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

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: 2) by istartedi on Tuesday July 28 2020, @08:08PM

    by istartedi (123) on Tuesday July 28 2020, @08:08PM (#1027758) Journal

    A poster of that was on the wall in my Mom's office. She worked for a government agency, and she knew I was interested in computers. This was a few years before people started getting home computers. So she got permission for me to visit the office and talk to a computer guy. He did his best to explain to me what was going on with what I now realize was a remote teletype terminal. Almost all of it went over my head, and I was daunted that I'd ever be able to do anything with computers. Of course the 8-bit era changed all that, and it turned out to be my jam--but I'll always remember that poor dude and that poster. As an adult now, I shudder to think that anybody would ask me to explain development to an 8-year old.

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