And it’s wise for state officials to plan now for how they might deal with violations of distribution rules. (Still, it seems there could be better methods of distributing excess vaccine than tapping the friends and family network of healthcare VIPs.)īut vaccine misuse surely could become an issue as more doses become available in coming months and access is opened to broad groups of people such as food and agricultural workers. Dolly Parton has donated 1 million for the development of the vaccine. 'Immense gratitude to all of the frontline healthcare workers, continuing to work tirelessly to keep us all safe,' the actor shared to Instagram on Feb. She also hopes that this will encourage people to not jump the line as well. She is going to wait a few more days until she gets hers. Then they saw celebrities and politicians scandalously jump the line for the jab. She also revealed that legally she should have received the vaccine last week as she has turned 75. If there is a surplus after immunizing staff, it’s reasonable for medical facilities to offer it to anyone who wants a shot rather than waste even a drop of this precious substance. People in Poland long appeared hesitant to get vaccinated against COVID-19. California expects it will have received a total of 1.8 million by week’s end, with clear guidance on who gets them: front-line healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities.Ĭomplicating the matter is the fact that the two vaccines now available are packaged in vials that contain multiple doses with a six-hour shelf life. But with hours left until 2021, only about 11.5 million doses had shipped and 2.1 million first shots administered nationwide.
Initially, federal officials estimated there would be 40 million doses shipped by year’s end. There have been scattered tales of line-jumping and the Facebook revelation of a 33-year-old Disney employee who said she received a shot thanks to a family member who is a “big deal” at Redlands Community Hospital.īut at this point there are not many doses available as the rollout of the first wave of the vaccine has been far slower than expected. Vaccine line-jumping doesn’t yet seem widespread. That hasn’t been the case for pandemic restrictions, and the result has been open defiance of safer-at-home orders and a surge in infections and deaths. A New York-based fitness instructor with very, very famous clientele is in hot water after claiming she was an 'educator' in order to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Lives are at stake, and anyone who cuts in front of a healthcare worker or someone at high risk of dying - or allows it to happen - should be called out and punished in a meaningful way. “If you skip the line or you intend to skip the line, you will be sanctioned, you will lose your license,” Newsom said Monday, adding that his office was working on details of an enforcement package.
Celebrities jumping line for vaccine code#
Gavin Newsom says he is serious about cracking down on medical providers who divert COVID-19 vaccines to nonpriority patients or sell them on the black market. DALLASA few weeks ago, Stephen received a message from a friend with a tantalizing opportunity: an access code that would allow him to receive a coronavirus vaccine that same day.