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I think the problem is that there are incentives to just keep finding 10 vaccines about to expire. I think the issue here is that the organization was stupid a
by prepend 6y ago
I think the problem is that there are incentives to just keep finding 10 vaccines about to expire.
I think the issue here is that the organization was stupid and unable to use them. And while the doctor’s motives seem virtuous, his wife got a vaccine ahead of schedule.
I think we have to improve efficiency, but not also set up a system where friends and family of doctors get preferential treatment because of proximity.
This whole issue is solved by better inventory management where about to expire doses are used first, not poorly managed so that a healthcare worker has to try to handle logistics directly.
I think the whole case would have been different if he didn’t personally benefit through his decisions by giving a dose to his wife.
- SamBam 6y agoI agree with you that that's the part that made it "look bad," but it sounds as if he truly did everything he could to give it to other people first, gave it to her only as a very last resort with minutes to go, and she was eligible anyway. If he wanted to cover-his-ass, he shouldn't have given it to her. If he wanted to actually do the right thing, he was doing the right thing.
- prepend 6y agoI think that’s what the case will show with a conviction or acquittal. I think it’s hard to know how much someone tried or didn’t try superficially based on a Times article and the doctor’s story. The system is so messed up that the director of covid vaccinations can’t even find 9 people to vaccinate in six hours.