Two-time Oscar-winning actor and disaster relief philanthropist Sean Penn is deploying his nonprofit organization’s army of volunteers and staff at COVID-19 vaccine sites in Los Angeles and testing sites across the U.S., earning praise for taking action when the government came up short.
But not everyone is so enchanted, namely two people who claim to work for Penn’s group, Community Organized Relief Effort.
The unnamed pair wrote disparaging comments about Penn’s operation in the comments section of a recent in the New York Times that depicted a day at a vaccination site. One commenter, a self-described “CORE staff” member, said employees were required to work 18-hour days, six days per week, “without the opportunity to take breaks.”
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The Vaccine PODs are a communal effort, with even Mayor Eric Garcetti spending days at the Dodger Stadium site helping where he can. (Photo courtesy of Gilberto Peña)
Starting before the sun comes up, School of Pharmacy faculty and students, alongside physician assistant and nurse practitioner students, are front-line, contributing to Los Angeles’ vaccine distribution efforts by volunteering at the city’s various Vaccine Points-of-Dispensing sites.
The city is currently operating five PODs to date, with locations at Lincoln Park, Crenshaw Christian Center, Hansen Dam, San Fernando Park and Dodger Stadium. USC School of Pharmacy currently runs the Lincoln Park location and contributes at Dodger Stadium, which is currently one of the biggest vaccine sites in the country.