This morning, both of us got our third shot. Now, we have Covid, flu and RSV vaccines. It can be a struggle to get an appointment at a pharmacy that has the vaccine one needs, a working web site or other clear method for getting an appointment and that has openings reasonably soon. Looking to make this final inoculation, I found many non-functioning websites. Lynn was hired by my department once to look at documents and web pages to check out how our UWSP graduate School of Education was doing communicating and accommodating graduate school students who were teachers. I remember the culminating meeting she arranged to explain to officials and professors what she found.
North of Stevens Point, Wisconsin communities are far apart. She showed explanations of the procedures and permissions required of experienced teachers who had taught a full day, driven 90 miles, only to find that this office or that registration official had closed up. They could get to a particular office only to be told they lacked a signature or a stamp or something else. They could sometimes get the missing item if they got to another location on the other side of campus within the next five minutes. Many people didn't understand web pages but Lynn won awards for her web pages for departments and a husband. Even today, hours change, fees are required, deadlines change and web pages get out of date but people often don't realize the web or pamphlets need updating.
