US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has received the first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine live on television on Tuesday in Washington, DC. The VP urged Americans to get vaccinated for the virus.
“That was easy, “Thank you. I barely felt it.” “I want to encourage everyone to get the vaccine. It is relatively painless. It happens really quickly. It is safe,” Harris said. “It’s literally about saving lives,” Harris said. “I trust the scientists. And it is the scientists who created and approved this vaccine. So I urge everyone, when it is your turn, get vaccinated.”
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Kamala Harris said her husband, Doug Emhoff, would be receiving the first dose of the Moderna vaccine on Tuesday as well. “I want to remind people that right in your community is where you can take the vaccine, where you will receive the vaccine, by folks you may know, folks who are otherwise working in the same hospital where your children were born. Folks who are working in the same hospital where an elderly relative received the kind of care that they needed,” Harris said.
The vice president-elect continued: “I want to remind people that they have trusted sources of help and that’s where they will be available to go to get the vaccine. So I encourage them to do that.
The vaccine was administered by Patricia Cummings, a clinical nurse manager at United Medical Center, according to the Biden-Harris transition team.
The vaccine was administered by Patricia Cummings, a clinical nurse manager at United Medical Center, according to the Biden-Harris transition team.
Harris thanked United Medical Center for the work that you do in Southeast (Washington) DC, serving a community that is often overlooked.
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