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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, March 18, 2021:
Councilmember Allan Domb (At Large) makes remarks on the City's COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution Plan,
A
So
today
I
wanted
to
speak
about
something
that
you
know
I'm
going
to
talk
about,
which
is
vaccination
rates,
and
I
want
to
talk
about
the
vaccination
rates
because
we
seem
to
be
falling
behind
in
our
vaccination
rates
and
we're
clearly
falling
behind
on
the
vaccination
for
racial
equity.
Also,
on
vaccine
rate,
vaccination
rates,
philadelphia
has
a
current
fully
vaccinated
rate.
Going
to
our
website
for
5.7
chicago
is
almost
double
at
10.3.
A
A
The
convention
center
site
was
chosen
in
large
part
because
it
would
help
us
achieve
racial
equity
and
vaccinations.
Pushed
back
today.
Leave
story
on
the
front
page
of
the
philadelphia
states.
Racial
gap
and
vaccine
worsens
the
article
analyzes
the
numbers
and
came
to
one
conclusion,
including
our
penis
site
at
the
convention
center,
missed
the
mark,
the
administration's
goals
of
equity
vaccine
distribution.
A
11.9
percent
of
white
residents
have
been
vaccinated
compared
with
six
point
four
percent
of
black
residents
in
just
two
weeks
from
that
from
there
that
gap
that
differential,
5.5
percentage
points
between
white
and
black
has
nearly
doubled
at
10.5
points,
fema
site
fueled,
a
spike
in
the
white
vaccination
rate,
which
grew
to
21.9
compared
with
of
11.4
presence,
make
no
mistake.
This
was
preventable.
A
A
Six
days
of
racial
equity
of
the
fema
mega
site
doesn't
really
work.
Neither
does
the
administration's
plan
to
put
more
small
scale
sites
in
black
and
brown
neighborhoods
over
the
past
three
weeks,
we've
seen
or
put
six
new
sites
in
underserved
neighborhoods,
and
I
think
that's
great,
I'm
in
total
favor
of
that.
But
the
issue
is
that
these
locations
lack
capacity
and
at
this
pace,
people
of
color
philadelphia
will
not
catch
up.
We
need
capacity.
A
Let
me
speak
to
the
facts
again
as
to
how
philadelphia
is
doing
compared
to
other
cities
of
our
size
across
america
on
vaccination
rates,
chicago
10.3,
san,
diego
16.7,
phoenix
21
boston
is
at
10
atlanta's
13.4,
and
we
are
at
5.7
to
me
the
hardest,
hitting
facts
here.
How
far
behind
we
are
on
fully
vaccinating
our
people
and
the
racial
equity
for
vaccinations.
A
So
once
again,
I
am
pleading
with
this
administration
to
do
what
every
big
city
in
america
has
done,
whether
it's
the
man
center
or
the
link
or
any
other
mass
site.
We
need
a
fema
mega
site
and
let's
get
started
on
vaccinating
our
residents
and
get
a
win
here
on
equity
and
speed
for
our
residents.
Thank
you,
mr
president.