OT

Incredible story of Texas:

Bureaucracy? Rigidity? Racism? Mere stupidity?

https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronav...wde-story.html

OR

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/u...d-vaccine.html
NYT

OR

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hasan-g...expire-speaks/

The baltsun article is by the same author as NYT and is probably a copy.
The CBS article is very similar but each one (cbs and the other two) has
lines the other doesn't have.

Google gokal vaccine for more choices.


Houston

Be sure to read the last two paragraphs.


A reminder that what's 1b in Texas may not be in your state.

On 3/4/2021 4:00 PM, micky wrote:
OT

Incredible story of Texas:

Bureaucracy? Rigidity? Racism? Mere stupidity?

https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronav...wde-story.html

OR

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/u...d-vaccine.html
NYT

OR

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hasan-g...expire-speaks/

The baltsun article is by the same author as NYT and is probably a copy.
The CBS article is very similar but each one (cbs and the other two) has
lines the other doesn't have.

Google gokal vaccine for more choices.


Houston

Be sure to read the last two paragraphs.


A reminder that what's 1b in Texas may not be in your state.



The people that brought the charges deserved to be freeing this winter.
The guy should be applauded for his effort to not waste a single dose.

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 4 Mar 2021 17:22:31 -0500, Ed Pawlowski
wrote:

On 3/4/2021 4:00 PM, micky wrote:
OT

Incredible story of Texas:

Bureaucracy? Rigidity? Racism? Mere stupidity?

https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronav...wde-story.html

OR

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/u...d-vaccine.html
NYT

OR

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hasan-g...expire-speaks/

The baltsun article is by the same author as NYT and is probably a copy.
The CBS article is very similar but each one (cbs and the other two) has
lines the other doesn't have.

Google gokal vaccine for more choices.


Houston

Be sure to read the last two paragraphs.


A reminder that what's 1b in Texas may not be in your state.



The people that brought the charges deserved to be freeing this winter.
The guy should be applauded for his effort to not waste a single dose.

And the people who fired him.

This part especially:

The officials maintained that he had violated protocol and should have
returned the remaining doses to the office or thrown them away, the
doctor recalled. He also said that one of the officials startled him by
questioning the lack of “equity” among those he had vaccinated.

“Are you suggesting that there were too many Indian names in that
group?” Dr. Gokal said he asked.

Exactly, he said he was told.



It's amazing how that guy managed to twist the word equity.


BTW the charges were dismissed, at the first hearing I think, but he
still hasn't been rehired afaik and other places tell him they can't
hire him until it's resolved.

On Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 4:01:00 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
OT

Incredible story of Texas:

Bureaucracy? Rigidity? Racism? Mere stupidity?

https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronav...wde-story.html

OR

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/u...d-vaccine.html
NYT

OR

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hasan-g...expire-speaks/

The baltsun article is by the same author as NYT and is probably a copy.
The CBS article is very similar but each one (cbs and the other two) has
lines the other doesn't have.

Google gokal vaccine for more choices.


Houston

Be sure to read the last two paragraphs.


A reminder that what's 1b in Texas may not be in your state.

Part of the problem here could be this:

"Around 6:45 at night, as the event wound down, an eligible person arrived for a shot. A nurse punctured a new vial to administer the vaccine, which activated the six-hour time limit for the 10 remaining doses.

The chances of 10 eligible people suddenly showing up were slim; by now, workers were offsetting the darkness with car headlights. But Gokal said he was determined not to waste a single dose.

He said he first asked the events 20 or so workers, who either refused or had already been vaccinated. The paramedics on site had left, and of the two police officers, one had been vaccinated and the other declined the doctors offer."


There is no accounting of the timeline from 6:45 on. If his checking with the
paramedics, etc only took five minutes, then I'd say he decided because the event was
winding down, to call it quits prematurely. If he waited 30 minutes and no one
else showed up, then I'd say he's 100% right. Also unstated is what were the
guidelines for this event? What were people told about when it would end?
But I don't think they should have fired him and the criminal case is absolutely over the top.
That's some state, TX. And TX is among the three or four states with the lowest
per capita vaccination. Nice job. And you do have to wonder what is motivating this.