Boston Medical Center said it inadvertently shared contact information Friday for a new Covid-19 vaccination system that would not be made available to the general public, and so it began sending out somewhat mysterious cancellation texts to people who signed up. . for appointments today or in the coming days.
BMC said the new system was only intended to be used by participants in a new program, in which hospital volunteers go to ‘communities in Boston that had an excessive COVID-19 rate’ and to help people there to report for shots.
The hospital said it honored appointments for people who booked Friday night shots for Saturday, but that it canceled the appointments scheduled thereafter via text messages provided by the URL for the Massachusetts appointment website. “We apologize for the inconvenience,” the hospital said.