It seems that stupidity will never come to an end.
If you follow the news or were on twitter at all on Monday, you might have seen that article about the casino man and his wife. If not let me elaborate.
Rodney and Ekaterina Baker flew out from White Horse to a community near Alaska in order to get the vaccine meant for, indigenous residents. According to officials they claimed they worked at a motel so they could get the vaccine. The vaccine which was meant for elderly members of White River First Nation.
Workers seemed suspicious so they checked with the motel and found out they lied so proceeded to call authorities. When the authorities did not find them quarantining in their White Horse location like they were SUPPOSED TO AFTER FLYING, they waited for them at the airport where they were heading back to Vancouver.
The problem I have with this and many people have is why just why?
They put elders in the community at risk being there, took vaccines that were not meant for them and received a total of $1,150 in fines each.
The White River Chief Demit called the punishment lenient, which it totally is! It’s crap!
Rodney Baker was a CEO to a casino and his wife is an “Actor”, he has since then resigned from the casino but his annual compensation in 2019 was $10.6M. Why is this a bigger issue? Well, you’ve got two rich white people in bigger tax brackets and they are only receiving a $1,150 fine each.
The irony of this, oh yes it gets better, the wife posted on Instagram reasons why she was staying home in a pandemic back in March. She explained her father has diabetes and was vulnerable to the virus. Can you believe that? And she flies out of Vancouver to White Horse signs documents declaring they will not leave their home and then take a private plane to Beaver Creek and stand in a room exposing themselves and risking the lives of others.
This is more than just rich people it is the privilege they have where they can just do what they want and think it’s okay. To someone with 10.6M what’s a $1,150 to them? Nothing, that’s just how much they had to pay for the vaccine. They can risk getting only 6 months in jail but what couple like that is going to see a jail cell.
How can someone morally think it is ok to just do this? The privilege that they have to just go and take these vaccines from residents is disgusting. The fact that you’re still hearing of someone taking from Indigenous people to this day makes me sick.