Downtown Austin: These Are the Places to Get Your Flu Shot (AKA – It’s official. Google literally knows everything.)
2009 November 11
It’s flu season, which means it’s flu shot season.
I just found out Google has launched a new service that will map out the nearest place to get a flu shot, based on your search criteria. The service includes results for shots for H1N1.
I’ve taken the liberty of doing a search for flu shots near 78701 (downtown Austin). The search pretty much gave me every location with available flu shots in Austin. Click here for a map/list of the results. Or look below to get an idea of how many places nearby are offering the shots:
FYI, per Google, it looks like all the places that carry the H1N1 vaccine are temporarily out of stock….
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Or maybe Google doesn’t know everything…
If you look at the list for H1N1 all there is in Austin is a list of Walgreens that all say “temporarily out of stock”.
Be nice if they could tell you which places offer flumist version too, as that is supposedly more readily available (if you are in the right age group).
Colin – you actually make a great point!
I did a plain ol’ maps search (austin flu shots) and actually got a ton more results: http://tinyurl.com/ygy2dro
I read Google’s blog about the service (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/finding-flu-vaccine-information-in-one.html), and they say:
“It’s important to note that this project is just beginning and we have not yet received information about flu shot clinics for many locations. In addition, many locations that are shown are currently out of stock.”
I expect the service to become much more robust very soon.