WASHINGTON – Three former presidents say they'd be willing to take a coronavirus vaccine publicly, once one becomes available, to encourage all Americans to get inoculated against a disease that has already killed more than 275,000 people nationwide.
President Donald Trump was asked this summer if he would consider being the first to take the vaccine to send a message that it was safe.
Vaccine trials excluded volunteers who had diagnosed infections — including those who had gotten treatment for the virus, which Trump had in October.
“There’s been a great deal of challenge over the years of this growing concern of what I call ‘vaccine hesitancy,'" Redfield said.
Biden told CNN during an interview Thursday that he too would be happy to get his vaccine publicly to encourage people to follow suit.