More than apology needed from Providence regarding vaccines

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, February 10, 2021

“More than Just Money, “ as the BECU logos states, and so it is true for hospitals, and police and all in our society, because to live in society we need to trust. The pandemic illustrates this that in medical care and in all of our daily life we depend on trusting. We trust that our money will be in the bank, that grocery stores will have what we need. We hope that others will wear masks to curtail the pandemic out of common decency.

In Everett at Providence Hospital donors were given an opportunity to get the life saving covid-19 vaccine, while others who were eligible citizens have no choice or chance of even being put on a waiting list (“Providence gave special vaccine access to donors, volunteers,” The Herald, Jan. 29). Now when we find out that even though medical providers who have taken an oath to do no harm they chose money over trust; the trust and hope is broken. An apology just isn’t enough.

What was on the agenda since March of the ethics committee if not the distribution of vaccines in an ethical plan?

And who is harmed if Providence hospital does not get more vaccines? Will there be a way to get a vaccine and end the pandemic? We are only to trust again. Trust is built on actions. What actions will build that trust again? An apology just isn’t enough.

Allis Alexander

Everett