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Black Doctors Consortium Wants Vaccine-Seekers to Wait Their Turn

Nina Feldman
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WHYY
Dr. Ala Stanford of the Black Doctors COVID Consortium.

Since Philadelphia cut ties with Philly Fighting COVID, the Black Doctors Consortium has become the only public-facing, community vaccination clinic in town. But its founder says, that doesn’t mean the vaccines are for everyone. WHYY’s Nina Feldman reports from a recent vaccine clinic in North Philly.

(Original air-date: 2/16/21)

Nina Feldman covers health for WHYY, where her reporting has focused on the opioid epidemic, disparities in health care, and most recently the coronavirus pandemic. Before coming to Philadelphia in 2018, she worked in public radio in New Orleans.