New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang and Congressman Ritchie Torres honored Huge Ma, the founder of TurboVax.
Ma, an engineer, has created a simple, free and easy-to-use website that identifies and allows people to sign up for real-time vaccination schedules.
Its website has facilitated the launch of the vaccine for thousands of New Yorkers.
“I never planned to get involved or get involved in all of this, I always followed my gut,” Ma said. “When I built TurboVax, I just wanted to make the vaccination process easier, ready. I never expected it to help tens of thousands, probably hundreds of thousands, get their vaccines so far.”
Torres said he helped save lives.
“At a cost of just $ 50 in less than two weeks, Huge has managed to do what the federal government and what the local and local government have failed to do with much greater resources,” Torres said.
I am also using its growing platform to raise money to combat anti-Asian violence in the city.
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