2 years of COVID-19: how Philadelphia has responded

2 years of COVID-19: how Philadelphia has responded

March 10, 2022 | March 10, 2022 marks two years since Philadelphia confirmed its first case of COVID-19. While many of us thought the pandemic might last two weeks or a couple of months, we soon realized that we could no longer hope to get “back to normal” and would need to find a way to navigate this new reality together.

Health Department Giving Away $100 for Philadelphians Who Get Fully Vaccinated

Health Department Giving Away $100 for Philadelphians Who Get Fully Vaccinated

February 16, 2022 | According to CDC research, people who were not vaccinated were twice as likely to get COVID and more than five times as likely to end up in the hospital as people who were fully vaccinated. If you could do something that was free, easy, and would reduce your cut your risk of getting COVID in half, and cut your risk of being hospitalized for COVID by 80%, would you do it?