Philly Fighting COVID CEO met with City Council about coronavirus vaccines in November. No one asked about his health-care credentials.

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In November, Andrei Doroshin, 22, confidently introduced himself to the city council members. They can rely on them to operate a large-scale injection facility that will allow the coronavirus vaccine to quickly enter the data. The embrace of thousands of Phillies.

At the board meeting of the Vaccine-centric Public Health and Human Services Committee, Doroshin shared his views on how the fight against COVID in Philadelphia could activate a vital public health project that requires hundreds of people and millions. Dollars.

Drexel University graduate students told the committee: "Everyone wants to get a vaccine. This will be a huge problem."

The November 19 meeting was arranged as an information conference for council members to listen to the latest information about the city’s vaccine distribution preparations from members of the Vaccine Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Health, including medical professionals and community leaders.

Doroshin, a member of the team, asked the committee for assistance and guidance. His team has budgeted $2.7 million

Construct five stations, which can handle 10,000 patients per day. In a previous interview, Doroshin stated that he funded Philly Fighting COVID with personal finances and donations.

He told the council that his team has begun training employees, implementing a plan to hire about 500 employees within 60 days, hire educators, and carry out marketing activities in accordance with the city plan.

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During that meeting, no board member asked Doroshin for the medical care qualifications of his group.

During the video call, Doroshin assured the council members about 10 minutes. His team members, including himself and university friends, are dealing with one of the city's most important responses to the epidemic. Two months later, due to

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Bobby Henon, the vice chairman of the committee, said that he learned about Doroshin through the company's work on the coronavirus testing site and regarded it as a trusted partner.

He said that he also checked the Black Doctors COVID-19 consortium because the group is also testing the community, and Dr. Ala Stanford, the pediatrician who founded the group, also spoke at the November meeting.

"They already have a history of COVID testing for Philadelphians, so they have certain infrastructure," Hannon said when referring to the two groups on Wednesday. "I have always given the impression that these two groups have a significant impact as partners working with the Department of Health to help vaccinate the entire city. I have never questioned any of them."

Council member Isaiah Thomas remembered to watch the testimony about the Philadelphia fight against COVID, and thought it seemed more like the “cornerstone” of the organization rather than providing expert testimony.

He did not have an expert like us come to us, we need to consult on this in order to obtain more information. "Thomas said of Doroshin.

He called the partnership a "great mistake."

At the November board meeting, Philadelphia Fighting COVID is known for running a coronavirus testing site for months through a city contract, and Doroshin has a place on the city's vaccine advisory committee. Since then, he has been removed from the committee.

"We did this job and fulfilled our promise. The only obstacle is urban politics," Dorothin said in a text message. "We did what we said. After that, why are my credentials important?"

James Mussalem was appointed as the chief of staff of the group earlier this week. He told The Inquirer that a press conference will be held on Friday to fight COVID in Philadelphia.

Documents obtained by The Inquirer show that the Kenny government has awarded more than $190,000 to Philly Fighting COVID. Doroshin provided the inquirer with a copy of the contract and application. The inquirer requested this information through a public record request from the city last week, but the request has not been fulfilled. A spokesperson for the Department of Health confirmed that it finally approved the invoice for the testing service issued by the Philadelphia Fighting Team (Pilly Fighting COVID) in excess of $111,000. The city has not granted any vaccination funds to the organization.

This week, the city severed its partnership with Philly Fighting COVID, saying that the organization failed to disclose in a timely manner the content of its conversion into a for-profit business and its privacy policy, which outlines how it sells private information. Cindy Bass, chair of the Public Health and Human Services Committee, said she felt "cheated" and planned to hold a hearing. Although the Philadelphia Department of Health said it would fill this gap, many residents who fired the first shot from the Philadelphia COVID vaccine are confused about where to get the second shot. Doroshin said he was unfairly accused of a disaster that destroyed an initiative aimed at bringing Philadelphia to a safe and normal state.

He said at a committee meeting in November: "Philly Fighting COVID was created to help low-income communities get free medical services and tests." "I was called to discuss the administration of this vaccine."

Henon asked Doroshin about logistics. Doroshin assured Henon that his team aims to get people "in and out of the hospital within minutes" for vaccination.

The only other response he heard came from Congressman Helen Gym, who asked him not to disturb Dr. PJ Brennan, chief medical officer of Penn Medicine.

It is not clear if Doroshin has plans to cancel Philly Fighting COVID's non-profit status at the time of the meeting. Three weeks later, Vax Populi (a private company), Doroshin's for-profit arm, was established in the state.

A recent application for the management of vaccine contracts shows how Philadelphia Fights COVID plans to rename itself Vax Populi (a profitable company focused on vaccines), and test its relationship with the city to create a mask for health -Nursing staff.

This month, the Department of Health, together with other city officials, brought Philadelphians to the Philadelphia vaccine pre-registration website to fight COVID, encouraging people to "start receiving vaccinations." On the site, users are asked to fill out a form that includes their date of birth, mobile phone number, occupation, race, ethnicity, family size, and medical conditions that may increase the severity of the virus. The website stated that they will be contacted once they are eligible for the vaccine.

By January 8, the organization had operated a mass vaccination site in the city at the convention center, and Doroshin said the organization had provided the first dose of vaccine to nearly 7,000 people.

The stamp of the Philadelphia City Council was originally included on the Philly Fighting COVID website. However, Joe Grace, a spokesperson for City Council Chairman Darrell L. Clarke, told The Inquirer earlier this week that the organization was “never authorized” to use the seal.

It was deleted at the request of the Security Council last week.

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