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HAVE BEEN CALLS FOR OTHER

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INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO

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PITCH IN AND TAKE A LEAD ROLE IN

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PHILADELPHIA’S VACCINE ROLLOUT.

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JOINING ME NOW IS DR. AYLA

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STANFORD, FOUNDER OF THE BLACK

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COVID CONSORTIUM.

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SHE’S ONE OF THE PROFESSIONALS

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BEING ASKED NOW TO HELP LEAD THE

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CHARGE.

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DR. STANFORD, GOOD TO SEE YOU

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AGAIN.

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I WAS READING FROM THE

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PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER.

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STANFORD HAS MORE THAN PROVEN

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HERSELF TO BE UP TO THE

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CHALLENGE.

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SHE IS ARGUABLY THE MOST TRUSTED

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PERSON IN PHILADELPHIA WHEN IT

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COMES TO DISPENSING ADVICE FOR

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DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC.

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SO THEY HAVE NOW COME TO YOU TO

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SAY, WE NEED SOME HELP NOW.

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WE’VE GOT A PROBLEM.

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EVERYBODY WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE

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GETTING VACCINATED HERE ISN’T

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GOING TO, SO I ASSUME THEY’RE

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ASKING YOUR GROUP TO PITCH IN

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AND HELP OUT.

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>> ABSOLUTELY.

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AND WE HAVE NOTICED THAT RIGHT

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NOW OUR REGISTRATION RATES ARE

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OVER 35,000 INDIVIDUALS HAVE

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SIGNED UP IN ABOUT TWO AND A

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HALF WEEKS, AND IT INCREASED

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EXPONENTIALLY AFTER PFC WAS SHUT

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DOWN.

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WE’VE ALSO NOTICED THE

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DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE.

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AS YOU KNOW, THE BLACK DOCTORS’

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COVID-19 FORUM WAS FORMED

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BECAUSE TESTING WAS NOT

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AVAILABLE IN THE BLACK

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COMMUNITY, NOR CONTACT TRACING,

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AND SUBSEQUENTLY VACCINES, AND

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WE’VE SEEN THAT GO FROM 89%

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN DOWN TO 50% OF

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AFRICAN-AMERICANS REGISTERING TO

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RECEIVE THE VACCINE.

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>> NOW, MAYBE THAT’S JUST

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BECAUSE YOU’VE GOT A WHOLE LOT

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OF NON-AFRICAN-AMERICANS COMING

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IN, BUT YOUR WHOLE PROBLEM THAT

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YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR

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MONTHS IS GETTING TESTING AND

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NOW VACCINES TO BLACK PEOPLE.

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ARE BLACK PEOPLE BEING PUSHED

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OUT OF THE LINE BECAUSE OF THIS?

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>> YES.

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THEY’RE BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE

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LINE, AND QUITE HONESTLY, WITH

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THE MASS VACCINATION CLINIC, THE

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GOAL OF THE ACI FROM THE CDC WAS

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TO VACCINATE QUICKLY.

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IT ESTABLISHED THAT.

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IT WAS TO SAVE LIVES OF THOSE

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MOST VULNERABLE AND IT TACKLED

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THE 1A POPULATION.

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HOWEVER, THE HEALTH CARE

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PERSONNEL, LARGELY 63% OF THOSE

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WHO DIED THAT WERE HEALTH CARE

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PERSONNEL WERE PEOPLE OF COLOR.

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AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, THERE

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WERE NOT MANY PEOPLE OF COLOR.

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THEN THE THIRD TENET IS RACIAL

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EQUITY.

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WITH THE QUICKNESS THIS WAS PUT

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FORTH, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME

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FOR PEOPLE TO REGISTER ONLINE.

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THE CONVENTION CENTER IS HARD TO

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MANEUVER FOR MANY PEOPLE IN

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINX

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COMMUNITIES.

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IT WAS NOT AMENABLE AND MANY DID

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NOT BENEFIT FROM THAT.

