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Matt Slocum / ap Gov. Tom Wolf defended Pennsylvania's rollout of the coronavirus vaccine Tuesday, saying it was left in the lurch by the Trump administration's overpromises and that a decentralized vaccine signup system should prove to be more efficient, as opposed to a centralized portal some states use. He also defended federal guidelines — adopted by his administration — that pushed smokers into the first phase of vaccination, calling it an objective assessment of who is most vulnerable, not a value judgment. Meanwhile, Philadelphia abruptly cut off a vaccine clinic operator amid...

© Getty Philadelphia has cut ties with a group charged with administering COVID-19 vaccinations after the group quietly changed its status from non-profit to for-profit. The startup, Philly Fighting COVID, included a group of college students with minimal experience tasked with delivering coronavirus vaccinations, leading to extensive logistical issues and accusations of misconduct, according to The Washington Post. In addition to the group changing its corporate status, reports emerged that it had quietly altered its privacy policy to allow it to sell personal data and its CEO Andrei Do...

Senior citizens left in tears as Philadelphia let ‘college kids’ distribute vaccines The group also quietly switched to a for-profit model and added a privacy policy that would allow it to sell users' personal data. By Antonia Noori FarzanThe Washington Post Share People wait in an observation area after receiving a coronavirus vaccine at the mass-vaccination site set up by Philly Fighting COVID at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Jan. 15. Washington Post/Rachel Wisniewski Philadelphia is home to some of the most venerated medical institutions in the country. Yet when it came time...

The fallout continues after the city severed ties with vaccination partner Philly Fighting COVID. The organization ran the vaccine site at the Philadelphia Convention Center.

Gabriella Audi/AFP via Getty Images This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. When the city of Philadelphia announced its “unique public/private partnership” to create a mass vaccination clinic with an upstart nonprofit called Philly Fighting COVID in early January, it seemed like an objectively good thing. The clinic could vaccinate thousands of people per day, and Philly Fighting COVID’s website allowed not-yet-eligible Philadelphians to preregister for vaccines by supplying their name, bir...