Politicians and Covid-19 vaccines: Should they set an example or cut in line?
“We want to ensure that everyone feels safe about this vaccine and sees some of the more prominent members of society getting it, but also ensure people don’t say ‘what about us?’” said Utibe R Essien, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. With the pandemic raging across the country, and more than 320,000 Americans already dead, some lawmakers with access to the vaccine said they were indeed planning to wait until more Americans could get their shots before getting theirs. Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/AP For some of America's political leaders s...