The United States rolled out the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week. Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse at Northwell Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York, received the very first coronavirus vaccine in the US at 9:43 a.m.
There is discussion about who deserves priority on the waiting list for the corona virus. An expert told the New York Times that older people should not be prioritized because “older populations are whiter,” and if they didn’t get a COVID-19 vaccine, it would “become a bit more equal with minorities.”
The Vaccination Practices Advisory Committee, an advisory group of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has issued its official advice on who should be front in line for the COVID-19 vaccine. The ACIP placed the following groups on the priority waiting list: health care workers, workers in essential and critical industries, those at high risk of serious COVID-19 disease due to underlying medical conditions, and those 65 and older .
However, there are wealthy people who are trying to skip the line for the coronavirus vaccine by offering to make substantial “ donations, ” according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
Dr. Jeff Toll works at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, one of the first hospitals to stock the vaccine. A wealthy person has reportedly offered to make a large “donation” to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to skip the coronavirus vaccination line. The wealthy person asked Toll, “If I donate $ 25,000 to Cedars, would that help me get in line?” Toll said no.
California doctors claim that celebrities have instructed their assistants to tie medical clinics until they are on the waiting list for COVID-19 vaccination.
“Their people call me literally every day,” claimed an anonymous doctor. ‘They don’t want to wait. They want to know how to get it faster. ‘
Dr. Ehsan Ali, who runs the Beverly Hills Concierge Doctor and brags about famous clients such as Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, said he gets “hundreds of calls every day” from people trying to get the COVID-19 vaccine. “This is the first time that I have not been able to get something for my patients,” he admitted.
If you don’t have a dedicated assistant or $ 25,000 to buy your way to the front of the coronavirus vaccine waiting list, you can roughly see how many people are in front of you by the New York Times’ Find Your Place in the Vaccine Line to use “tool.