The United States launched the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week. Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at North Medical Long Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York, received her first coronavirus vaccine in the United States on Monday at 9:23 a.m.
It has been debated who deserves priority on the coronavirus waiting list. An expert told the New York Times that older people should not have priority because “older populations are whiter” and not providing them with a COVID-19 vaccine “would start to equalize the playing field” with minorities.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, an advisory group for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published its official recommendation on who should lead the COVID-19 vaccine. ACIP placed the following groups on the priority waiting list: health workers, workers in essential and critical industries, people at high risk of suffering from severe COVID-19 diseases due to underlying medical conditions and people aged 65 and over. or more.
However, there are wealthy people trying to skip the line for the coronavirus vaccine by offering to make substantial “donations,” according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Dr. Jeff Toll works at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, one of the first hospitals to store the vaccine. According to reports, a wealthy person offered to make a major “donation” to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to bypass the coronavirus vaccine line. The rich person asked Toll, “If I give Cedars $ 25,000, would that help me get in line?” Toll said no.
California doctors say celebrities have ordered their assistants to badger medical clinics until they reach the priority waiting list for the COVID-19 vaccine.
“His people literally call me every day,” one anonymous doctor said. “They don’t want to wait. They want to know how to get there faster.”
Dr. Ehsan Ali, who heads the Beverly Hills concierge doctor and has famous clients such as Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, said he receives “hundreds of calls every day” from people trying to get the COVID-19 vaccine. “It’s the first time I haven’t been able to get something for my patients,” he admitted.
If you don’t have a dedicated assistant or $ 25,000 to bribe on the coronavirus vaccine waiting list, you can see how many people are left in front of you by using the “Find Your Place in the Vaccine Line” program New York Times “tool.