The bit that stands out about the article, to me, is
> Are you suggesting that there were too many Indian names in that group?” Dr. Gokal said he asked.
Exactly, he said he was told.
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#22> Late last month, a judge dismissed the charge as groundless, after which the local district attorney vowed to present the matter to a grand jury
Considering that grand juries would indict a ham sandwhich, this seems like the prosecutor is reaching just to prolong the process and pain this doctor is going through. Even assuming the best case argument for the prosecutor that he did “steal it”, he vaccinated 10 people with expiring vials. More realistically, given that it was only 10 expiring vials that went to eligible patients, the doctor should be commended for driving around and finding people who needed it. Who the fuck cares if it was primarily his own community or one of the vials went to his sick wife?
This just looks like the DA was caught being overly aggressive (perhaps even racist given the comments in the article) and is just trying to save face. Dollars to donuts the case is thrown away and I hope the doctor countersues for malicious prosecution, although more realistically he’ll take a plea to avoid going to trial and end this nightmare.
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#23As stupid as this sounds, this is extremely standard policy in many, many jobs. Just because something is expiring doesn't mean you can use it against the standing rules and procedures.
You are being downvoted - but this is realistic. Restaurants trash or donate expiring food. Corporations shred perfectly good hardware instead of giving it away.
Not saying it's good - but there are reasons these policies are in place.
It can also result in the situations we see here which sounds like this doctor had the best of intentions and is being punished for it.
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#24Spent a long time reading about how vast bureaucratic inefficiencies are created by people worrying that "the wrong person" will benefit from government programs or that someone "undeserving" might get theirs before I do. This falls squarely in that bucket. Tragic.
This is the root of a lot of problems. We spend far too much energy making sure "bad people" get what they "deserve" and don't get what they "don't deserve", and put in too little of that same energy in the case of "all people".
And then when we don't spend that energy it's a huge scandal!
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#25In Spain we had many cases of politicians and public people using this excuse to get vaccinated before the rest (even bishops used it, and not only one!). I think it would be an easy to fix thing: Have a list of extra people available if you end up with an extra dose. It shouldn't be that hard, we had a year for preparing for this...
Politicians assume their position by winning a popularity contest, not a foresight-and-competency contest.
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#26This is just Kafkaesque. People in a position of authority with blind adherence to rules intended for optimal scenarios. They're literally saying he should have just thrown them away instead of distributing them as best he was able. This whole thing is a logistical clusterfuck and they're trying to throw this dude under the bus. It's obscene.
It makes sense when you think about it. Without the rules, there's excuse to -not- find the people the vaccine is meant for and use it yourself.
Anyone who thinks that this would not happen doesn't know human nature very well. They are welcome to post situations where such excuses haven't been taken advantage of. I'll take lack of replies as acceptance of my point.
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#27Nobody is safe from a social media drive by. But honestly I'm not surprised. Lockdowns and isolation have turned some of my more reasonable acquaintances into rabid social media junkies who do nothing but judge anyone for the smallest social infraction.
Nothing to do with social media. At all.
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#28Nobody is safe from a social media drive by. But honestly I'm not surprised. Lockdowns and isolation have turned some of my more reasonable acquaintances into rabid social media junkies who do nothing but judge anyone for the smallest social infraction.
Nothing to do with social media. At all.
If anything, the outrage about this case might be the thing that gets him reinstated.
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#29Spent a long time reading about how vast bureaucratic inefficiencies are created by people worrying that "the wrong person" will benefit from government programs or that someone "undeserving" might get theirs before I do. This falls squarely in that bucket. Tragic.
This is 90% of people's reaction to UBI.
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#30As stupid as this sounds, this is extremely standard policy in many, many jobs. Just because something is expiring doesn't mean you can use it against the standing rules and procedures.
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