Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Receive COVID-19 Vaccine: “I Barely Felt It”
This Tuesday morning, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received her first dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine in D.C. Her husband, Doug Emhoff, also received the vaccination today.
“That was easy,” Harris said after getting her shot. “I barely felt it.” Harris’ vaccination came a little over a week after President-elect Joe Biden received his first coronavirus vaccination on live television. He received a dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a hospital not far from his Delaware home. The president-elect and vice president-elect join a growing list of elected officials who received the vaccine this month, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
After being administered the vaccine in her left arm, Harris said: “I want to encourage everyone to get the vaccine. It is relatively painless. It happens really quickly. It is safe.”
She added, “It’s literally about saving lives,” Harris said. “I trust the scientists. And it is the scientists who created and approved this vaccine. So I urge everyone, when it is your turn, get vaccinated.”
Although Vice President Mike Pence was the first major public figure from Trump’s administration to get vaccinated, it has been unclear if Donald Trump will also do so.
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