Bay Area hospital under fire for Covid-19 vaccine favoritism

Good Samaritan Hospital disciplined its chief operating officer following the disclosure that the San Jose hospital offered to give the Covid-19 vaccine to faculty and staff members of the Los Gatos Unified School District — putting those employees ahead of groups higher up on the vaccine priority line. On Tuesday, hospital officials said that Chief Operating Officer Gary Purushotham received an undefined "disciplinary action" as a result of the vaccination decision, according to various media…