Biden Joins Former Presidents in Pledge to Publicly Receive COVID-19 Vaccine .
Earlier this week, former Presidents Barack Obama, George W.
Bush and Bill Clinton said they would all be willing to publicly receive coronavirus vaccinations once it is confirmed to be safe.
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The pledge is being made in hopes of building public confidence concerning the safety of the vaccine.
In a wide-ranging interview with CNN, President-elect Joe Biden spoke about the expected COVID-19 vaccine.
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CNN’s Jake Tapper asked him if he would join his predecessors in pledging to get publicly vaccinated.
Biden said he’d be “happy to do that” as soon as Dr. Anthony Fauci says the vaccine is “safe.”.
I’d be happy to do that … When Dr. Fauci says we have a vaccine that is safe, that's the moment in which I will stand before the public and say that, Joe Biden, to CNN.
Biden acknowledged the skepticism surrounding the vaccine, saying his predecessors have set a “model” for “what should be done.” .
People have lost faith in the vaccine’s ability to work … I think that my three predecessors have set the model as to what should be done, saying ‘once it’s declared to be safe ... then obviously, we take it, Joe Biden, to CNN
