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You are being downvoted - but this is realistic. Restaurants trash or donate expiring food. Corporations shred perfectly good hardware instead of giving it away

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.

tester34 6y ago
There is difference between equipment like electronics or some shit (taking stuff that going to be destroyed) and... vaccines for deadly stuff that people NEED/MUST receive LOL
learc83 6y ago
Not only was there no such policy in place according to the article, but physicians are given wide latitude in making medical decisions (using drugs off label, using expired drugs etc...). If they act unethically, there is a built in method to address this through the licensing boards that regulate them. Criminal behavior is different, but the Judge that heard the case completely rejected the argument that the behavior was criminal.
hannasanarion 6y ago
They're being downvoted because they're wrong. >On Dec. 22, Dr. Gokal joined a conference call in which state health officials explained the protocols for administering the recently approved Moderna vaccine. The 10 or 11 doses in a vial are viable for six hours after the seal is punctured. >Dr. Gokal said the advice was to vaccinate people eligible under the 1(a) category (health care workers and residents in long-term-care facilities), then those under the 1(b) category (people over 65 or with a health condition that increases risk of severe Covid-related illness). >After that, he said, the message was: “Just put it in people’s arms. We don’t want any doses to go to waste. Period.” What he did was explicitly ordered by the government. It is what the health department told everybody to do, in no uncertain terms.

tester34 6y ago

There is difference between equipment like electronics or some shit (taking stuff that going to be destroyed) and... vaccines for deadly stuff that people NEED/MUST receive LOL

learc83 6y ago

Not only was there no such policy in place according to the article, but physicians are given wide latitude in making medical decisions (using drugs off label, using expired drugs etc...). If they act unethically, there is a built in method to address this through the licensing boards that regulate them. Criminal behavior is different, but the Judge that heard the case completely rejected the argument that the behavior was criminal.

hannasanarion 6y ago

They're being downvoted because they're wrong. >On Dec. 22, Dr. Gokal joined a conference call in which state health officials explained the protocols for administering the recently approved Moderna vaccine. The 10 or 11 doses in a vial are viable for six hours after the seal is punctured. >Dr. Gokal said the advice was to vaccinate people eligible under the 1(a) category (health care workers and residents in long-term-care facilities), then those under the 1(b) category (people over 65 or with a health condition that increases risk of severe Covid-related illness). >After that, he said, the message was: “Just put it in people’s arms. We don’t want any doses to go to waste. Period.” What he did was explicitly ordered by the government. It is what the health department told everybody to do, in no uncertain terms.