President-elect Joe Biden receives first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Washington: The president-elect received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on live television in an effort to show the American public that the vaccine is safe.
The event was broadcast live as part of an effort to reassure the American public of the vaccine’s safety.
The president-elect Joe Biden said, “We owe these folks an awful lot … People should be prepared, when it’s available, to take the vaccine. There’s nothing to worry about’.
There’s nothing to worry about. I am looking forward to the second shot,” Biden said from a hospital in Delaware.
Jill Biden, the incoming first lady, received a dose of the vaccine earlier in the day. Vice President-elect Sen. Kamala Harris of California and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will be vaccinated next week.
