It is an online scavenger hunt that often ends in futility, or in some cases, the cold parking lot of a COVID-19 vaccine clinic, turned away without that precious shot in the arm. Almost two months after the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine arrived in Maryland, a sign-up process that involves scrounging through multiple websites for seemingly phantom appointments has everyone from legislators to doctors to a desperate public asking: Isn’t there a way to go on a single site to request and schedule a shot?
Can Maryland learn from other states’ COVID vaccine rollout and create a single sign-up site?
February 5, 2021