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Banea-Vaedr t1_ix8o38b wrote

How much do you think they paid the hospital Staff that told them how many injuries there were?

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Levophed t1_ix8rodf wrote

Could have been an administrator that fields these calls.

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Banea-Vaedr t1_ix8rqez wrote

Probably. But how much did they get paid to leak the info?

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Levophed t1_ix8s6o3 wrote

0, that's not a leak that just press asking how many people are expected to come to the hospital. Those are general answers they give. Depending on the scope of what is going on they will say basic things to the press.

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Banea-Vaedr t1_ix8saz8 wrote

They're generally not supposed to tell the press that info outside of an official announcement

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Levophed t1_ix8tinp wrote

What if the administrator, who handles the press releases and makes those judgements, is also a nurse.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_ix8thti wrote

If news outlets had to pay for the number of injuries in a mass casualty event, every media outlet would be broke by now.

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Banea-Vaedr t1_ix8y56r wrote

They sometimes keep informants on retainers

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bubalusarnee t1_ixa5mz8 wrote

Lol, do you four have a butt-hurt club and you're trolling r/massachusetts for the lulz or something?

Keep going, you probably don't have anything better to do.

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mynameisnoteliza OP t1_ix8o97r wrote

Didn’t even think about that. Doesn’t that nurse have better things to do?

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Banea-Vaedr t1_ix8obd1 wrote

Probably not. Hospital probably doesn't pay nearly enough

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Unique-Public-8594 t1_ix8sf0n wrote

every/any time there are mass casualties, the hospital directs inquiries to their public relations department.

Hospitals prepare for events that will trigger press inquiries.

Odd that a nurse was quoted.

I think their boss will see this as “an educational opportunity.”

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paddenice t1_ix96lrj wrote

Oftentimes you can estimate based on the number of ambulances on scene from the helicopter above.

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