I thought about writing a program to get myself a vaccine appointment, but ultimately decided that we probably didn't want to vaccinate people in order of softw

I thought about writing a program to get myself a vaccine appointment, but ultimately decided that we probably didn't want to vaccinate people in order of software engineering ability. I don't have to physically go to work, and can afford to have groceries dropped off in front of my apartment, so there was really no reason I should get the vaccine before everyone else. I can just self-quarantine with zero inconvenience or consequence, so probably a better use of limited resources to give it to someone else first. But at the same time, I also feel like literally nobody is looking out for you personally in the pandemic. I got the impression that pharmacies flat out lied to the government about vaccine availability (city websites would be like "oh yeah your CVS has tons of extra capacity" but then they have no appointments, and when you do get an appointment and show up, they turn you away). In that case, you have no choice but to DoS them to meet your basic medical needs. (Insert rant about how I was first able to buy N95 masks and at-home COVID tests in January 2022, 2 years after the first case. Now I have them for next time, I guess.)