© (U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Stormy Mendez)Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, receive Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals for their role in Operation Gotham, on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 16, 2020.
U.S. service members would be among the first Americans to receive the vaccine against COVID-19 if one is proven to be safe and effective, senior administration officials told reporters Tuesday.
Speaking about the Trump administration's effort to develop, make and distribute a working vaccine against the deadly coronavirus by early next year, officials said those likely to receive it first include the most vulnerable, such as the elderly, those with underlying health conditions, workers in essential businesses and the U.S. military.
"Our role, as the federal government, is to ensure anyone who is vulnerable, cannot afford it and desire it can get it, those critical to infrastructure get it, essential workers get it, and those associated with national defense get it. That's our obligation," the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak in an official capacity.
Comment: What we're seeing now in terms of regression is likely to continue getting worse as the number of social and physical interactions kids have - interactions that children need to fully develop emotionally and mentally - are cut back to near zero. Governments are destroying the mental and emotional well being of children, and they're doing it all for nothing.