Updated on January 28, 2021 at 6:36 pm
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Drexel University planned to lend nursing students to support a company run by a Drexel graduate student that is now under intense scrutiny for its vaccination partnership with the City of Philadelphia, the university s president said in a statement Thursday.
The plans for the nursing students to work clinical rotations at a vaccination site run by the group called Philly Fighting COVID never materialized, according to Drexel President John Fry.
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But it s the latest revelation in a still-evolving story about a 22-year-old graduate student with no medical experience gaining access to thousands of vaccines and building partnerships with some of Philadelphia s most powerful institutions.
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On a cool night in early October, Andrei Doroshin stood on the rooftop of an apartment building near Temple University in front of a dozen of his staff and volunteers. More people joined via livestream to watch the 22-year-old CEO of Philly Fighting COVID unveil his plan to vaccinate the city of Philadelphia.
Slide after PowerPoint slide delineated his vision, from scheduling to staffing to safety protocols. The marketing plan hinged on inoculating local celebrities like Meek Mill to attract their fan base.
“This is a wholly Elon Musk, shooting-for-the-heavens type of thing,” Doroshin said. “We’re gonna have a preemptive strike on vaccines and basically beat everybody in Philadelphia to it.”
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Doroshin said he stands by his decision. 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, Doroshin said.
Doroshin also claims he had no inside connection to City Hall and that his company first started with COVID testing and before trust was built with health officials. Because we re such nerds we figured all the software stuff out before anyone else did. The Trump administration really screwed it up because they never developed any software for this, said Doroshin.
Lynn Newbould, of Newtown, Bucks County, wonders if one of those vaccine doses could have been administered to her 68-year-old husband Bill.
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