Amanda Kloots refuses to listen to vaccination hammers after receiving her first Pfizer injection for COVID-19
She is strong in her decision to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
And Amanda Kloots, the widow of the late Broadway recording artist Nick Cordero, spoke out on CBS’s The Talk Monday after trolls beat her for waiting in line to receive the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
The dancer and fitness instructor, 38, reiterated the fact that she waited patiently in line at a Los Angeles vaccination center until the end of the day to see if she was able to get a dose that would otherwise go unused. stayed.
Staying Positive: Amanda Kloots, the widow of the late Broadway artist Nick Cordero, spoke on CBS’s The Talk Monday after trolls beat her for waiting in line to receive the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine
The mother-of-one, whose husband lost a protracted battle with the coronavirus last summer, once again explained how her post caused many shamers to accuse her of stealing the vaccine from others who earn more.
But she went on to say how that ‘shame’ eventually ‘turned into positivity’.
“I’m not even going to focus on that shame, because I don’t spend time in my life on negativity,” Kloots began.
The post in question: Kloots reiterated the fact that she waited patiently in line at a vaccination point until the end of the day to see if she was able to get a dose
But this post got a lot of shame, the shame got press, that press turned into conversation, that conversation turned into awareness, and then that awareness turned into positivity. That’s how I roll. And that’s how I live my life! she continued.
“It just amazed me that someone would rather see a vaccine go to waste than end up in a willing arm.”
A day after her selfie got the vaccine on Friday, Amanda took to Instagram again to express her anger at “ vaccine shame. ”
‘This post got a lot of shame, the shame got press, that press turned into conversation, that conversation turned into awareness, and then that awareness turned into positivity. That’s how I roll. And that’s how I live my life! ‘ she said
‘Waiting for a vaccination site is not new. People have been doing this since the rollout. Sometimes you get sent away and sometimes there are extra vaccines that would otherwise go unused if your arm wasn’t there, ready to go, ” she wrote in the post.
“Here’s what I don’t stand for,” she continued. “To be told that I did something wrong, that I cheated on the system, that I used the celebrity privilege, that I took a vaccine from an elderly person or an essential employee!
How dare you say that to me or someone who has been waiting on standby ?! These additional vaccines will not be provided until all appointments have ended, ‘she added.
“I don’t stand for vaccination shame!”
Spoken Saturday on Instagram: A day after her selfie got the vaccine on Friday, Amanda took to Instagram again to express her anger at ‘vaccine shame’