Two Firefighters and a Pharmacist Caught In Alleged Covid-19 Vaccine Forgery Caper

Two Douglas County Firefighters Resigned to Avoid Getting Fired, Walgreens Terminated Pharmacist Who Allegedly 'Squirted The Injection Into The Trash'

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On Oct. 18, 2021 a Washington state mandate went into effect that required most state employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as a condition of employment. Firefighters were included in this group. Some didn’t want to be forced into receiving the vaccine though. So they found ways around the mandate.

Two of these individuals were Douglas County Firefighter Josh Bollinger and Captain Seth Ellis, according to Douglas County Fire Protection District documents. Both men were district employees – until Oct. 27, 2021.

According to a “Notice of Pre-Discipline Hearing” document, Bollinger admitted to the local union president and Battalion Chief Phillips that he “obtained a forged vaccine card from Walgreens in East Wenatchee.”

“Bollinger was complaining to a crew mate that he did not want the second shot in the series. That crew mate told him to speak with Captain Ellis and stated that Ellis might know someone who could help him,” officials wrote.

According to the do…