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Dr. Gokal had in-hand doses of COVID vaccine that would go to waste if he didn't use them within hours. He used them for neighbors, acquaintances, and family, filtering out for those with risk factors. He did the right thing. He was fired. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/us/houston-doctor-fired-covid-vaccine.html?smid=tw-share
I hope his immediate community is supporting him, and I hope anyone who knows him is sharing the social media outcry about this. From the article it is clear he and his family are devastated and isolated.
When health workers in Oregon found themselves stranded in the snow with doses of vaccine and gave it to drivers on the road, they did so with impunity; it became a positive national news story, with everyone praising their ingenuity. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/us/oregon-vaccine-stuck-in-the-snow-drivers.html
When Dr. Gokal did the same thing, he was fired and shamed. Why the difference?
Here's a clue: "...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."
'Are you suggesting that there were too many Indian names in that group?' Dr. Gokal said he asked.
Exactly, he said he was told."
The supervisor told him he should have wasted those doses.
People: we have no doses to waste.
People: we have no doses to waste.
