Uh Oh, INTERPOL Says That Organized Crime Groups Are Going Try To Get Their Hands On The COVID-19 Vaccines Because They View Them As "Liquid Gold"

WSJ- Criminal gangs will likely attempt to get their hands on supplies of new Covid-19 vaccines, international police organization Interpol warned, potentially disrupting supplies of the crucial shots as they become available. The agency issued a global orange notice—which it describes as a serious and imminent threat to public safety—to its 194 members, calling the vaccines “liquid gold,” and warned counterfeit vaccines or coronavirus tests could become a growing problem as international travel gradually resumes in the months to come.

“As governments are preparing to roll out vaccines, criminal organizations are planning to infiltrate or disrupt supply chains,” Interpol Secretary-General Jürgen Stock said late Wednesday. “It is essential that law enforcement is as prepared as possible for what will be an onslaught of all types of criminal activity linked to the Covid-19 vaccine.”

First off, I can never figure out if I love or hate the name INTERPOL. Part of me loves it since being an international agency with a name in all CAPS that is responsible for tracking down supervillains around the world is bad ass. But something about it seems so European and lame, likely because I associate them with car chase spy movies set in Europe where everyone smokes skinny cigarettes.

Anyway, as someone who wants to see this pandemic end as soon as possible and as smoothly as possible, this story is disturbing. I was hoping that whenever my vaccine number gets called, I would head to CVS, get a light dosage of the virus sending the world into a tizzy, then go about my way after buying my weight in candy that's on sale (which will likely result in me having to return to CVS in a few years to buy insulin. I see you, Big Pharma). 

However, it now appears that I may have to pay Tony Meatballs, Jimmy Gabagool, and some super loyal Capo named Clemenza a mortgage payment in order to keep myself and my family safe from the novel coronavirus. Not great! But you know what's crazy? After falling in love with bad boy characters from The Godfathers, Goodfellas, The Sopranos, and countless others over the years, I think I am rooting for the mob here. It feels like every industry the Mafia wet their beak in has either been legalized, decriminalized, or hammered by Johnny Law. To see them ride this pandemic back to prominence is such a feel good story outside of people potentially paying for a super important vaccine with an arm and a leg if they are even a day late on payments.

P.S. How great would a Sopranos episode hijacking coronavirus vaccines have been? I can hear Sil completely butchering the explanation of what a placebo is right now. Whoever made that Current Day Seinfeld Twitter account once upon a time needs to make one of The Sopranos ASAP.