORROW. Okay, I see what's going on. It isn't really "my turn" in the sense that it was Richard's turn. There were 3 slots cancelled or unfilled in a small town in rural Wisconsin and they are offering them to me (but only if find them by randomly clicking on every single clinic). Should I do it? If I wait until Friday when they release the next full set of appointments maybe I can get an appointment near where I live? But considering how my luck tends to run in games of chance.... Oh, fuck, I'll take it.

So tomorrow I get to drive to Wisconsin at rush hour. Wish me luck.

Comments

[lydy]

Luck! All the luck attend your travels!

[pameladean]

When I read this, I actually yelled, "WISCONSIN! You have got to be kidding me!"

Desperate times call for desperate measures, I guess. I think, even though some things are open, that rush hour is not quite what it used to be, so I hope it won't be too bad.

P.

[quadong]

This vaccination thing appears to be an opportunity for everyone who has never designed any UI to make a vaccination website.

[dreamshark]

Actually the UI isn't that bad. At least it responds quickly. My only real objection is that you can't tell without clicking on each clinic whether they have vaccine this week. That could be remedied by just putting an update message on the page whenever the vaccine supplies are allocated, but that probably would require manual intervention once or twice each week which adds more room for error.

[laramie]

Good luck!