Biden and Pence set to get COVID-19 vaccine Print this article
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to get the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in public next week, a move that he hopes will encourage people who are apprehensive about receiving the shots. I don t want to get ahead of the line, but I want to make sure we demonstrate to the American people that it is safe to take, Biden told reporters Wednesday in Wilmington, Delaware.
Biden had already pledged that he would get the vaccine on camera. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, said Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will get the first round of shots “as soon as we possibly can.”
California to consider historical injustice in setting vaccine distribution order Print this article
California may include “historical injustice” as a factor in determining the distribution of coronavirus vaccines, a sign of social justice considerations entering the public health effort.
The idea was first introduced to California’s Community Vaccine Advisory Committee on Nov. 25 by Virginia Hedrick, according to NPR.
Hedrick is executive director of the California Consortium for Urban Indian Health. A member of the Yurok Tribe, she pointed out that Native Americans are 4 times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 and twice as likely to die from it than white people.