D&D and the rising pandemic

[Imaculata]

You have got to be kidding! They spoiled the vaccines on purpose?! To what end?!

 

[Garthanos]

You have got to be kidding! They spoiled the vaccines on purpose?! To what end?!

could be anti-vaxxers who knows rationality is not pervasive.

 

[Umbran]

Damn it. I hope the district attorneys in that jurisdiction are rabid bulldogs.

Hm. What do you get them on, though? Destruction of property? Reckless endangerment?

Wait to see if any of the 500 or so people whose vaccines are delayed by this gets covid-19, then nail him on some form of attempted manslaughter?

 

[Ryujin]

Hm. What do you get them on, though? Destruction of property? Reckless endangerment?

Wait to see if any of the 500 or so people whose vaccines are delayed by this gets covid-19, then nail him on some form of attempted manslaughter?

I'd think "destruction of property", as you said, which is a Class A misdemeanor.

"Class A misdemeanors, the most serious misdemeanor crimes in Wisconsin, are punishable by up to 9 months in jail, a fine of up to $10,000, or both jail and a fine. Theft of property worth less than $2,500 is a Class A misdemeanor. (Wis. Stat. § 939.51 (2019).)"

 

[Umbran]

I'd think "destruction of property", as you said, which is a Class A misdemeanor.

"Class A misdemeanors, the most serious misdemeanor crimes in Wisconsin, are punishable by up to 9 months in jail, a fine of up to $10,000, or both jail and a fine. Theft of property worth less than $2,500 is a Class A misdemeanor. (Wis. Stat. § 939.51 (2019).)"

Pfizer is charging $20 per dose. There were something like 500+ doses in those vials, so that was some $10K worth of stuff destroyed. In Wisconsin (following your link), that's a Class H or G Felony - imprisonment for no more than 6 or 10 years respectively.

 

[Imaculata]

Considering the health crisis, I hope they demand the maximum sentence. People's lives depend on getting these vaccines as soon as possible.

 

[Ryujin]

Pfizer is charging $20 per dose. There were something like 500+ doses in those vials, so that was some $10K worth of stuff destroyed. In Wisconsin (following your link), that's a Class H or G Felony - imprisonment for no more than 6 or 10 years respectively.

It would be nice to see someone who did something that evil get the charge and conviction that they truly deserve. Given the way that things generally seem to go, however, a plea deal for the misdemeanor would be far more likely.

... unless this gets serious national attention. Can we somehow make this get serious national attention?

 

[BookTenTiger]

My partner is an infectious disease doctor taking consultations and going into the hospital this week to work with COVID patients.

She is somehow in the B category for the vaccine.

???

Good news, she got an email yesterday to sign up for her first shot!

Now we will find out how long it'll take for me as a teacher to get my first shot.

We have always joked that between myself as an elementary school teacher and my partner as an Infectious Disease Doctor, we would either be the first to go in a pandemic or the only ones immune. Now I just feel lucky we were not exposed before the true spread of COVID was publicly known.

 

[Istbor]

You have got to be kidding! They spoiled the vaccines on purpose?! To what end?!

Apologies, some of my fellow Wisconsinites are not all there on good days.

Knowing what I know about people in the more conservative or rural areas of the state, this sadly isn't as shocking as it should be.

 

[Istbor]

Some people just don't believe this is a big deal. I can't count how often the discussion instead turns to how damaging the lockdowns are to people compared to the disease. There is no real talk about how really, both are terrible.

I also often hear people, either sarcastically or not, talk about how funny it is that no one has died of old age this year. So essentially doubts that what we see as COVID deaths are actually accurate, but instead inflated.

It is difficult to address those positions or thoughts without others seeing it as an attack of what they believe though as well. Of course people have died of old age or heart attacks this year. Maybe it would help if it is explained that COVID was the reason the body got to that state that the person died, or break it down in some way about how a person may have died due to internal bleeding, but it was that bus that smacked them that 'killed' them. Once you start down that road though, you can see some people just shutdown, and no longer wish to listen. They have their ideas on the matter, and they are concrete.