We’ve been working with the City of LA & San Mateo County day and night to help deliver vaccines. Helped book 400k vaccinations and administer 250k. We provide both the tech & 100s of onsite clinical staff. Instead of supporting this, CA is throwing a huge curveball 1/5

We have been told that California (thru their contractor Blue Shield) will cut vaccine supplies to counties that don't want to use the half-baked vaccine management system they just released (MyTurn – built by Accenture/Salesforce) 2/5

A centralized system is not a bad idea, but NOT when it's developed with little understanding of the actual challenges on the ground.

CDC's attempt with Deloitte/Salesforce already failed miserably.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/30/1017086/cdc-44-million-vaccine-data-vams-problems/
and there was already a state-wide system called Calvax

The previous systems were hard to navigate, they crashed a lot, and created a messy workflow which contributed to slow rollout and vaccine wastage. Many cities/counties opted-out because putting shots in arms as efficiently and safely as possible is the most important thing.

We applaud the state for offering a technology solution, but force feeding a too-little-too-late system like this that will slow down vaccine distribution is the opposite of public service, and it potentially threatens the lives of Californians.

Please reconsider this, CA.