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The rise and fall of Philly’s mass vaccination clinic

Post Reports

The Washington Post

Daily News, Politics, News

4.45.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Philadelphia’s first mass vaccination site looked like a model of 21st-century efficiency — until the city abruptly shut it down after losing trust in the group that ran it. Plus, how the pandemic has led some men to realize they need deeper friendships. 

Read more:

A mass vaccination clinic in Philadelphia opened with fanfare but closed amid rifts of trust. Frances Stead Sellers explains the swift rise and fall of Philly Fighting Covid. 

No game days. No bars. Samantha Schmidt reports on how the pandemic is making some men realize they need deeper friendships. 

Transcript

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From the newsroom of the Washington Post.

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Hello, Hayo.

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Here's the Louisa back from the Washington Post.

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Hi, this is Beth Reinhardt of the Washington Post.

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Glory, Arightani, over at the post.

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I'm...

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This is Post Reports.

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I'm Martine Powers.

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It's Thursday, February 18th.

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Today, the rise and fall of a mass vaccination clinic in Philadelphia.

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And why men need more friends.

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During a five-day period last month in Philadelphia, nearly 7,000 people

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received a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a mass vaccination site.

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Her breed was one of them.

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You know, it was a pretty seamless process.

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You know, I signed up and then after I got my first shot,

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I was telling the world, like, here's where you go.

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It all looked like a model of 21st century efficiency.

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And it was run by this group, Philly Fighting COVID,

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that had been doing testing and making PPE.

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But then suddenly, the vaccination site was shut down by the city's health department.

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Officials said that they had lost trust in the group.

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