CVS has the physical process dialed in, too
Portable office trailer out in the parking lot, tiny one, fits in one parking space. Three spaces next to that roped off with cones and yellow tape and signs saying "COVID shots only".
Scheduled for a 15-minute slot. Drive up and they call to confirm you're who they're expecting. Someone comes out, I roll down my window, we both stay masked, as she shows me how to swab and I pull it from the vial. She goes back inside (it's cold out) while I swab for 15 seconds each side. Comes back out and I stick the swab back in the vial.
Total time there, <5 minutes. Total personal contact, about 30 seconds, through a car window, while we're both masked. By the time I got home I had already gotten the email with the results.
As for the sites, the thing CVS has right is that you can identify whether they have any openings first, then start filling in your info. The other sites all make you walk through 3-4 pages of data entry first, only to tell you at the end that they don't have any open appointments.
Scheduled for a 15-minute slot. Drive up and they call to confirm you're who they're expecting. Someone comes out, I roll down my window, we both stay masked, as she shows me how to swab and I pull it from the vial. She goes back inside (it's cold out) while I swab for 15 seconds each side. Comes back out and I stick the swab back in the vial.
Total time there, <5 minutes. Total personal contact, about 30 seconds, through a car window, while we're both masked. By the time I got home I had already gotten the email with the results.
As for the sites, the thing CVS has right is that you can identify whether they have any openings first, then start filling in your info. The other sites all make you walk through 3-4 pages of data entry first, only to tell you at the end that they don't have any open appointments.
