GRAFTON – Grafton police have arrested Aurora Health Care pharmacist who deliberately tainted more than 500 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, officials said.
He has been arrested on charges of recklessly endangering first-degree security, falsifying a prescription drug, and criminal property damage. He is currently being held in Ozaukee County Jail. The identity of the pharmacist is currently withheld.
The value of the tainted vaccines is estimated to be around $ 8,000 to $ 11,000, police said.
Grafton police said the pharmacist “knew the tainted vaccinations would be useless and that people who received the vaccinations would think they had been vaccinated against the virus when in fact they were not.”
Last week, an Advocate Aurora Health employee deliberately removed 57 vials of the Moderna vaccine from the refrigerator. It spoiled more than 500 doses of the vaccine.
On Thursday, the president of Aurora Health Care Medical Group said 57 people did indeed receive the vaccine after it was left out for longer than the appropriate time. The president said there is no health damage from getting the tainted vaccine. He added that it was either ineffective or ineffective. He said Moderna has also confirmed this.
There is no known motive for why the pharmacist did this.
Officials said no other vaccines have been tampered with.
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