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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, February 18, 2021.
Read Councilmember Domb's resolution: http://phlcouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CM-Domb-Operation-Philly-Special_Mass-Vaccination-Plan-Final.pdf
A
Thank
you,
council
president.
Before
I
begin
my
remarks
in
support
of
this
resolution,
I
wanted
to
thank
former
congressman
bob
brady
for
his
coronation
efforts
and
leadership
in
helping
bring
the
philly
special
coalition
together.
You
know.
Mr
president,
seven
days
ago
I
agreed
to
withdraw
my
resolution
calling
on
the
mayor
to
direct
the
health
department
to
put
operation
philly
special
on
track
at
the
heart
of
this
resolution
is
one
simple
message
to
the
mayor
city
council.
A
A
A
A
Colleagues,
a
few
days
ago,
the
philly
special
coalition
released
information
regarding
how
other
big
cities
and
fema
are
working
to
solve
the
problem:
big
city
mass
vaccinations
in
both
the
quickest
and
most
equitable
manner.
Here's
what
we
found
they're
all
now
deploying
or
have
completed
plans
to
deploy
their
stadiums
as
mass
vaccination,
drive-through
and
walk-up
sites.
A
All
of
these
cities
are
suffering
the
same
shortage
of
vaccines
as
we
are
yet
none
of
them,
not
one.
Not
one,
has
decided
to
use
this
shortage
as
an
excuse
for
failing
to
plan
for
the
future
mass
drive-through
sites
and
walk-up
vaccination
sites
are
happening
at
their
stadiums
of
the
biggest
cities
in
america,
those
of
a
million
population
or
more
new
york.
La
chicago
houston,
philadelphia,
phoenix,
san
antonio,
san,
diego
and
dallas.
A
Only
one
has
no
plans
currently
in
place
to
use
its
stadium,
and
that
is
philadelphia.
Chicago
stands
ready.
Dallas
is
now
building
out
two
stadium
sites
at
18t
in
the
old
cotton
bowl,
with
federal
money
and
support
from
fema,
but
I
want
to
take
a
minute
to
single
out
what
took
place
at
state
farm
stadium
recently.
A
First,
this
is
a
stadium
set
outside
of
the
city
of
phoenix
arizona.
It
sits
in
glendale,
arizona,
a
white,
suburban
area
outside
the
city
limits.
President
biden
and
vice
president
kamala
harris
chose
to
announce
their
plan
to
vaccinate
america
at
this
stadium.
Despite
the
racial
makeup
of
the
city
of
phoenix
and
the
location
of
the
stadium,
they
chose
this
site
because
they
know
something
that
should
be
important
to
all
of
us
in
philadelphia.
A
Just
listen
to
what
the
head
of
the
white
house,
coveted
task
force
had
to
say.
Standing
next
to
president
biden
and
vice
president
harris
at
that
press
conference-
and
I
quote:
we're
putting
equity
front
and
center
partnering
with
states
to
increase
vaccinations
in
the
hardest
hit
and
hard
to
reach
communities,
end
of
quote,
and
why
would
they
say
that
the
answer
to
this
question
explains
why
this
resolution
and
your
vote
is
important.
A
Today,
stadiums
like
state
farm
outside
of
phoenix
fedex
field
in
the
suburbs
of
washington,
dc
and
m
t
stadium
in
baltimore
are
being
used
right
now
to
rectify
the
very
inequities
our
mayor
believes
they
symbolize.
Here's
why?
Our
mayor
believes
that
the
only
way
to
achieve
vaccine
equity
is
to
put
more
small
vaccination
sites
in
underserved
neighborhoods.
A
Right
now
is
to
control
distribution
at
mass
vaccination
sites
and
bring
communities
of
color
to
them
in
partnership
with
trusted
entities.
That's
why
the
president
can
speak
of
equity
at
a
stadium
in
a
white
suburb
serving
a
very
large
latino
population,
because
they
all
understand
that
no
big
city
in
america
will
ever
have
the
capacity
or
the
resources
to
vaccinate
fifty
to
a
hundred
thousand
people
a
week
using
normal
neighborhood-based
channels
alone,
and
they
certainly
won't
hit
immunity
levels
fast
enough.
If
we
focus
solely
on
building
new
channels
in
underserved
neighborhoods,
don't
get
me
wrong.
A
They
all
understand
that
it
would
be
better
if
we
could
vaccinate
folks
in
the
health
deserts
where
they
live.
