Vice President-elect Kamala Harris had a huge audience while receiving her coronavirus vaccine that just gained approval from the FDA earlier this month.
In a live event covered by all three major national cable news networks, Harris was administered the first of the two shots of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at United Medical Center located in the southeast portion of the District of Columbia.
“I want to encourage everyone to get the vaccine,” she said after receiving the shot. “It is relatively painless, it happens really quickly. It is safe.”
“This is about saving lives. It’s literally about saving lives,” the vice president-elect stressed to the millions of Americans watching. “I trust the scientists, and it is the scientists who created and approved this vaccine everyone. So I urge everyone, when it is your turn, get vaccinated.”
She added, “It’s about saving your life, the life of your family members, and the life of your community.”
Back in September during the general election campaign Harris made headlines when she refused to take President Trump’s word on the reliability of any coronavirus vaccine that would be produced as long as he were president.
One month later, Harris and Vice President Mike Harris clashed during a heated debate when she continued to stand her ground by vowing to only take the vaccine if it was approved by scientific leaders, including the notorious infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“If the public health professionals, if Dr. Fauci, if the doctors tell us we should take it, I’ll be the first in line to take it, absolutely,” Harris claimed at the time. “But if Donald Trump tells us we should take it, I’m not taking it.”
Pence took personal offense to her comment and criticized Harris for continuing “to undermine public confidence in a vaccine.”
The Vice President went on to say that it was “unconscionable” and asked Harris “to stop playing politics with peoples’ lives.”