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Domestic goddess, style maven and recovered convicted felon Martha Stewart took to social media this week to share a video of herself getting the vaccine for COVID-19. When the predictable haters attacked her over the image, Stewart clapped back in kind.
“I am so proud of and grateful to the doctors, nurses, and medical staff who are wading through the red tape and confusion of the distribution of these very important vaccines,” Stewart, 79, wrote on Instagram. “I am excited to have received my dosage and look forward to the booster.”
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“The doctors told me 10,000 applications were received by Mount Sinai right after the state released this batch of vaccines,” she added. “Here’s to the advancement of science and a heartfelt thanks to those working on the vaccines. We are all hoping for an end to this pandemic.”
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The haters wasted no time in attacking Stewart in the comments, both for alleged elitism in getting the vaccine ahead of schedule and for taking a vaccine that might contain “unknown” effects.
“To allay your concerns that I jumped the line know that I am in the approved age group for this batch of vaccines and I waited in line with others,” Stewart said in the post.
Stewart received the vaccine as part of a new push by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to expand vaccine access to people over 75. At present, individual states are rolling out the vaccine to citizens which has created complications in some distribution chains. Earlier this week, the Trump Administration announced it would follow part of President-elect Joe Biden’s plan to release all available doses of the COVID-19 vaccine immediately to innoculate as many citizens as possible.
Kangol2
Martha Stewart is 79. Why is it an issue that she’s receiving the vaccine when Gov. Cuomo approved people in her age group to get it? Some people look for anything to fly off the handle about.
dinard38
Ain’t that the truth? It’s like they try to find the most mundane things to bitch about.
ScottOnEarth
How small-minded are those idiots who accuse a 79-year-old woman of getting preferential treatment, when the focused age-ranges are all over the news?
screwtop
Well if they ever said anything sensible, how could we tell that they are idiots?
Openminded
She’s in an approved group, good on her for getting out and getting the shot. Many other’s have done the same thing but lack the clout to be heard on social media. Hopefully she will influence some of her audience to follow suit. Yeah, we all should know that there have been and will be “line jumpers”, it’s rampant here in my home state of TN, but I believe in Karma and figure I’ll patiently wait my turn and hope for the best. Ironic thing is, I went to school with the director of our county health dept. and she told me she has to laugh when she gets calls from people she knows have been anti-maskers and anti-vaccine yet they want to know if she can “do anything to get them the shot”. If you believe Stewart jumped line, that’s your problem. Get off social media and get in line.
Dymension
My parents are 81 and 79, and they already got it. They are FAR from privileged, being blue collar Puerto Ricans who never made more than $35k. People like to talk shit.
Liquid Silver
I fail to see why she shouldn’t get it? My mother’s her age and has an appointment shortly. Now given Trump’s incompetence, they’ve notified her that they may have to move it a bit due to supply, but she’ll still get it.
Toofie
People are going to be outraged over everything. She’s 79 and in the approved age group for the vaccine.
Cam
Good for her for publicizing the Vaccine. I’m so over these anti-Vaxxer idiots.
barryaksarben
Anti vaxxers are such idiots. They will eat processed foods that they have no idea what is in them or take other drugs that they dont have a clue how they work and many older ones have been vaccinated themselves yet in this case they dont trust it? Just insane, but hey the rest of us can get it quicker and if they die it is partially their own fault
Cam
I know! Or those actresses that don’t mind getting silicone breast implants and facial fillers, but claim that Vaccines are dangerous!
Really??
Tombear
Hey, what’s a little insider trading between friends?