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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 vaccines.
The Kenney administration, which is in parallel discussions with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to use the Pennsylvania Convention Center as a vaccine megasite, has opposed use of the Eagles’ home stadium. The mayor argued the highway-adjacent stadium, at the edge of South Philly, would advantage car-driving “white privileged suburban residents of other counties and state
Philadelphia Mayor Kenney urged to use Lincoln Financial Field as mass COVID-19 vaccination site
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Why not in Philadelphia, at Lincoln Financial Field?
On Wednesday, members of city council and former leaders publicly asked that question.
Mayor Jim Kenney has opposed a mass vaccination site at the Linc. Join with us, work together. We don t have to work in silos, said Councilwoman Cindy Bass.
Calling this plan Operation Philly Special, council members Allan Domb, Cindy Bass, Katherine Gilmore Richardson, Mark Squilla and Derek Green were joined by former congressman Bob Brady and former mayor John Street to urge Mayor Kenney to reconsider his position.
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The founder of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, cited as a potential clinic provider, feels caught in the middle of a political fight.
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A group of elected officials and other leaders are calling on Philly Mayor Jim Kenney to speed up plans for a COVID-19 vaccine distribution site at Lincoln Financial Field. The city maintains that’s not in the cards.