President-elect Joe Biden and incoming first lady Jill Biden will both publicly receive their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in Delaware on Monday, as the death toll from the disease nears 320,000 in the United States.
The president-elect has set a goal of distributing 100 million vaccine shots in the first 100 days of his administration.
Biden and his wife will join a growing list of political leaders who are sharing videos or photos of themselves getting vaccinated in an effort to boost public trust in the efficacy and safety of the vaccines that have been authorized for emergency use. The federal government has allotted vaccine doses to officials according to continuity of government protocols.
Vice President Mike Pence, along with second lady Karen Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams, were administered their initial vaccination shots during an on-camera event on Friday.
"Vaccines are how we beat this virus," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, tweeted on Friday, after receiving his first shot.
