A suburban Milwaukee pharmacist has been arrested for spoiling corona vaccines. The hospital worker is suspected of ‘deliberately’ ruining hundreds of doses of covid-19 vaccine by removing them from refrigeration for two nights.

Police said the Advocate Aurora Health pharmacist was arrested on suspicion of reckless endangerment, adulterating a prescription drug and criminal damage to property, all felonies. The accused has been fired and currently in jail. Police did not identify the pharmacist, saying he has not yet been formally charged. The reason behind spoiling the vaccine is unclear yet. Police said that detectives believe he knew the spoiled doses would be useless and people who received them would mistakenly think they’d been vaccinated when they hadn’t.

A pharmacy technician discovered the vials outside the refrigerator on Saturday morning. Advocate Aurora Health Care Chief Medical Group Officer Jeff Bah said the pharmacist initially said that he had removed the vials to access other items in the refrigerator and had inadvertently failed to put them back.

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