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Vaccine access has become a political football and a question of equity in Philadelphia, America’s sixth largest metropolis. The city's Black population has been especially effected.
A mass vaccination site run by FEMA will be setup at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, potentially vaccinating 6000 people per day.
A new Israeli study says that the Pfizer vaccine first shot is actually 85% effective. The country has reportedly been able to vaccine two-thirds of its population.
Philadelphia's arduous effort to inoculate the largest city in Pennsylvania will soon get an added boost from the federal government.
WHYY By The sun sets behind Lincoln Financial Field before an NFL football game between the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz) Philadelphia City Council continued to turn up the heat on Mayor Jim Kenney in a spate over the use of Lincoln Financial Field as a mass vaccination site, a plan known as “Operation Philly Special.” Members introduced and passed a near-unanimous resolution calling on Kenney to activate the stadium, as other cities have, using the Black Doctors COVID Consortium and other partners to deliver vac...