Rep. Ayanna Pressley said on Sunday that she would fight for prison inmates, along with other groups, to get priority for receiving the coronavirus vaccine. CORONAVIRUS BEHIND DEATH OF RHODE ISLAND INMATE: REPORTOn Twitter, Pressley, D-Mass., posted an opinion article pushing the idea to prioritize prisoners. While Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has said she will prioritize prisoners in addition to other groups, the idea encountered pushback from Colorado Gov. "There’s no way it’s going to go to prisoners before it goes to people who haven’t committed any crime. In prisons around the country, COVID-19 outbreaks have followed transfers of prisoners or prison workers.

Source: Fox News December 22, 2020 02:46 UTC