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In Error, Tricare Tells 600K Military Beneficiaries They've had COVID-19

posted by martyb on Tuesday July 28 2020, @08:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the speedy-recovery dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/22/error-tricare-tells-600k-beneficiaries-theyve-had-covid-19.html:

More than 600,000 people in Tricare, a health care program of the United States Department of Defense Military Health System, received emails July 17 asking if they would donate blood for research as "survivors of COVID-19."

But just 31,000 people affiliated with the U.S. military have been officially diagnosed with the coronavirus, which prompted confusion, Military.com reported last week.

"Just wondering [if] anybody [got] an email from Tricare saying since you are a COVID survivor, please donate your plasma.?? I have NOT been tested," wrote a beneficiary on Facebook. "Just remember all those people inputting data are human and make mistakes."

The mass email went to every beneficiary located near a collection point.

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  • (Score: 3, Offtopic) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday July 28 2020, @01:43PM (2 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday July 28 2020, @01:43PM (#1027598)

    When dealing with the FDA, we were always much more impressed with (and more able to work productively with) the new guys than the career bureaucrats. The cynical truth was: anybody of any competence/value in the government leaves to make much more money in the private sector within a very short time, five years at most it seems.

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  • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday July 28 2020, @01:51PM (1 child)

    by RS3 (6367) on Tuesday July 28 2020, @01:51PM (#1027604)

    And I think it's generally true that anyone successful in the private sector doesn't want to get involved with government.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 28 2020, @02:50PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 28 2020, @02:50PM (#1027639)

      Every company (people) that takes government money would bed to differ. Even the lauded sacred cows of research, tech, and social justice