FDA approves Moderna COVID-19 vaccine; reaction from Dr. Marty Makary on ‘America’s News HQ.’
Some wealthy Southern California A-listers are trying to jump to the front of the line in an effort to get the coronavirus vaccine.
Some attempting to leverage their power and influence and others are offering five-figure donations to hospitals to gain access.
Health care workers and nursing home residents are slated to receive the vaccine first. They will be followed by essential workers and people over 75. Doctors at medical practices that cater to exclusive clientele told Fox News that some of their patients are inquiring how they can be prioritized as doses remain limited.
Wealthy Americans ‘offering $25,000’ to cut line for Covid vaccine as country hits horrifying new highs
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RICH people are trying and failing to use their wealth to skip lines to get the coronavirus vaccine before essential workers and nursing home residents in California.
Elite clients are itching to cut the line to get COVID-19 by offering large cash sums to doctors who are forced to decline under the state’s vaccine distribution restrictions, The Los Angeles Times reported.
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Elite clients are itching to cut the line to get COVID-19 by offering large cash sums to doctors who are forced to declineCredit: AFP or licensors
US State Senator Jerry Relph dies after Covid-19 diagnosis
From CNN s Hollie Silverman
Republican Minnesota State Senator Jerry Relph. Minnesota State Legislature
Republican Minnesota State Senator Jerry Relph has died, a statement from his family said Friday night.
Relph, 76, had been diagnosed with Covid-19 after discovering he was exposed at the State Capitol and had been admitted to an emergency room for his symptoms, CNN affiliate WCCO reported.
He died Friday, according to the family statement.
“I m heartbroken to share that my husband, Jerry Relph, has passed away and entered his heavenly home, his wife Pegi Broker-Relph said in the statement.
ABC7 Chicago s Mark Rivera walks you through how to use the COVID-19 vaccine calculator to find your place in line to get the shot.
Toll said his practice has applied with the state of California to become a vaccine distribution center for his clients and has already purchased special ultra-cold freezers in anticipation of storing vials of the Pfizer vaccine. They wanted it yesterday
Dr. David Nazarian, of My Concierge MD in Beverly Hills, said a number of his A-list clients are contacting him, saying that money is no object if it helps them get the vaccine early. They wanted it yesterday, said Nazarian. We will play by the rules but are doing everything we can to secure and distribute the vaccine when its available to us.