She will tell you I’ve been unable to sleep. In the face of all the denialism and the propaganda and disinformation, the scientists came through for humanity.”Įveryone who is offered the vaccine should take it, the Montgomery County Democrat said. “Science has come through for us in a huge way. The lawmaker said he is grateful to the people who labored to develop the various COVID-19 vaccines. So I decided to challenge everybody to an eye exam,” Raskin said with a laugh. “We were in a room with a vision chart, an eye chart.

Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands), a former student. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Del. Raskin said he ended up hanging out with Reps. Senate and House of Representatives receive the coronavirus vaccine to maintain continuity of government.Īfter receiving the first dose, people are asked to remain in the vaccination room for 20 minutes or so, in case they have a reaction. The Attending Physician at the Capitol has recommended that members of the U.S. “It just feels like an act of pure patriotism, and suddenly Springsteen’s song ‘Badlands’ kept going through my mind with the line ‘It ain’t no sin to be glad you’re alive.’” “When I got the shot, I said to myself, ‘I have not felt this good since I voted,’” he said. In an interview over the weekend, he said he found the experience to be exhilarating. Raskin (D) received his shot late Friday. Most members of Maryland’s congressional delegation are planning to get the COVID-19 vaccine soon, and three have already received it.

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