NEW: Top officials in the White House, the Pentagon and Congress are navigating an ethical minefield as they begin to be offered early access to the Covid-19 vaccine. Should get the shot now to set a good example, or will that look like cutting the line? politico.com/news/2020/12/1…
As much as officials want to send the message that the vaccine is safe and be protected themselves, they're very sensitive to the optics at play.
"I don’t think that power or privilege or money should ever be a factor in who gets the vaccine first" @RepRaulRuizMD told me.
"I don’t think that power or privilege or money should ever be a factor in who gets the vaccine first" @RepRaulRuizMD told me.
Lawmakers don't yet know when they will have access to the vaccine, but some are already declaring that they plan to wait their turn.
“I will not skip the line,” @SenSchumer said Monday.
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“I will not skip the line,” @SenSchumer said Monday.
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@SenSchumer .@JoeBiden, too, is holding off for now, and says he is consulting with Fauci on when he and his top aides should get vaccinated. He has already pledged to get the shot in public to help address widespread mistrust of the rapidly developed vaccine.
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