Given that no one of very rarely people find a slot in CoWin app - please RT so that everyone in India has a fair chance to get a slot for Vaccination https://twitter.com/jayanth_s_iyer/status/1389996317494022144?s=21

Yeah, I think the requests have been blocked now.

The scheduling API has been restricted for a few days now (I checked). However, the search API is public and you an write a script to poll it to check for slots availability. But you still need to rush and book it. I feel given the vaccine shortage, this system is very flawed for a country like India. Curious to know what a better system design could be to address this issue. https://twitter.com/saurabhj/status/1389840816026230788?s=21 Rushing to book a slot is bad design and a captcha to block scripts is just a lazy way to think about it.

Oh ok - but why even expose the search API - which I feel is wrong - too many people building apps and exposing it - the number of hits will go up …point is any person in India should be able to book a slot using CoWin

everyone sharing scripts publicly as if they cracked into the backend system of JP Morgan chase using those 🤦‍♂️ without realizing the elderly who deserve the second dose at utmost priority are missing it because of them

This is anexample of how technology can be used as a barrier. Most people with the know how to exploit this are not the ones with the most need. What was needed was a policy led by public health experts, where instead a technology was slapped and is being praised. What of all the people without access to internet?