An analysis by the Action News Data Team shows some of Philadelphia s suburban counties are being vastly short-changed on vaccines.
The four suburban counties released a statement about Sunday s meeting stating, This afternoon s meeting with the PA Department of Health was both disappointing and frustrating. There remains a lack of transparency on the total doses that have come to our counties from every source. Therefore, we have no way to assess how the data presented to us today was calculated, and how those calculations have been used to determine the number of doses that have been allocated to our four counties. Additionally, we were not given any indication of the plan to make up acknowledged shortfalls to certain counties going forward.
In early February, more than a month into Pennsylvania’s rocky vaccine rollout, state officials were once again facing questions about missing data on race
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THE ISSUE
âShots could be going into arms at the COVID-19 mass vaccination site in Lancaster County as soon as Wednesday, when the soft launch is slated to open,â LNP | LancasterOnlineâs Nicole C. Brambila reported Friday. The former Bon-Ton store at Park City Center has been transformed by the concert and event staging company Rock Lititz into a site that, when operating at full speed, will deliver 6,000 vaccinations a day, its organizers hope. Itâs the product of a partnership between the Lancaster County commissioners, Rock Lititz, TriStarr Staffing and four health care systems led by Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.
However, the rollout of the vaccine in Pennsylvania, particularly in the southeastern part of the state, continues to frustrate residents, vaccine providers and county officials.
Limited vaccine supply has made it difficult for people to find vaccine appointments and for vaccine providers that are dependent on the state s weekly allocation of doses to make appointments available.
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County officials in the region also share these frustrations as the state remains in Phase 1A of its vaccination plan.
Vaccine supply is limited across the U.S. and Pennsylvania, but some regions have been receiving higher allocations of doses per capita, resulting in a higher number of people vaccinated than other regions and counties.