The coronavirus vaccine is the new symbol of status, the supreme meaning of privilege, chutzpah and exclusivity – the things that separate the ultraelite and the powerful from the ordinary chump. It’s a sign he made.
In America, the few, the big, the underprivileged, jump on those who receive heroic and nameless answers, the vulnerable elderly and the chronically ill – anyone who does not have a chosen title or a gross government salary.
You can forget to talk progressively about inequality. These righteous people were invited to roll up their sleeves and, boastfully, even purge, to cram into the gutter of life-saving drugs. Some took the opportunity to rub their needle in front of us, using social media to promote their alleged bravery to passively receive Pfizer’s miraculous elixir or to pose for photos or in front of TV cameras while receiving a slight relief.
The rest of us will just have to wait, many of us by spring, at the earliest.
Suck!
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic-Socialist representative from New York (among others), who plays the role of champion for the poor and helpless in her Bronx / Queens district, showing her own injection, live on Instagram. Her narcissistic stance began as she embarrassingly shared the needle run, doing things like filling out a form.
After undergoing the main event on Friday, she discussed the pain in her arms.
This is despite the fact that the far-left darling is only 31 years old and seems to be in excellent physical condition. I have not heard of any attempt by her to make the vaccine spread early to people for whom it could be a matter of life or death.
But Ocasio-Cortez strongly defended cutting the vaccination line after Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, 57, said members of Congress, especially those under 65 and in good health. health, should not receive fires before. of the elderly and health workers.
For the AOC, the administration of the vaccine meant the fight against the evil right.
“God, maybe if the GOP hadn’t spent so much time undermining public belief in science, masks and COVID itself, I shouldn’t have weighed the potential consequences of misinforming what [would] it happens if the leaders ask [people] let’s get a new vaccine that we don’t get ourselves! She wrote on Twitter.
But some members of his own Ocasio-Cortez party were even more passionate about preferential treatment of politicians. Among them was Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar – a member of the AOC’s progressive “team” – whose father died of COVID-19 complications.
She called it “shameful” that young and healthy MPs have early access to the vaccine.
“It is now clear that we do not have enough vaccines for everyone and that there is a shortage of supply, we must give priority to those who need it most,” Omar wrote online. “That’s why it’s annoying to see members in the first place in the vaccine, while most of the top workers, the elderly and the infirm in our districts, are waiting.”
And on Monday, the former Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a 39-year-old Hawaiian, excoriated health officials for allowing young, healthy people to selfishly jump in front of the inoculation line.
“Heartless, arrogant, unelected [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] bureaucrats have decided that the lives of older Americans just don’t matter, “Gabbard posted on Twitter.
“It recommends 100 million ‘essential workers’ (ie healthy people who work in liquor stores or telephone companies) can get the vaccine before our grandparents,” Gabbard wrote.
“This is an immoral and bad health policy, I had planned to receive the vaccine, but now I will show solidarity with our elderly, without doing so until they can NOT. I urge my healthy and under-65 colleagues to join me. “
Ensuring the health of the swamp residents of Washington, DC, was in a way a higher priority than protecting the safety of the elderly and health care workers, as they are considered vital to the functioning of the federal government. (Enter punchline here.) Their well-being is believed to contribute to national security.
But more and more lawmakers say they will give up the opportunity to get vaccinated before their more deserving members receive them. Refusers include Senators Paul and Representatives Gabbard and Omar, as well as Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Representative Brian Mast (R-Fla.) And Representative Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ.)
Politicians, hard to believe, are no more important than everyone else. Check your privilege at the door. Come to the elections, you can and you will be easily replaced.