The allegations raise more alarming questions about Philly Fighting COVID and its leader just hours after the city yanked vaccines from the group over concerns about its for-profit designation and other “troubling” behaviors, first unearthed by WHYY News and Billy Penn in a series of stories over the last week. “This other information came to light subsequently.” “They had what looked like a good plan,” Farley said, adding that the first weekend of the clinic went well.
In retrospect, Farley said, he wished he hadn’t partnered with the group, but based on what they knew at the time, it seemed like a reasonable relationship to enter. “If that’s true, that’s very disturbing,” he told reporters. Thomas Farley said at Tuesday’s COVID-19 briefing that it’s proper protocol to return any leftover doses to the Health Department, and that no one should be taking syringes off site. Philadelphia’s vaccination clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. He did not explain why Philly Fighting COVID turned away people, including seniors, who were in line waiting for the vaccine that same day. But Doroshin also said he stood by that decision, calling it a mistake that he made, but not a mistake of the organization. He admitted that he is not a nurse, and is not qualified to give the vaccine.
Doroshin said he and his team called everybody they knew. 28, in an interview with NBC’s “Today”, he admitted he took doses home, saying four were left over after the mass vaccination clinic. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsorĭoroshin had earlier called those reports of his taking vaccine doses home “ baseless” and ignored repeated requests from WHYY and BillyPenn for interviews.