into his friends' arms. offering up hefty donationsThe sense of hope that came when the FDA granted emergency authorization for the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine soon curdled when Americans discovered that congressional lawmakers, billionaire nursing home benefactors, and hospital executives were getting the vaccine more quickly than the average person.
"The rich don't want to wait their turn, so they're able to pull strings just like they would to get a first-class ticket on an airline by spending the top dollar or getting the best hotel room," R. Couri Hay, a New York City society publicist with more than 25 years of experience, told Insider."The rich view the vaccine and the [COVID-19] testing as another commodity that they could purchase.
A nurse at the Royal Cornwall Hospital prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine in Truro, United Kingdom.Access to the COVID-19 vaccine — the best bet yet at warding off a deadly virus that has disproportionately affected the poor and people of color — has become another marker in a pandemic that has both exposed and deepened the gap between the wealthy and everyone else.
The discombobulated rollout of the Trump administration's vaccine program has offered up countless loopholes The federal government decides how many vaccine doses each state receives, and sends them to pre-authorized locations. From there, state and local health officials are in charge of creating vaccination plans using theBut underfunded and understaffed hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities have been