I'm doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared, when it's available, to take the vaccine," Biden told reporters on Dec. 21 while receiving his vaccine on the Christiana Care campus in Newark, Delaware. "There's nothing to worry about. I'm looking forward to the second shot."
"The scientists and the people who put this together, the frontline workers, the people who were the ones who actually did the clinical work," Biden continued. "Just amazing ... We owe you big. We really do."
On Jan. 11, he received his second dose live on camera, too.
美國副總統賀錦麗 - Moderna
Vice President-Elect Kamala HarrisVice President-elect Kamala Harris was the latest American lawmaker to be publicly inoculated with the novel coronavirus vaccine, receiving her first dose of the Moderna vaccine on television on Dec. 29. Live footage showed Harris wearing a face mask and rolling up her sleeve as her vaccine was administered by clinical nurse manager Patricia Cummings at Washington, D.C.'s United Medical Center, a public hospital that predominately serves an AfricanAmerican population, according to The Washington Post.
"That was easy," Harris said after receiving her shot. "Thank you. I barely felt it."
Harris then thanked the healthcare workers at United Medical Center, noting that they serve a community "that is often overlooked."
"I want to encourage everyone to get the vaccine. It is relatively painless, it happens really quickly, it is safe," Harris said.
美國前副總統彭斯 - 輝瑞 (Pfizer / BioNTech)
Vice President Mike Pence & Second Lady Karen PenceThe vice president, 61, and second lady, 63, received their doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 18, just after 8 a.m. local time.
A livestream shared on Twittershowed Surgeon General Jerome Adams receiving the shot first (giving a thumbs-up to the camera right before), then Mrs. Pence and, finally, the vice president.
The White House announced Wednesday that the Pences would publicly receive the vaccine in an effort "to promote [its] safety and efficacy."
"You still want to protect people who are very important to our country right now," Dr. Anthony Fauci told reporters earlier in the week of vaccinating Pence, President Donald Trump, President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris. "For security reasons, I really feel strongly that we should get them vaccinated as soon as we possibly can."
Former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have all also volunteered to take the vaccine publicly to attest to its safety to Americans.
英女王夫婦 (Oxford Uni-AstraZeneca, Pfizer /BioNTech or Moderna)
Queen Elizabeth & Prince PhillipThe Queen, 94, and her husband, 99, announced via Buckingham Palace that they received the vaccine via the palace's household doctor in early January.
A royal source tells PEOPLE the monarch wanted to make news of her vaccination public in order to prevent speculation and inaccuracies.
On Jan. 1, Denmark's Queen Margrethe, 80, became the first European sovereign to publicly receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
And Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja, both 83, were administered the vaccine on Jan. 13, the Royal Court announced.
Dr. Fauci (福奇) 美國傳染病專家 - Moderna
Dr. Anthony FauciAfter reassuring kids he'd personally vaccinated Santa Claus, Dr. Fauci received the Moderna vaccine himself on Dec. 22, live on TV.
When asked why he was getting the vaccine, Fauci said, "First, I am an attending physician here on the staff at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and so I do see patients. But, as important or more important, is as a symbol to the rest of the country that I feel extreme confidence in the safety and the efficacy of this vaccine."
"I want to encourage everyone who has the opportunity to get vaccinated so that we can have a veil of protection over this country that would end this pandemic," he added.
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"The Phase 3 clinica ltrial of BNT162b2 began on July 27 and has enrolled 43,661 participants to date, 41,135 of whom have received a second dose of the vaccine candidate as of November 13, 2020. Approximately 42% of global participants and 30% of U.S. participants have racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds, and 41% of global and 45% of U.S. participants are 56-85 years of age. A breakdown of the diversity of clinical trial participants can be found here from approximately150 clinical trials sites in United States, Germany, Turkey, South Africa, Brazil and Argentina. The trial will continue to collect efficacy and safety data in participants for an additional two years.""
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