NEW YORK (VINnews) — A criminal invetsigation has been announced into a health-care network that operates clinics in Boro Park, Bensonhurst and Williamsburg over administering unauthorized COVID-19 vaccines.
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Health Commissioner Howard Zucker made the announcement on Saturday, saying in a statement that ParCare Community Health Network “may have fraudulently obtained COVID-19 vaccine, transferred it to facilities in other parts of the state in violation of state guidelines and diverted it to members of the public.”
According to the statement, the network’s actions violate the state’s plan to reserve the initial limited supply of vaccines for frontline healthcare workers, nursing home residents and staffers.
According to reports, ParCare had received 3,500 doses of the Moderna vaccine, and had vaccinated at least 500 Boro Park residents.
A ParCare ad said that “the FDA authorized” the network to receive “a minimal number of COVID-19 vaccines.”
“The vaccines will be made available on a first-come, first-serve (sic) basis,” according the ad.
The ad also said the vaccines will be given “Only for people in the following categories,” and lists: “Elderly, high risk, underlying conditions.”
A Boro Park resident told the NY Post that his father, in his 60s, had received the vaccine at a ParCare clinic in Williamsburg.
“We take this very seriously and DOH will be assisting State Police in a criminal investigation into this matter. Anyone found to have knowingly participated in this scheme will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” State Health Commissioner Zucker said.
Why do they need the vaccines in boropark? I thought they had herd immunity. Maybe archy can educate me…
And tomorrow the same publications will be writing articles about the frum community refusing to take the vaccine. We cant win.
Dr. Zucker must be wanting to run for some public office.
Oh, Garbage commissioner is available for him, if he receives enough votes!
Why cant satmar learn to follow the law?
As long as they gave it to the elderly and underlying conditions patients they did nothing wrong. The owner should be held accountable as he took a shot but does not fall in that category.
I still don’t understand what they did that is illegal. They said they are giving it only to the medical community and the elderly per the guidelines. Are they lying about that? Did the lie to get the vaccine in the first place?
Par care did nothong wrong they are a great medical facility
the doctors that gave the vaccine to aoc they should get arrested
The democRATs locally refuse to give the vaccine to communities like Boro park because they say black and brown people come first. Dump the democrats in next election on every level.
The sin is that they want to save people
The Democratic party committed
much worse FRAUD than ParCare guys!
The only thing being done wrong here is allowing the general public to get vaccinated. This would lower the number of victims and make it impossible for King Cuomo to keep his dictatorial powers.
King Cuomo pushed Covid into the nursing homes pushing the number of dead up and now he’s enjoying the high numbers among the general population and doesn’t want that spoiled.
Parcare didn’t in anyway lower the ability of the State to give to whomever the State is giving; they just were giving to the general population on a significant priority basis which would harm King Cuomo’s quest to maintain his dictatorhip.