Tuesday's rollout marked the third consecutive flub in a row and came after the city switched website vendors.
, waiting for a link to the Affiliated Physicians webpage to appear. It would allow him to schedule a vaccine appointment.“Immediately, the first thing was, “Service is unavailable,” Heard, 32, told Gothamist. “It was incredibly frustrating.”
But countless other New Yorkers weren’t so lucky. By 1:29 p.m., the city’s health department announced that the website was, citing a “high level of traffic.” The department had planned to release about 2,500 shots on Tuesday, the final bits of a 6,000-dose shipment delivered last week.
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