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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, February 4, 2021, Councilmember Allan Domb (At Large) speaks on the public's frustrations with the vaccine roll-out.
A
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
wanted
to
thank
all
my
colleagues,
including
also
our
state
senators
and
state
representatives,
for
their
support
and
our
letter
to
congress
on
proposing
a
dollar
for
dollar
tax
credit
for
office
buildings
and
other
facilities
for
indoor
ventilation
systems
to
help
them
get
their
economy
back
on
track
to
get
them
open,
get
them
restarted.
So
I
just
wanted
to
thank
everybody.
I
hope
the
federal
government
will
take
this
up
from
an
economic
standpoint.
This
tax
credit
is
peanuts
peanuts
compared
to
the
loss
of
the
economy.
A
Last
week
I
did
speak
with
several
businesses
and
organizations
who
are
willing
to
support
mass
drive
through
vaccinations
across
the
city
open
to
everyone.
Even
if
they
don't
have
a
car,
we
talked
about
doing
this
in
addition
to
neighborhood
sites
throughout
the
city
and
now
we're
all
talking
about
local
pharmacy
options
as
well,
and
we
need
to
provide
vaccinations
everywhere
in
every
possible
option.
A
I
did
propose
these
options
to
the
administration
and
to
dr
farley
last
week,
sent
a
follow-up
letter
asking
the
administration
to
provide
its
plan
by
february
12th.
I
did
receive
a
response
that
they
don't
want
to
use
locations
like
lincoln
financial
field,
because
only
82
percent
of
people
have
access
to
cars.
I
think
that's
unacceptable.
A
If
I'm
sorry,
82
percent
of
people
have
access
to
cars.
18
do
not
have
access
to
cars.
If
82
of
the
people
have
access,
we
should
look
at
every
possible
option
because
right
now
I
know
many
people
driving
to
south
jersey,
driving
to
bethlehem
or
allentown
or
driving
to
delaware
or
the
suburbs
to
get
vaccinations.
We
just
need
to
meet
people
in
every
location,
cities.
Small
and
large.
Around
the
country
have
already
implemented
drive-through
sites,
new
york,
chicago
la
they
have
drive-through
sites
huge
drive-through
sites,
and
they
have
also
walkable
neighborhood
locations.
A
A
Lincoln
financial
field
is
ready
to
do
this
and
shame
on
us
if
we
don't
execute
a
plan
that
includes
our
largest
facilities
with
most
experienced
people
running
these
massive
events
and
speaking
with
the
businesses,
unions,
churches
and
other
organizations,
there's
no
shortage
of
people
who
want
to
help
everyone.
Everyone
wants
to
help
everyone,
which
is
pretty
amazing.
A
We
all
deserve,
of
course,
an
explanation
of
tomorrow's
hearing
as
to
what
happened
and
how
people
were
impacted,
but
we
have
to
keep
our
eye
on
the
ball
here
and
find
a
way
to
ensure
the
city
of
philadelphia.
The
sixth
largest
city
in
the
united
states
has
a
mass
vaccination
plan
in
place.
That
is,
customer
focused,
equitable,
operationally
achievable
because
we
don't
start
fixing
this
now,
people
will
suffer.
We
don't
have
any
time
left
to
allow
that,
but
this
is
not
just
about
commissioner
farley.
A
He
shouldn't
be
out
on
the
limb,
we're
all
on
the
hook
with
him,
because
I
can
tell
you
the
hundreds
of
people
calling
me
and
emailing
me
do
not
make
distinctions
between
commissioner
farley
mayor
kenny,
president
biden,
state
legislators
or
any
member
of
council
they're.
Blaming
me
philadelphians
are
anxious
and
stressed
beyond
belief.
A
I've
never
seen
anything
like
this
and
they
just
want
these
vaccinations
given
out
safely
and
equitably.
They
want
these
vaccines
and
they
want
to
trust
us.
It's
our
job
to
work
with
the
administration
now
to
help
regain
that
trust,
but
we'll
do
more
damage
in
the
long
run.
I
know
we
can't
afford
to
make
the
same
mistakes
with
philly
fighting
covet
again,
so
we
have
to
take
him
in
and
figure
out
how
we
got
it
at
this
point,
but
everyone
is
watching
us,
local,
regional,
national
and
they're.
A
Looking
to
us
for
some
real
leadership
soon,
the
number
of
vaccines
will
increase
and
philadelphia
has
to
be
ready.
We
city
council,
the
administration,
universities,
stadiums,
businesses,
pharmacies,
every
organization
who
can
step
up
right
now
needs
to
do
so,
and
we
have
to
do
everything
we
can
to
get
these
vaccinations
into
the
arms
of
our
residents.
So
I'm
publicly
raising
my
hand
to
offer
support
to
the
administration,
and
I
hope
everyone
here
will
do
the
same.