In New York City, monkeypox vaccines are in high demand. So much so that when the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced a limited amount of appointments at 1 p.m. Tuesday, the online scheduling website crashed within minutes. It acknowledged the issue at 1:29 p.m. on Twitter, causing uproar online about the lack of careful planning. About 7,000 vaccines have been made available to city residents after this last launch. The department tweeted at 4:12 p.m. that all appointments had been booked, and that it will work to create “stable appointment infrastructure” for future rollouts.
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