ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「Huge Ma, a 31-year-old software engineer, was stunned when he tried to make a coronavirus vaccine appointment for his mother in January and saw that there were dozens of websites to check. “There has to be a better way,” he said he remembered thinking. So, he developed one. In less than two weeks, he launched TurboVax, a free website that compiles vaccine availability and sends the information in real time to Twitter. It cost Ma less than $50 to build, yet it offers an easier way to spot appointments than the city’s and state’s official systems do. “It’s sort of become a challenge to myself, to prove what one person with time and a little motivation can do,” Ma recently said. TurboVax is one of a number of online volunteer assistance efforts being organized by volunteers and others to help people sign up for vaccine appointments. Supply shortages and problems with access to vaccination appointments have been some of the barriers to the equitable distribution of the vaccine in New York City and across the U.S., officials have acknowledged. Statistics released recently by the city showed that the vaccine is disproportionately flowing to white New Yorkers, not the Black and brown communities that suffered the most in the pandemic’s first wave. Tap the link in our bio to learn more about Ma and others who are easing the way for hundreds of people who were struggling to find a slot. Photo by @amirbangs.」2月12日 2時01分