A Disney worker in California boasted on Facebook about receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, saying she was able to jump the rope because her in-laws are a ‘big problem’ at a local hospital.
‘When I woke up this morning, I did not think I would get the COVID-19 vaccine today. But here we are. I am so very happy, ”the 33-year-old Riverside woman shouted in a Facebook message on December 20, according to the Orange County Register.
“Science is basically my religion, so it was a big deal for me,” the woman added, not revealing that she was anything less than healthy.
When a commentator asked the unidentified lady how she could fetch one of the coveted Pfizer vaccines – which is thought to go to the beginning of health care workers and vulnerable populations – the woman replied that her husband’s aunt was a great woman. wheel at Redlands Community Hospital.
The vaccinated woman, who posted a photo of her coronavirus vaccination record from the hospital, added that the center had residual doses that would go bad if not used immediately.
The online post has since been removed.
The vaccination of Pfizer can be stored in the freezer in the hospital for up to 30 days, then five days in refrigerators, the company says.
The hospital defended itself in a statement to the Registry, saying: ‘Redlands Community Hospital has administered its Pfizer vaccine award to its physicians, healthcare professionals and support staff in accordance with California Public Health Department guidelines.
After doctors and staff who showed interest in the vaccine were given, there were several doses left.
“Because the reconstituted Pfizer vaccine had to be used or discarded within a few hours, several doses were given to health care workers who were not at the forefront so that valuable vaccine was not discarded.”
But Andrew Noymer, a professor of public health at the University of California at Irvine, told the outlet that the vaccination of the Disney employee “does not pass the odor test.”
“Nurses, technicians, housekeepers and orderlies need to be vaccinated before any member of the community,” he said.
Although the CDC has had recommendations on who should be vaccinated first, “it is ultimately left to the states and also to the individual sites where vaccines are administered,” said Dr. David D. Lo, a senior research dean at UC’s Riverside School of Medicine, told the Register.
A California Department of Public Health spokeswoman told the outlet that the state was clear about who should get it first, saying: to fight this virus. from day one. ”