New York Mayor Candidate Andrew Yang and Congressman Ritchie Torres honored TurboVax founder Huge Ma.
Ma, an engineer, created a simple, free, and easy-to-use website that identifies and enables people to sign up for vaccine appointments in real time.
Your site has made it easy to launch the vaccine for thousands of New Yorkers.
“I never planned to get involved or mingle in all of this, I’ve always been following my instincts,” Ma said. “When I built TurboVax, I just wanted to simplify the vaccine process, that’s all. I never expected it would help tens of thousands, probably hundreds of thousands, to get their shots by now. “
Torres said it has helped save lives.
“At a cost of just $ 50, in less than two weeks, Huge was able to do what the federal government and what the local and municipal government could not do with much greater resources,” Torres said.
Ma is also using his growing platform to raise money to combat anti-Asian violence in the city.
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