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“Where were all the people with credentials? Why did a kid have to come in and help the city?" said the student, Andrei Doroshin, in an interview with The Associated Press. “I’m a freaking grad student. But you know what? We did the job. We vaccinated 7,000 people,” the Drexel University student said. “This was us doing our part in this crazy time.” City officials said they gave him the task because he and his friends had organized one of the community groups that set up COVID-19 te...

Jazz ShawPosted at 10:06 am on January 29, 2021 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter John first brought up this story on Wednesday and ongoing investigations have only made it look worse. We’re talking about the formerly non-profit (but now for profit) “charity” group in Philadelphia called Philly Fighting COVID (PFC) and its founder, 22-year old grad student Andrei Doroshin. As John already reported, the young man in question hastily organized his organization to begin doing COVID testing ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The city of Philadelphia has cut ties with a COVID-19 vaccine provider, saying it lost "trust in them as an organization," after a slew of controversial moves by the group and its 22-year-old CEO, who admitted Thursday he took vaccine doses and administered them to four friends. Additionally, Philly Fighting COVID (PFC) unexpectedly shuttered its COVID-19 testing operations to focus on vaccine administration and changed from a nonprofit organization to a for-profit entity -- a s...

22-Year-Old CEO of Philadelphias Mass Vaccination Program Admits to Stealing Doses for Friends People 1/29/2021 © Provided by People Today The city of Philadelphia has cut ties with Philly Fighting COVID, a startup that promised to revolutionize vaccine distribution but the effort instead became what one volunteer nurse described as a "disaster," she told The Washington Post. Philly Fighting COVID, a self-described "group of college kids," was awarded a contract from the city to help vacc...

Kenney orders report on citys failed partnership with Philly Fighting COVID, ensures second doses Published  Philadelphia leaders question city’s partnership with Philly Fighting COVID FOX 29s Lauren Johnson has more as city leaders call into question Philadelphias partnership with Philly Fighting COVID following scandal. PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia is working to ensure thousands of patients who received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine from the recently defunct Philly Fighting CO...

Farley is taking full responsibility for the now-failed partnership between the city and Philly Fighting COVID. "Ultimate, the responsibility for that goes to me. The report will outline more about the process, but ultimately I take responsibility for that," said Dr. Farley. The report he is referring to was specifically requested by Mayor Jim Kenney on Friday, who has directed the Philadelphia Department of Public Health to take a number of corrective steps following the fallout with Philly Fi...

Philadelphia’s problematic COVID-19 vaccine rollout raises larger questions Updated Jan 29, 2021; Story by Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When Philadelphia began getting its first batches of COVID-19 vaccines, it looked to partner with someone who could get a mass vaccination site up and running quickly. City Hall officials might have looked across the skyline to the world-renowned health providers at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University or Jefferson Hea...

Maryclaire Dale Andrei Doroshin, 22, poses for a portrait, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Washington. Philadelphia officials have shut down a COVID-19 vaccine clinic after concerns grew about Dorshin, the 22-year-old graduate student running the effort. Drexel University psychology student Andrei Doroshin said he pitched a plan to the city to run the online registry and operate the clinic when he saw no one else doing it. Mayor Jim Kenney said he was concerned by reports they could try...

  NEW YORK, UNITED STATES -- The student CEO of a company tasked with distributing coronavirus vaccines in Philadelphia admitted Thursday that he had given some doses to friends, sparking anger in the U.S. where the rollout of shots has been sluggish. Philadelphias local government employed Philly Fighting COVID, a group founded by 22-year-old Andrei Doroshin last year, to distribute thousands of COVID-19 vaccines across the eastern U.S. city. The group was a major player in Philadelphias...

Screenshot: NBC/Today For some reason the city of Philadelphia decided to partner with a young startup to manage the details of rollout of the covid-19 vaccine. What could go wrong? How about the company’s 22-year-old CEO stealing away with doses to vaccinate his young friends the same day the company turned a slew of vulnerable patients away. Advertisement Days after calling the accusation “baseless,” Andrei Doroshin, a 22-year-old graduate student at Drexel University and the CEO of Ph...