Patchwork state rules leave vaccine selfies open to envy, judgment
Candice Choi
The Associated Press
NEW YORK Before posting a selfie with her COVID-19 vaccination card on Twitter, Aditi Juneja debated whether to include an explanation for why she was eligible for a shot.
“The first draft of the tweet had an explanation,” says Juneja, a 30-year-old lawyer in New York City.
After some thought, she decided to leave out that her body mass index is considered obese, putting her at higher risk of serious illness if infected. A friend who disclosed the same reason on social media was greeted with hateful comments, and Juneja wanted to avoid that.
As the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines widens in the U.S., varying eligibility rules and unequal access to the coveted doses are sometimes breeding feelings of guilt, envy and judgment
Guilt, envy, distrust: Vaccine rollout breeds mixed emotions, fears of criticism on social media Share Updated: 11:21 AM EST Mar 8, 2021 By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press
Guilt, envy, distrust: Vaccine rollout breeds mixed emotions, fears of criticism on social media Share Updated: 11:21 AM EST Mar 8, 2021
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Show Transcript we are announcing the addition of two new FEMA supported high volume sites. The Atlanta Falcons Stadium in Georgia and the Wall Stein Center in Cleveland, Ohio, will turn into FEMA supported community vaccination sites with the capacity to deliver 6000 shots per day each. Both of these sites sit in neighborhoods hit hard by the pandemic and are well known in the community. This brings the total to 18 FEMA supported sites across seven states with the ability to administer more than 60,000 shots per day. These are complex issues, and the science is rapidly evolving. CDC is working to ensure that the communicat
As the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines widens in the U.S., varying eligibility rules and unequal access to the coveted doses are sometimes breeding feelings of guilt, envy and judgment
NEW YORK - Before posting a selfie with her COVID-19 vaccination card on Twitter, Aditi Juneja debated whether to include an explanation for why she was.