Do
you
think
black
mayors
around
the
country
don't
want
to
vaccinate
communities
of
color
in
their
neighborhoods?
Of
course
they
do.
They
all
have
mobile
vaccine
units
and
community
center
programs
and
their
plans
as
well,
but
that
doesn't
stop
these
mayors
and
their
council
members
from
using
stadiums
as
a
means
to
achieving
both
speed
and
racial
equity
and
vaccine
distribution.
A
A
They'll
see
that
stadiums
distributing
a
controlled
supply
chain
of
vaccines
are
a
critical
component
to
achieving
speed
and
equity
instead
of
excuses.
They
are
building
up
their
transportation
systems
right
now
to
carry
their
residents
living
in
health
deserts
to
where
the
vaccines
are
using
transportation
systems
as
tools
in
the
fight
to
achieve
vaccine
equity,
where
in
any
mayoral
briefing
on
covet
has
septa
been
mentioned.
A
When
you
control
the
vaccine,
supply
and
distribution,
as
we
suggest
at
the
link,
you
can
enforce
equity
and
distribution.
When
you
don't
you're,
forced
to
hope
and
pray
that
people
do
the
right
thing
and
the
philly
fighting,
coveted
and
phmc
debacles,
we
saw
what
happens
when
you
depend
on
hopes
and
prayers.
A
President
clark
and
my
colleagues,
we
can't
continue
to
watch
from
the
sideline,
as
every
big
city
in
america
moves
to
achieve
racial
equity
through
the
use
of
stadiums.
Alongside
community-based
approaches,
we
cannot
watch
fema
resources
be
put
to
use
at
a
smaller
location
that
has
its
own
logistical
challenges
to
overcome,
not
when
we're
staring
at
a
vacant,
stadium,
location,
fit
for
use
and,
in
fact,
being
promoted
across
the
united
states
as
a
model
for
mass
vaccine
distribution.
A
All
because
our
mayor
believes
it's
a
symbol
of
white
privilege.
We
must
act
today
and
call
on
mayor
kenny
to
adopt
operation
philly
special
as
a
critical
component
of
our
fight
against
this
deadly
disease
and
have
a
plan
ready
to
implement
when
the
vaccine
arrives,
and
that
means
number
one
establish
the
link
as
philippines,
fema
mega
site
and
begin
working
with
the
eagles
and
fema
to
bring
this
site
online
as
fast
as
possible.
Link
alone
can
vaccinate
more
than
twice
the
number
of
people
vaccinated
through
every
current
site
in
the
city.
A
On
the
best
vaccination
week,
we've
seen
while
bringing
the
link
online
work
with
the
man
center,
our
partnering
black
churches
and
parking
lots
in
every
neighborhood
of
the
city
to
do
the
same
second
commit
the
vaccine
resources
to
these
sites
to
fulfill
scheduled
appointments.
Third
work
with
septa
to
establish
a
comprehensive
system
and
schedule
for
trolleys
buses
and
subways
targeting
underserved
communities
to
bring
them
to
our
philly
special
sites.
A
Fourth
field:
one
uniform
web
platform
and
telephone
hotline
not
five
months
from
now,
but
five
weeks
from
now
that
allows
people
to
register
and
schedule
an
appointment
at
a
philly
special
vaccinations
site
scheduling
to
be
based
upon
cdc,
prioritization
and
zip
code.
Algorithms,
ensuring
equity
bear
kenny.
If
you
have
a
better
strategy
than
operation,
is
really
special
for
vaccinating
philadelphians
in
a
faster
and
more
equitable
way,
then
we
need
to
see
it
to
date.
A
A
Mr
president,
members
of
city
council,
it
wasn't
the
exes
and
the
o's
of
that
philly
special
play
that
led
us
to
the
super
bowl
52
and
the
lombardi
trophy:
what's:
imagination,
imagination,
teamwork
and
leadership
to
fight
and
win
against
all
odds.
We
are
in
a
battle
for
so
much
more
today.
This
is
our
lives
at
stake.
A
We
can
beat
this
pandemic
if
we
work
together.
I
ask
for
your
support
on
this
resolution
and
I
beg
mayor
kennedy,
beg
mayor
kenny
to
start
a
positive
dialogue
with
this
body.
There
are
17
willing
leaders
on
this
team's
meeting.
We
all
all
of
us
want
to
help.
Let
us
show
the
nation
that
we
as
a
city
have
not
forgotten
what
it
takes
to
make
philly
special.