Pfizer CEO Says He Will Wait To Receive Covid-19 Vaccine Because He Doesn’t Want ‘To Cut In Line;’ Will Get Vaccinated After Frontline Workers

The CEO of Pfizer says he hasn’t gotten the Covid-19 vaccine yet because he says he doesn’t want to “cut in line.”

As the first line of Covid-19 vaccines is being distributed, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said he hasn’t gotten his yet because he doesn’t want to jump ahead of someone else. Pfizer and BioNTech developed the vaccine, and it’s the first to be approved for emergency use in the U.Ss, CNBC reports. The vaccine is set to arrive at more than 100 of the nation’s 636 pre-determined sites, accordion to the outlet. 

On Friday, the FDA approved the vaccine for use in people 16 and older. The CDC has also officially recommended it on Sunday. For now, the first to receive the vaccine, due to a limited amount of doses, will be health care workers and long-term residents for initial distribution. 

Bourla will have to wait to receive his vaccine, as he doesn’t fit the profile of someone who is in dire need of it. He is not a frontline worker and is relatively in good health for a 59-year-old, CNBC reports. While he said he does believe that him being recorded on camera receiving the vaccine would help people get over their fear of it, he says “none of the executives and board members will cut the line.”

Bourla urged Americans to “trust science” and told people it would be best to get vaccinated when they are able. “This is a vaccine that was developed without cutting corners from a company with 171 years of credentials,” Bourla said Monday on “Squawk Box.” “This is a vaccine that was developed in the spotlight, in the daylight, with all the data being put in a server.”

The nation has seen 300,000 Covid-19-related deaths since the virus first came to the U.S. The federal government will be partnering with UPS, FedEx, McKesson, CVS, and Walgreens to help distribute the vaccine.

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