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In most cases, it is not required. We have seen some providers will start offering them by age. (75+, 65+ and so on)
Simply put, to ensure no vaccines are wasted! Once vaccines are taken out of refrigeration, they cannot be refrozen - which means there is a ticking clock before every dose goes bad. It is horrifying to read accounts from across the globe of doses being thrown in the trash. Vaccine Hunter's goal is to help match spare/leftover vaccines with those who are ready and available.
Far from it. It’s like the Single Rider Line at theme parks; we are creating a standby line to fill in the gaps when the line of people in the current prioritization group runs out & there are remaining doses that need to be used before they expire. This is about preventing spare vaccines from ending up in the trash & ensuring all available vaccines get put into arms. Any arm is better than the trash.
We need local communities to help collect and spread information specific to them. VaccineHunter.org helps aggregate all these local groups that are helping distribute and crowdsource information about unused/soon-to-expire vaccines. We hope to utilize these groups once a centralized system is created to distribute these extra vaccines.
YES! Here are some of the recent success stories. 2/2/2021: Someone in Los Angeles who couldn’t find an appointment got the vaccine by waiting 5 hours in an unofficial vaccination line outside the Men’s Health Foundation starting at 12pm. FB Group Link 2/2/2021: 40 people received leftover vaccines at the end of the day Tuesday in San Diego. The youngest was 57. FOX 5 San Diego
YES! Here are a few other sites that are trying to solve this problem in various innovative ways: (We are not affiliated with any of these projects) VaccinateCA VaxStandby Shelby County TN - VaxQueue VaxPaxx vaccine.sexy - Map of Vaccine Hunter Groups Dr. B - Vaccine Standby List TurboVax.info - NYC Vaccine Appointment Tool