I am an NYU community member who is eligible to be vaccinated. When I receive word from Langone that I can sign up for a vaccination appointment, is there a time limit?
There most definitely is: 48 hours.
When, after setting up your NYU Langone Health (NYULH) MyChart account, you receive word that the order for your vaccine has been placed and you should make an appointment to be vaccinated, you must proceed within 48 hours to make the appointment.
To be clear: the appointment date that you select need not be within 48 hours —
it can be any time over the following seven days. However, your setting of an appointment date must be within 48 hours of receiving the notification from NYULH to go ahead and make the appointment.
A reminder: you are not required to be vaccinated at NYULH. If you are able to get an appointment some other way — through the
New York State COVID vaccination website, through the City COVID vaccination site (
here and
here), your health provider, or another vaccination distribution center — you should not hesitate to sign up for it if you are eligible.