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Iowa City web developer says he considered shutting down Twitter account helping Iowans find vaccine appointments

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - is less than a month old on Twitter. It has around 22,000 followers as of Wednesday, but the web developer who created the account almost shut it down.31% of adults in Iowa have had one COVID-19 shot or more. That number was 27% last week. It’s not just the supply increasing. Iowans over 65 without computer access can pull out their cell phone, make a call to 211 and get help scheduling an appointment. But, now they’re competing with a new, younger, group of people with their own set of tools.Brian Finley, who created an automated account that tweets when new vaccine appointments are available at a Hy-Vee, CVS, or Walgreens, created one of those tools. He said the thought of taking the vaccine away from people who needed it made him think about shutting his Twitter account.“I don’t do well thinking that something that I would do would make this harder for anyone,” he said. “But as most people in the health care business will attest you, there’s not always one right answer for everybody and so it was a matter of finding a way to do the most good while still trying to triage and alleviate as many of those negative outcomes as we could.”That’s why he’s pushing for more younger people using the account to sign-up for older adults too. But, the hope is soon the number of dates to the vaccine will outpace the demand.Copyright 2021 KCRG. All rights reserved.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - is less than a month old on Twitter. It has around 22,000 followers as of Wednesday, but the web developer who created the account almost shut it down.31% of adults in Iowa have had one COVID-19 shot or more. That number was 27% last week. It’s not just the supply increasing. Iowans over 65 without computer access can pull out their cell phone, make a call to 211 and get help scheduling an appointment. But, now they’re competing with a new, younger, group of people with their own set of tools.Brian Finley, who created an automated account that tweets when new...

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