Pelosi Takes Second Dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has taken her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Pelosi revealed the coronavirus protection during her virtual community swearing-in on Saturday, attended by San Francisco community members including youth singers of the San Francisco Girl's Chorus and Michael Pappas of the San Francisco Interfaith Council.

Pelosi took the first dose of the vaccine in December. "I have a reputation, don't come near me with a needle," she said Saturday.

But, Pelosi told the community, she moved forward with it because it's necessary.

"I'm not big on shots, but I got my second shot yesterday. I urge you to do so, because it works. That's what matters," Pelosi said.

Pelosi said the vaccine should be distributed fairly and equitably. She also noted coronavirus-related deaths continue to rise even as an insurrection raged at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

"When that assault was taking place on the Capitol, 3,865 people in our country died of the coronavirus, many of them people of color, because of the injustice of it all," she said. "The next day, on Thursday, 4,000 people died of the coronavirus. Why? Because decisions were made, at the highest level, months before, in the Oval Office, of denial, distortion, delay, calling it a hoax."

"This president is responsible for many of those deaths," she said.

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