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Dec 28, 2020
Rabbis Schachter and WIllig apologize for getting the vaccine
Rav Hershel Schachter and Rav Mordechai Willig both recently were given the COVID-19 vaccine in a very public way, with the two rabbis encouraging the public to go get vaccinated.
Initially they were praised for this. Not only did they get the vaccine but used the experience as a way of encouraging the public to do so.
Then it turned out that they got the vaccines through Parcare, now under investigation for obtaining the vaccines fraudulently and illegally distributing them not according to the priority order set by the State. Suddenly what they did is not good. They broke the rules, they participated in this illegal scheme, they jumped the line, put healthcare workers at risk, etc.
JTA is reporting that the two rabbis, Rav Schachter and Rav Willig have apologized. According to the article they did not know they were doing anything wrong and had been told that them getting the vaccination was above board.
According to the article they specifically asked if it was legal and legitimate to receive the vaccines and were told that it was. Despite the State making the priority list publicly clear and well known, so they should have known, they were told it is ok. They said that had they known they were not supposed to receive it yet, they would not have gone to get it.
From my own experience in Israel, so many people are posting online that they got the vaccine, even though they don't qualify yet under the priority list set by the Ministry of Health. The health clinics are giving it out, against the priority list, because they don't want to waste vaccines. From what I have heard, they open trays of vaccines, and once open the trays cannot be re-frozen. If the trays contain more vaccines than the appointments scheduled for the time frame of the vaccines, rather than disposing of the remaining vaccines they let "walk ins" use them.
Does that mean anyone who took advantage of this to get vaccinated early is doing something bad and participating in illegal activity? At most that should be the fault of the health clinics who should say no to walk ins, if it is really bad.
I would say the same happened there. They didn't know. They were told it was ok. They did not know why, but were explicitly told it is legal and fine. It is either Parcare's responsibility or the people who brought/convinced them to get vaccinated telling them it is ok. At least they apologized when they found out.
I wonder if they will be offered the second dose when necessary if it is still before their official turns come up according to the priority list.
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The health clinics are giving it out, against the priority list, because they don't want to waste vaccines. From what I have heard, they open trays of vaccines, and once open the trays cannot be re-frozen. If the trays contain more vaccines than the appointments scheduled for the time frame of the vaccines, rather than disposing of the remaining vaccines they let "walk ins" use them.
ReplyDeleteKeep this in mind when discussing the merits of central planning. Reality on the ground often does not correspond to what the central planners believe.
The State *hasn't* made "the priority list publicly clear and well known". It's a mess.
ReplyDeleteThere are people whose mission in life is to attack davka these two roshei yeshiva, and they're behind all this.
These rabbis are upset for the wrong reason. They should be upset about themselves for being utterly misguided in regard to this vaccine. There is a ton of controversy and very reliable facts on why they should be hesitant on advising our people to accept this on the words of 'leadership'. Problems will first arise later on for those taking it, and can be especially bad for the young who hope to have children (just one of the reasons). Why don't they take time to do some research?
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