When do I get the corona vaccination? How to calculate your personal vaccination appointment

When do I get the corona vaccination?

Millions of people in Germany are currently asking themselves this question.

A web tool should answer the question.

University graduates developed it.

• Several hundred thousand people

  in

  Germany

  have received a

  Corona *

  vaccination

  since the end of December

  .

• However, for many people it is unclear when they

  can expect

  a

  vaccination appointment

  .

• Two

  university graduates

  developed a

  tool

  that calculates the expected date.

Kassel - More than 800,000 doses of vaccine (as of 15/01/2021) were Germany's already against the

coronavirus

administered.

However, millions of Germans are asking themselves when they

can expect

a

vaccination appointment

.

Two graduates now shed light on the darkness with a useful program.

Together with Philip Maus, a graduate of the University of Pisa, the graduate of the Technical University of Vienna, Bogna Szyk, has developed an

intuitive tool

that calculates the expected vaccination date and assesses the respective position in the queue.

The so-called

Omni Calculator

was developed for

Germany

and has been available online since Wednesday evening (January 13th, 2021).

Corona in Germany: Tool calculates possible date for vaccination

The

computer

was created on the basis of the statutory ordinance of the German Federal Ministry of Health and works on the basis of personal information.

But how does this helpful tool work?

The developer Bogna Szyk explains to our newspaper that each person is assigned different

priority

levels.

In order to be able to determine this, however, important questions must first be answered, for example about age and occupation as well as previous illnesses.

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This is what the Corona vaccination appointment calculator "Omni Calculator" looks like.

© omni-calculator.com/ screenshot

Based on the respective answers, the

program

finally

calculates

which group the user belongs to and when an appointment for the

corona vaccination

in

Germany

can be expected.

“Based on the group size estimated by the Robert Koch Institute, we know how many people are in the queue in front of you,” explains Szyk.

The division of this number finally gives the estimated waiting time.

"Show everyone in Germany a realistic vaccination schedule" - Graduates develop computers for corona vaccination

When developing the

Omni-Calculator project

, the two graduates used

a similar tool for Great Britain as their

orientation

.

Since the

corona pandemic is

currently shutting down the whole world and it takes some time until most people in

Germany are

finally

vaccinated

against the

virus

, Bogna Szyk came up with the idea of ​​the

vaccination calculator

.

"I wanted to show all Germans a realistic vaccination schedule and give hope that it is possible to fight Corona, although it will still take a few months," said the young graduate.

After that, everything went pretty quickly: She only

started

developing the tool

just before Christmas

.

She then got additional support from her colleague Philip Maus, who helped her ensure that the calculator was kept up to date and that the results were as accurate as possible.

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Many people wonder when they can be vaccinated.

Two university graduates have now developed a useful tool for calculating the vaccination date.

(Symbol image)

© Kay Nietfeld / dpa

Corona vaccinations in Germany: the calculator is so reliable

But how reliable is the result of the vaccination calculator?

Bogna Szyk emphasizes that the

calculator is

not a perfect estimate but is nevertheless reliable.

All information was taken from official documents, for example from the statutory ordinance, or from formal declarations by the federal government.

The current vaccination rates per week are continuously adjusted over time in order

to achieve the

most

accurate result

possible.

In addition, the

tool is

constantly updated

every working day with the number of

corona vaccinations

carried out

in

Germany

according to the RKI

.

In addition to the

corona vaccination date calculator

, users are also provided with further information on the website, for example general

questions about the vaccination

,

explanations of the priority groups

and

instructions for using the calculator

.

(Alina Schröder)

* hna.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.

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