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For those that don't read the article, someone posted about the medical response to Epstein's suicide on 4Chan before the news picked it up. A lot of people had
by mlb_hn 7y ago
For those that don't read the article, someone posted about the medical response to Epstein's suicide on 4Chan before the news picked it up. A lot of people had access to that information at the time.
- joncrane 7y agoSo some 4channer was presumably listening to police/EMS scanners for the area of the prison Epstein was in and "got the scoop" that way?
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoYeah, the idea that a 4chan user would either be a first responder or be listening in on first responder channels isn't particularly surprising. I don't know what implication people are reading into this.
- matt-attack 7y agoOr the 4chan user was one of the medical staff, EMT, prison guard, prison employee, ambulance driver, anything. All this is about is a HIPPA violation but I’m not sure why HIPPA would apply when the person is dead. How can you wrong a dead person? Are the dead still guaranteed privacy rights? Seems a bit odd to me.
- adchari 7y agoWas it during the process of trying to revive him or afterwards? Epstein might be dead now, but by releasing information while doctors were trying to revive him, I believe that would be a violation
- dole 7y ago"The HIPAA Privacy Rule protects the individually identifiable health information about a decedent for 50 years following the date of death of the individual." https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/guidance/health-information-of-deceased-individuals/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/guidance...
- fencepost 7y agoLooking at the screenshot it seems more likely to be someone involved with our adjacent to the attempts. Not like there's a shortage of 4chan-style people among law enforcement and probably related first responders.