Ilhan Omar Refuses, COVID-19 Vaccine, Calls Prioritization of Politicians ‘Shameful’.
On Sunday, Rep. Ilhan Omar replied to a question on Twitter which asked if political leaders were getting the COVID-19 vaccine first “because of their age or their importance?”.
Omar, whose father died from COVID-19 complications
in June, said it was “shameful” that politicians get the
vaccine before front line workers. .
It would makes sense if it was
age, but unfortunately it’s of
importance and its shameful. , Rep Ilhan Omar, via Twitter.
She continued, saying politicians are not “more
important” and that she wouldn’t be getting the COVID-19
vaccine alongside her fellow Congresspeople.
We are not more important then
frontline workers, teachers etc. who
are making sacrifices everyday. Which
is why I won’t take it. People who need
it most, should get it. Full stop, Rep Ilhan Omar, via Twitter.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also
responded to the posed question, saying it was “protocol”
that dictated the prioritization of politicians. .
If it was within [individual] power to ‘give’ the vaccine to someone else, I would! … But according to these protocols, there’s a chance it could
have just been stored, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, via Twitter.
AOC also pointed out that in this
“age of [misinformation],” politicians not receiving
the vaccine first could cause people to worry. .
Omar has not yet said if she will
take the COVID-19 vaccine once it
becomes available to all Americans. .
AOC documented herself receiving
the vaccine on Saturday, saying she
would “never, ever ask you to do something
[she] wasn’t willing to do [herself].”