VIDEO: Kamala Harris receives first COVID-19 vaccine dose, says she 'trusts the scientists'
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received her first COVID-19 vaccine dose on camera on Tuesday, calling the shot "relatively painless."
Patricia Cummings, a clinical nurse manager at United Medical Center in Washington, D.C., administered Harris' first dose of the Moderna vaccine Tuesday morning.
"That was easy," Harris said with a laugh after receiving the shot. "Thank you. I barely felt it."
Addressing reporters after she was vaccinated, Harris said she wanted to "encourage everyone to get the vaccine."
"It is relatively painless. It happens really quickly. It is safe," she said. "I trust the scientists. And it is the scientists who created and approved this vaccine."
"It's about saving lives," she added. "I look forward to getting the second vaccine."
President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last week.
















