High Traffic Crashes NYC’s Monkeypox Vaccine Site

Politico reports:

The city has tapped a new contractor to administer New York’s monkeypox vaccines, after the last provider botched appointment scheduling.

Medical services company Affiliated Physicians will take over from walk-in clinic chain MedRite when the city resumes taking appointments on Tuesday — and handle things moving forward, according to reps from City Hall and the health department.

New Yorkers who attempted to book monkeypox vaccinations during the city’s first rollout in late June were left frustrated by MedRite, which at the time managed the phone booking system and failed to log some patients’ appointments into the online system.

Which brings us to this afternoon:



New York City’s monkeypox vaccine rollout continues to be marred by problems, as the online appointment scheduler appeared to go down Tuesday — immediately after the city announced limited slots were available for those looking to be vaccinated.

The city’s Health Department announced at 1 p.m. via Twitter that a limited amount of monkeypox vaccine appointments were available at clinics in Central Harlem, Chelsea and Corona. But when those looking to book an appointment clicked on the link the city provided, they got an error message.

High traffic apparently shut it all down. Once the public was made aware of the glitch, the city’s post was flooded with incredulous, frustrated and angered individuals.