Public officials and politicians are among the first in line for vaccines that have yet to reach all health-care workers and will not become available to the public for months. Hospital residents and fellows from Palo Alto, Calif., to Denver and D.C. said they had to fight for early doses of the vaccine. Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch publicized his vaccination in Britain even as his cable news network promotes vaccine skepticism. “What’s the evidence that vaccinating government officials promotes public trust in the vaccine? George, a Democrat and the top elected official in Fort Bend County, Tex., called on politicians to wait until all essential workers had been inoculated.

Source: Washington Post December 23, 2020 23:32 UTC