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Basically, he was in the middle of giving a shiur by video and his wife interrupted to tell him that their daughter had a baby. He acknowledged and continued the shiur, when his wife expected a more effusive reaction. So he told the shiur about the baby and wished them all simchas, fairly dry, and continued with the shiur.

I am not sure what the criticism is precisely. It has generally just been vague, "this is the problem with our rabbis" type of a thing. I guess they think he is not emotional enough, maybe he should have given his wife more attention in the moment, been more celebratory in the moment, not so cold and uncompromising with his focus and lecture.

To me, this is really nothing unusual or of interest. Rav Schachter is a person like any other. Some are more emotional, some less, some more effusive and some less, some more focused, some more private, some more or less of this or that facet of a personality. Rav Schachter was focused on the shiur and the material and did not want to be interrupted, and maybe he is less emotional and more private than some others. Who has not been given good news or bad news at work, in the middle of an important project that required focus and just took it in stride, continuing to perform the work, saving the celebrations or disappointment for later? I see nothing here to criticize Rav Schachter over, and I dont even think it has to be something rabbinic in nature that caused this. I know some rabbis who would definitely be more exuberant and effusive upon receiving such news, before getting back tot he shiur, and I know others who would probably respond pretty similarly to Rav Schachter.

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.