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Steven Brandenburg, the pharmacist who intentionally rejected more than 500 doses of Moderna’s vaccine at a medical center in Wisconsin under the belief that they would “mutate” human DNA, was a believing in conspiracy theories and facing a complicated divorce process from his wife, According to statements from his defense and the local prosecutor during his detention.
Brandenburg was identified as responsible for having left Moderna’s vaccines out of the freezer, and they ran out being applied without refrigeration to 57 doctors treating the pandemic of covid-19 in the Aurora Health Care Lawyer a Grafton, Wisconsin.
The pharmacist was facing a divorce process with his wife that had already been filed in June 2020 due to the belief in conspiracy theories; in which Steven asserted that the world was “collapsing” and she was in denial, In addition to believing that the government was planning “cyberattacks” and was going to shut down the power grid.
A local court commissioner found that the two children of Brandenburg they were in imminent danger and he forbade them to temporarily stay with him. Online court records indicate his divorce lawyer withdrew from the case on Dec. 28.
Besides, Brandenburg had already brought a firearm twice to the hospital, Representing a risk due to his mental state. Authorities demanded that he hand over his weapons, along with stopping working in the health system and not maintaining any contact with medical center staff.
Branderburg admit to having deliberately removed the jars from the vaccine that they found in refrigeration during Christmas and then return them and leave them out until December 26th. You may face charges to endanger the health of staff.
A pharmacy technician discovered the jars out of the fridge on December 26th. Brandenburg initially said he had taken the doses to access other items in the fridge and had inadvertently not put them back.
Moderna’s vaccine is effective for 12 hours out of refrigeration, so workers used the doses she left out to apply them, before rejecting the rest. Police said the rejected doses were worth between $ 8,000 and $ 11,000.
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