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[Mindy D]

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@PickyPicky3   What has NOT been said........

Who gave shots to those 6000+ folks?  College students??????

The 22 yr old CEO is now in hiding.  He's received death threats.

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@Mz iMac @It's scary that a company comprised of a small groups on non professionals was administering vaccines. This group is a brand new start up. The CEO has a resume that would not even get him a job anywhere else. No real work experience. Suppose a patient had anaphylaxis! How good could these persons be in handling that type of situation. What about supervision of the vaccine to ensure proper storage? I wonder if the city just took bids and the man in charge just chose this company as lowest bidder without doing any vetting.

[gellen]

I was scheduled for an appointment with them in mid February. Luckily I was able to find a better deal for next week. Most people I know who have had definite and confirmed appts at different places have been turned away or cancelled at the last moment This happened to us previously. 🤞Keeping our fingers crossed.What a racket this has turned out to be in the Philly and I am sure elsewhere.

[Porcelain]

On Tuesday this Andrei Doroshin character angrily denied he stole vaccinations and gave them to his friends.

On Thursday Doroshin just as angrily admitted he stole vaccinations and gave them to his friends.

"Doroshin, who is a graduate student at Drexel University, told Gosk that he took home four doses that were left over after a mass vaccination clinic was held on Jan. 23. He said he personally administered vaccines without medical qualifications to four of his friends.

Gosk asked him why he didn't find someone in an at-risk group to help get vaccinated rather than his young and healthy friends.

"The doses were about to expire," he said. "We called everybody we knew. Every single person."

He admitted he was not qualified to administer vaccines.

"I am not a nurse," he said. "I have undergone our internal certifications." While NBC News has not reviewed Philly Fighting COVID’s internal certifications, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that all health care personnel who administer vaccines receive comprehensive, competency-based training on vaccine administration policies and procedures before administering vaccines.

Doroshin, who said he has been receiving death threats, defended taking the vaccine doses home, saying he didn't want them to go to waste.

"I stand by that decision," he said. "I understand I made that mistake. That is my mistake to carry for the rest of my life. But it is not the mistake of the organization.""

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"Doroshin says he has a lawyer and is "concerned" about legal ramifications, but believes at the end of the day he did the right thing."

So he says he made a mistake, but in his next statement shows he isn't even one iota sorry and thinks he was right.

Thankfully people who got their first shot through this fly by night operation will be able to get their second shot.

"Philadelphia Public Health shared a message on Twitter stating that they have the information of everyone who received their first dose at Philly Fighting COVID clinics at the Convention Center, and they will follow up to ensure those individuals will get a second dose."

Hope this happens.

[haddon9]

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@maximillian  Not sure who your response was directed to but I am from Philly & use to work there.  No hospitals were involved reputable or not (I didn't know Philly had unreputaable hospitals).  This whole mess was started by a non-profit  NOW FOR PROFIT organization run by a 22 yr old college student & his "college student" friends w/no experiences in the medical field.

No one in this thread is "branding" the city or its population.

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It is unbelievable!  ....basically they let a 22 year old kid run this and he has no medical background.  What a mess!

BTW, Both of my kids live & work in Philly too and love it in normal times.

[PickyPicky3]

Update: the first head rolled yesterday, 1/30. Will there be more?