Behind the counter of Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, near Philadelphia, owner Mayank Amin has been working late into the night since his independent drugstore received state approval to administer COVID-19 vaccines in late January. 



Amin slipped into a Superman costume, the remnant of Halloweens past that he now sometimes wears for vaccinations, and drove through the frozen suburbs to deliver two COVID-19 vaccines to home-bound patients.



Real-life superheroes are hard to come by, especially in a world as divided as today. Yet a local pharmacist, donning a superman suit, has become exactly that. Yet, he isn’t stopping the Joker or dueling against Thanos. Instead, this North Penn High School Alum is doing work even the most malicious villains would never challenge; giving out the vaccine. 

Hundreds of elderly residents in Skippack received the first of their long-awaited COVID vaccine doses, and it was thanks to a class of 2003 North Penn graduate Mayank Amin’s heroic efforts. Amin had applied to be a vaccine distributor, and, within a couple of short days, his Skippack Pharmacy got the greenlight.

Distributing the vaccine has been a real challenge in Pennsylvania. There have been shortages and delays throughout the whole state, and, overall, rollout has not been as successful as expected. But after protocol training and getting the proper equipment to store the vaccine, Amin was ready to do his part. As the owner of the Skippack Pharmacy, he wants to provide for his community.