The rich and powerful are using their influence to get early inoculations. And there’s nothing we can do about it
Mo’ money, mo’ problems? More like mo’ money, mo’ vaccines. In news anyone could have predicted, it seems well-off and well-connected people around the world are finding nefarious ways to skip to the front of the coronavirus vaccine line.
Exhibit one: Stacey Griffith, a celebrity SoulCycle instructor who has trained Madonna. In New York, you’re now eligible for a vaccine if you’re an “educator”. Who falls under that definition, exactly? Griffith, who yells motivational quotes at her clients from an exercise bike, decided she did. So off she went to Staten Island to get a shot, documenting the adventure on social media like the modern wellness guru that she is. Bless her healthy heart, she appeared to be genuinely surprised at the backlash she received. “It saddens me that people go so dark and mean,” Griffith told the Daily Beast. “I’m really just trying to do the right thing and be safe.” So were a lot of schoolteachers – however, as Griffith was getting inoculated, the United Federation of Teachers estimated thousands of its members had vaccine appointments cancelled because of supply shortages.