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SO NOW ALL THE PEOPLE COMING TO

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BDCC ARE NOT OF THE COMMUNITY.

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IT’S A CHALLENGE.

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WE ARE UP FOR IT.

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WE ARE RECEIVING MUCH OF THE

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VACCINE THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO

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PFC, SO NOW WE CONTINUE TO NEED

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VACCINE, PERSONNEL AND

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SUSTAINABLE INCOME, QUITE

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HONESTLY, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT

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TO SERVE NOW NOT JUST THE MOST

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VULNERABLE AFRICAN-AMERICAN

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COMMUNITY BUT ALL OF

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PHILADELPHIA UNTIL EVERYONE ELSE

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GETS UP AND RUNNING.

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>> JANICE ARMSTRONG WHO WROTE

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THAT OP-ED, WE AGREED A LONG

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TIME AGO THAT YOUR OPERATION IS

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SO EFFICIENT, THAT IF WE WANT TO

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UP THE VACCINES LIKE BIDEN

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TALKED ABOUT, WE NEED

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ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS.

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HOW DID PHILADELPHIA END UP

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SIGNING WITH THESE PEOPLE WHO

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HAD NO EXPERIENCE AND NO

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BACKGROUND WHEN PEOPLE LIKE YOU

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ACTUALLY EXIST?

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>> I THINK IT’S TIME TO JUST

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TALK ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE

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ROOM, AND THAT’S THE IMPLICIT

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BIAS AND JUST INJUSTICE AND

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RACISM.

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AND I’M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT,

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BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT

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EVERYTHING ON PAPER THAT YOU PUT

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FORTH IN TERMS OF THE

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EXPERIENCE, IN TERMS OF THE

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EARNED TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY,

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WE DISTRIBUTED -- WE EXHIBITED

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ALL OF THOSE QUALITIES

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CONSISTENTLY.

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WE STARTED NOT BECAUSE THERE WAS

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AN RFP OUT, BUT BECAUSE THERE

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WAS A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.

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NO ONE ASKED US TO DO IT.

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IT WASN’T OUR JOB.

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IT WAS THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS,

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THEIR LIVES WERE NOT BEING

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VALUED, AND WE DECIDED

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COLLECTIVELY THAT WE WERE GOING

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TO CHANGE THAT AND TRY TO LEVEL

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A PLAYING FIELD THAT’S NEVER

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BEEN LEVELED.

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SO NOW WE’RE FACED WITH WE’RE

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THE OPERATION WITH DOCTORS,

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LICENSED NURSES AND

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PRACTITIONERS, ALL WHO WERE

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ASKED TO SHOW THEIR RESUME.

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WE NEEDED LETTERS OF

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RECOMMENDATION BEFORE WE COULD

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EVEN START.

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IT’S UNCLEAR TO ME HOW THIS

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ORGANIZATION, IF THEY WERE

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JUDGED WITH THE SAME SCRUTINY,

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WAS EVER EVEN ABLE TO GET OFF

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THE GROUND, QUITE HONESTLY.

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SO I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK NOT

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JUST IN PHILADELPHIA BUT THE

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DEEP-ROOTED PROBLEM THAT ALLOWS

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YOU TO LOOK AT AN ORGANIZATION

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THAT HAS BEEN DOING THE WORK

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EVEN BEFORE YOU JOINED FORCES

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WITH THEM AND OVERLOOKS THEM

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PRIMARILY FOR ANOTHER GROUP

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THAT’S UNESTABLISHED, YOUNGER,

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NOT LED BY A PHYSICIAN AND

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WHITE.

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>> IT’S REMARKABLE.

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I’VE BEEN TO YOUR TESTING SITE,

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AS YOU KNOW.

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I THINK THAT DAY I WAS THERE,

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YOU PROBABLY TESTED 900 PEOPLE.

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IT IS THE PICTURE OF EFFICIENCY.

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DR. STANFORD, THANK YOU FOR