Rich and famous Hollywood people are going crazy to get the COVID-19 vaccine: they offer up to $ 10,000 for shelter and act as health workers in a scene that comes out of a book by Suzanne Collins, according to a new report.
“It’s like‘ The Hunger Games ’Out There,” a senior entertainment executive told Variety about Tinseltown’s struggle to immunize itself in California, now the epicenter of the global health crisis.
Dr. Robert Huizenga told the magazine that the pockets have offered up to $ 10,000 desperate to receive a shot, while others have resorted to more extreme measures.
“We’ve been offered bribes,” the Beverly Hills document told Variety. “We see people carrying planes everywhere. We have seen people trying to temporarily enter the health profession or the staff of nursing homes, so they qualify for an early vaccination. ”
Huizenga said notable members of the entertainment industry treat the coveted vaccination as a “fight for their lives” amid the slow deployment across the country.
“You can’t really blame yourself for stopping all the stops,” he said. “The state and the government have created a system that is really horrible.”
Other major older entertainment hairdressers have flocked to Florida to receive doses, including Allen Shapiro, CEO of Dick Clark Productions, 73, and former CEO of Time Warner, 72, Richard Parsons, told Variety .
Some have also traveled to Maui to get the blow.
Golden State has administered more than 2.4 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, a rate of 6,192 shots per 100,000 people, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So far some 387,500 people have been completely immunized.
But like many other states, California, which has about 40 million residents, is on the verge of running out of vaccines after the rocket launch.
Cali has recently switched to an age-based eligibility system after first dosing front-line workers, health workers, teachers and those over 65.
Meanwhile, infections have risen in the state, with 25,747 new cases and 422 new deaths recorded Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
With publishing cables