White House staff members will be among the first to be vaccinated.
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Via: sister-mary-agnes-ample-bottom • 4 years ago • 32 commentsBy: Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman (MSN)
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White House staff members will be among the first to be vaccinated.
White House staff members who work in close quarters with President Trump have been told they are scheduled to receive injections of the coronavirus vaccine soon, at a time when the first doses of the vaccine are being distributed only to high-risk health care workers, according to two sources familiar with the distribution plans.
The goal of distributing the vaccine inside the West Wing is to prevent additional government officials from falling ill in the final weeks of the Trump administration. The hope is to eventually distribute the vaccine to everyone who works in the White House, but will begin with some of the most senior people who work around the president, one of the people said.
It is not clear how many doses are being allocated to the White House, or how many are needed. While many Trump officials said they were eager to receive the vaccine and would take it if it were offered, others said they were concerned it would send the wrong message by making it look like Trump staff members were hopping the line in order to protect a president who already had the virus and has bragged that he is now "immune."
The first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine left a facility in Michigan early Sunday, with UPS and FedEx teaming up to ship them to all 50 states for distribution. A White House spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
The White House has seen multiple waves of coronavirus cases. Mr. Trump, the first lady and a half-dozen advisers tested positive at the end of September and early October. A few weeks later, Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, Marc Short, and a handful of other Pence staff members and advisers got sick.
And a third wave hit the West Wing after the president's election night party at the White House. The White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, got sick around that time, as did a number of other Trump advisers.
Since then, some senior Trump advisers have left the White House, like the senior communications adviser, Alyssa Farah. But the president's core circle of top staff remains.
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Huh. Interesting.
lotta fuss bout some damn Democratic hoax, no ?
I know, right? In addition, I didn't realize there were that many elderly and/or healthcare workers in the White House.
Having taken no precautions, the White House will now go to the head of the line for vaccination.
Why am I not surprised?
Is anyone surprised?
Imagine that politicians using their positions to take advantage of a benefit, I will be surprised when one at any level doesn't do this
Have no problem with the WH being vaccinated. I just hope they get the real vaccine and not a dose of bleach.
I forgot about Dr. Warp Speed's first curative suggestion.
You don't think the incoming Biden staff won't be vaccinated as well?
Moving in this week, are they?
No, in two months. You don't think they aren't getting moved to the head of the line as well?
They can't move in until the WH is completely cleaned from the CV and the fast food smell.
When they do move in, it will be to protect Biden/Harris. Trump's staff can go pound sand and wait like everyone else.
Screw them and back to the end of the line. They chose to work in a germ fest.
Exactly. They chose to stay aboard a ship whose captain refused to take precautions, and even mocked anyone who did!
Now they want priority care???
Fuck them!
Yesterday morning, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was interviewed on CNN prior to the first recipient receiving her vaccine. I have to admit that I was surprised to hear him say, "I'm proud to be one of the first to receive the Coronavirus vaccine." In fact, I was so surprised that I had to rewind...twice. My surprise changed to profound disappointment. He is not in a high risk group.
I will never agree with anyone shoving their way to the front of the line based on wealth or privilege or political standing.
You mean like Trump did at a world leader gathering.....
I bet more than one of Trump's white supremacist followers imploded because a person of color got the first dose.