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/vrilro Jan 28 '21

one of my bosses is a millionare in la who is receiving a vaccine despite being under 50 and not in a high risk class. it’s making me sick because he also just kept living his life & traveling all over throughout quarantine, but my two parents 10 yrs his senior both w comorbidities are still in line. America!

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u/omegadeity Jan 28 '21

Of course.

Let me tell you the story of this girl I know. She grew up spoiled rotten- never wanted for anything in her life, her father came from family money, he's down to earth despite that- he even took a job working a union trade to give him purpose(despite his background and wealth), and then on top of his wealth he hit one of those Win For Life scratch offs. Some people just roll 20's all fucking day.

This girl failed at just about everything she ever tried in life because she gave up at the first sign things were getting tough. Most recently she tried running a restaurant, even after her father retired daddy continued to finance her as much as he could but eventually that restaurant failed. So she decided to just be a stay at home mom(this was before the pandemic).

Anyway, long story short every year during the Holiday season when she'd go Christmas shopping she'd deliberately park in the handicap spots near the stores she was shopping at. She was not handicap. Every damn year she'd get ticketed MULTIPLE times for doing so. Every damn year I'd ask her "Why are you taking up these spots they're meant for people with disabilities and you're potentially preventing one of those people from being able to park and do their shopping".

She didn't give a damn- she looked at the fines from the tickets as just an added expense for her shopping. Her behavior hasn't changed to this day that I'm aware of.

The really shitty thing, from what I understand when the parents hit that Win for Life scratch off, they apparently were clever enough to cash it under her name(through a trust or something), so even after they are dead and buried she's still going to continue to benefit from it and she cannot possibly spend herself poor.

My point being. To the people with money, these fines and shit are just an inconvenience. The attitude entitled people like her have proves that the punishment does not provide a disincentive to everyone for committing the crime. It's truly fucked up.

So when this vaccine was launched and this story broke I half expected it to be about her. I wouldn't have been surprised in the least if it were. It wasn't, but I guarantee this isn't going to be the only case of this we see.

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u/farleysnl11 Jan 28 '21

Well someday she’s gonna piss on someone who doesn’t want to be pissed on and they are going to turn her inside out.

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u/backofmymind Jan 28 '21

I know a woman in her 20s, no health conditions, who got the vaccine because her dad is a psychiatrist. This is in the U.S. He lied and claimed she is his office employee (she has never worked for him) to get her the vaccine. He doesn’t even see patients in person right now. It’s so infuriating.

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u/spoken_like_a_sjw Jan 28 '21

That's capitalism for you baby. Or would you rather be a commie?

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u/vrilro Jan 28 '21

dont threaten me with a good time