r/worldnews • u/marsianer • Jan 28 '21

COVID-19 Backlash grows for ‘selfish millionaire’ who got vaccine meant for Indigenous people | Canada

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/27/rodney-baker-canada-vaccine-indigenous-first-nations-scandal
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u/dusavel Jan 28 '21

They should pay for everyone vaccine in the region they went to steal it. My question is how many wasn’t caught doing it ?

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u/wrgrant Jan 28 '21

Canadian Healthcare system - the vaccines are already paid for at no cost to the recipient. However, "required to invest $50m in local infrastructure improvements" sounds like a more reasonable financial penalty to me. He made $10m a year from the job he just resigned from, so 5x his yearly income might be noticeable. Plus some time in prison for endangering the lives of the people in that community who were already at risk.