Thread by @DrEricDing

BREAKING—Wisconsin pharmacist who intentionally ruined 500 doses of #COVID19 vaccine has now been arrested. Detectives believe he knew spoiled doses would be useless.

➡️Even worse, clinic unknowingly gave out 57 shots w/ deliberately ruined vaccine! 🔥 🧵
chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct…

2) “arrested on suspicion of reckless endangerment, adulterating a prescription drug and criminal damage to property, all felonies. The pharmacist has been fired and police said in a news release that he was in jail.”

3) “His motive remains unclear. Police said that detectives believe he knew the spoiled doses would be useless and people who received them would mistakenly think they’d been vaccinated when they hadn’t.”

4) “The Moderna vaccine is viable for 12 hours outside refrigeration, so workers used the vaccine to inoculate 57 people before discarding the rest. Police said the discarded doses were worth between $8,000 and $11,000.

5) “health system officials grew more suspicious of the pharmacist as they reviewed the incident. After multiple interviews, the pharmacist acknowledged Wednesday that he removed the vaccine intentionally over the two nights”

6) “That means that the doses people received Saturday are all but useless, he said. Moderna has told Aurora that there’s no safety concerns”.

7) I just pray there is not more crazy vigilantes and deniers in HCWs like the one above.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1344678741075750915