[Feb 21] Balt. Sun: MD residents registered to be COVID vaccinated. UMMS canceled the appointments, saying the link was ‘inadvertently" made public

[Deleted member 3812]

The Baltimore Sun has reported that "thousands of Marylanders" registered to receive COVID vaccines at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore City, one of the state's mass vaccination sites, these people's appointments got cancelled due to a fuckup on the hospital's end so people seeking the COVID vaccine got penalized due to a fuckup on the hospital's end:

Marylanders registered to be vaccinated at M&T Bank Stadium. UMMS canceled the appointments, saying the link was 'inadvertently' made public. - Baltimore Sun

FEB 21, 2021

Thousands of Marylanders signed up for vaccine appointments at M&T Bank Stadium, only to have them canceled after the University of Maryland Medical System said the booking link was made "inadvertently" public.

Michael Schwartzberg, a spokesman for the hospital network, said most people who booked appointments did not know the link was invalid. Individuals have since been notified that their vaccines were canceled because eligibility couldn't be confirmed. The vaccine registration link was widely shared before UMMS could shut it down, Schwartzberg said.

"During final build-out and preparation yesterday [Saturday] for launch of vaccination registration at the M&T Bank Stadium Mass Vaccination Site, an issue was discovered on a non-public website which inadvertently made an appointment booking link discoverable," Schwartzberg said in a statement. "We understand there is great interest from people in getting vaccinated and we look forward to continuing to serve the community when the M&T Bank Stadium Mass Vaccination Site opens this coming week."

Schwartzberg did not specify how the registration link was made public or whether anything is being done to prevent this from occurring in the future.

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[Deleted member 2802]

Someone got a link and leaked it, I don't think it's legally binding or anything
They need to launch it properly at the proper time so everyone can help crash the website can get an equal chance

 

[Stooge]

Yeah, this happened in San Antonio also. Someone reverse engineered a link to a not-live event and put it on social media. Then tons of people signed up likely bc there wasn't a limit set since it's not 'real'

Doesn't sound like a fuckup on the states part.

In the one in San Antonio it was an event for shots that didn't exist which is why the link wasn't made public. It was a placeholder event for anticipated shots that didn't materialize.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Not sure why this is a big story. This is the largest and most complex vaccine rollout in human history. There are going to be issues along the way.

 

[echoshifting]

This is happening all over the place. I'm not sure why this is notable.

 

[OmegaProtocol]

It must be a slow news day.