A Canadian company is manufacturing xylazine test strips, also known as tranq, and research from Philadelphia’s health department and a local lab has found they are effective.
February 4, 2021
A city can survive an incompetent government or a corrupt government. Attempting to function under both, however, is a tall order.
Philadelphians now must endure both in a turn of events that is shocking even for the famously “corrupt and contented” city as the largest distributor of COVID-19 vaccines in the city is exposed as a fraud. Through a baffling series of errors and the strong whiff of cronyism, Philadelphia crippled its vaccine effort before it even started.
The problems began before the vaccine came out when the city government entrusted a new corporation, Philly Fighting COVID (PFC), to be one of its main purveyors of COVID testing. The company was founded in April 2020 by Andrew Doroshin, a 22-year-old graduate student, to produce some of the protective equipment hospitals and clinics desperately needed By July, according to a report from local PBS affiliate WHYY, Doroshin’s company pivoted to COVID testing, landing a hefty contract from the cit
We re not perfect : Mayor Kenney backs health commissioner after COVID-19 vaccination issues
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Dr. Thomas Farley details information concerning the fallout between the city and Philly Fighting COVID.
PHILADELPHIA - Mayor Kenney issued a statement in support of health commissioner Thomas Farley amid the current fallout from their partnership with Philly Fighting COVID. The last eleven months responding to pandemic has been very grueling for everyone involved, especially our health department, Mayor Kenney acknowledged before passing some blame to the federal government. Overall I m very proud of the city s response which was stymied for a long time by the lack of coordination and misinformation spread by the federal government.
Philadelphia Deputy Health Commissioner Dr. Caroline Johnson has resigned after a report found she was unfairly giving a vaccine bidding advantage to Philly Fighting COVID, the city’s largest vaccine distribution site.
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Veterans wait in line inside the VA Medical Center in Philadelphia to receive the covid-19 vaccine during a walk-in clinic on Jan. 23, 2021.
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PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia Deputy Health Commissioner Caroline Johnson has resigned after records obtained by The Inquirer show she gave an advantage in a city bidding process to Andrei Doroshin, Philly Fighting Covid’s young CEO who until this week the city entrusted to run its largest vaccination site.
Johnson sent a similar message of advice to the Black Doctors Covid-19 Consortium, which was provided to The Inquirer by Health Department spokesperson James Garrow.