@Bob Lai If you've got any contacts at the KTVU newsroom, maybe let them know they're 1) doing some really shitty journalism (though that's probably not a surprise) and 2) potentially failing to grasp a national scoop of note.
In 1491 words, the reporter manages to convey what an HN reader did in 8:
Expected dosage: 0.3mL. What people likely received: 0.2mL.
Worse is this line:
the 0.3-mL syringes that they received from a national stockpile left about a third of vaccine stuck in the bottom of the plastic container
So ... this isn't just misapplication at the Oakland Coliseum event (which appears to have, thankfully, shed any vestiges of corporate branding these days), as strongly implied by the story, but an issue with nationwide vaccine distribution. Or, perhaps, the residual is actually accounted for by the manufacturer and distributor, and this whole story is nothingburger.
Either way, the item fails to efficiently deliver what information it does convey, and completely fucking fumbles when it comes to the bigger possible story.
Sort of like the Raiders might, so, well, it fits the venue.
But if you've got anyone you could pass that word along to, I'd appreciate it.
#covid19 #ktvu #journalism #JournalismFail #Oakland #vaccine
