The Department of Health cites Philly Fighting COVID’s change in corporate status as the reason for the end in partnership.
“We have recently been made aware of a change in PFC’s corporate status that took place without our knowledge, from non-profit to profitable. As part of this change, PFC has updated its data privacy policy in a way that the organization enables the sale of data collected through PFC’s pre-registration website, ”said Jame Garrow, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health.
Garrow calls the changes worrying.
“The city has not been notified that any of this data has been sold. But that PFC has made these changes without discussion with the city is extremely worrying. The Department of Health has decided to stop supplying the vaccine to PFC, ”Garrow added.
The health department is currently developing plans to move future allocations of vaccines to other providers.
New clinics are also being planned to ensure that people vaccinated at PFC’s clinics at the conference center can receive their second dose.
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