Somehow, the story of a franchise-tagged defensive end losing a finger took a back seat on Wednesday night to the way the story emerged. In the aftermath of the news, first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, that doctors were removing the index finger from the right hand of Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, terms like “Pierre-Paul” or “JPP” weren’t trending on Twitter.
“HIPAA” was trending on Twitter.
And for good reason. Schefter opted not only to report the fact that the finger was being amputated, but also to post on Twitter an image of the raw medical record — a medical record that also included information regarding another patient’s procedure.