[blindLaw] Justice Department Secures Agreement with Hy-Vee Supermarket Chain to Make Online COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Accessible for People with Disabilities - Department of Justice - December 1, 2021

Wed Dec 8 18:03:49 UTC 2021

Concur. I went to the medical center for mine, but I like the idea of having more (accessible) options too.

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> I am glad to see this happening. While I received all of my vaccines from
> medical centers, including the booster last Monday, I applaud the efforts by
> the Justice Department to make vaccine access more accessible at super
> markets.
> Warmly,
> Vaughn
>
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> Supermarket Chain to Make Online COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Accessible
> for People with Disabilities - Department of Justice - December 1, 2021
>
> "Individuals with disabilities must be able to get potentially lifesaving
> healthcare like COVID-19 vaccines on equal terms, without sacrificing their
> privacy or independence," said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of
> the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
>
> Several problems with this quote. First, the clot shot, or stroke poke if
> you prefer, is not a vaccine. It is a gene modification therapy, utilizing a
> product that has never before been used on humans. Second it is not
> "potentially life saving", as this Frankenscience poison will kill more
> people than it ever saves in the end. It has already killed more 16 to 30
> year olds than were killed by Fauci's NIAID funded biological weapon known
> as SARS Covi 2.
>
> I recommend that those not jabbed spend time doing serious investigation on
> the fraud being perpetrated upon the world before spending any time figuring
> out how they can get their Frankenshot.
>
> Finally, where is Clark's concern for my privacy and independence when it
> comes to her boss' mandate that I take a Frankenshot that I know is harmful
> and deadly and which I have no intentions of taking?
>
> Just my 2 cents worth.
>
> Daniel McBride
>
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> Supermarket Chain to Make Online COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Accessible
> for People with Disabilities - Department of Justice - December 1, 2021
>
>
> https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-agreement-hy-vee-s
> upermarket-chain-make-online-covid-19-vaccine
> Justice Department Secures Agreement with Hy-Vee Supermarket Chain to Make
> Online COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Accessible for People with Disabilities
> Office of Public Affairs Department of Justice December 1, 2021
>
> The Justice Department today announced that it has secured a settlement
> agreement with Hy-Vee Inc. that will help people with disabilities get
> information about COVID-19 vaccinations and book their vaccination
> appointments online. The Hy-Vee supermarket chain has more than 280 stores
> in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and
> Wisconsin. Today's resolution is the department's second agreement on this
> critical issue, following a November 2021 announcement of its settlement
> with Rite Aid Corporation.
> Hy-Vee's COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Portal, currently located at
> www.hy-vee.com/my-pharmacy/covid-vaccine<http://www.hy-vee.com/my-pharmacy/c
> ovid-vaccine>, was not accessible to some people with disabilities,
> including those who use screen reader software and those who have a hard
> time using a mouse. For instance, people who used screen readers would not
> hear the questions on the medical screening forms, and people who used the
> tab key instead of a mouse could not select available appointment times.
> "Individuals with disabilities must be able to get potentially lifesaving
> healthcare like COVID-19 vaccines on equal terms, without sacrificing their
> privacy or independence," said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of
> the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. "Ensuring that people with
> disabilities can schedule COVID-19 vaccination appointments the same way
> that people without disabilities can is not only a public health necessity,
> but a key civil rights issue under the Americans with Disabilities Act."
> Under today's settlement, Hy-Vee will make content about the COVID-19
> vaccine, including the forms for scheduling an appointment to get the
> vaccine, conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Version
> 2.1, Level AA. WCAG is a set of voluntary industry guidelines for making
> information on a website accessible to users with disabilities. Hy-Vee also
> must regularly test the pages of its website about vaccine scheduling and
> information and quickly fix any problems that keep people with disabilities
> from being able to use these pages.
> This matter was handled jointly by the Disability Rights Section of the
> Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern
> District of Iowa. Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
> requires public accommodations like drugstores and grocery stores to provide
> individuals with disabilities with full and equal enjoyment of goods and
> services, such as vaccines. The ADA also requires public accommodations to
> ensure effective communication with people with disabilities, including by
> using auxiliary aids and services like accessible technology.
> For more information on the Civil Rights Division, please visit
> www.justice.gov/crt<http://www.justice.gov/crt>. For more information on the
> ADA, please call the department's toll-free ADA Information Line at
> 800-514-0301 (TDD 800-514-0383) or visit www.ada.gov<http://www.ada.gov>.
> ADA complaints may be filed online at
> www.ada.gov/complaint<http://www.ada.gov/complaint>.
>
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