3/15/2021

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP ADMIN/VACCINES: “A senior [Trump] administration official told Vanity Fair that staff from across the administration had ‘shamelessly’ attempted to jump ahead in line to get a [coronavirus] vaccine during the chaotic distribution earlier this year.

The outlet reported that former officials likened the effort to first-class passengers aboard the Titanic shoving others out of the way to get to the lifeboats…

The secret clamber for a COVID-19 vaccine came as then-President Donald Trump tweeted in mid-December that White House staff would be vaccinated ‘somewhat later in the program, unless specifically necessary.'”

-Lauren Frias, “Trump staffers, even those who worked for officials who publicly flouted coronavirus safety guidelines, were secretly scrambling for a COVID-19 vaccine: report,” businessinsider.com, Mar. 15, 2021