U.S. Governors Leading Vaccine Effort Go Mostly Unvaccinated
- 18 out of 50 U.S. governors have received the Covid-19 vaccine
- State leaders say waiting their turn trumps setting example
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Charged with leading the nation’s vaccine rollout, a majority of U.S. governors has yet to get the shots themselves.
Nine Republican and nine Democratic governors have received at least one vaccine dose, according to a Bloomberg News tally as of Feb. 22. That includes Colorado’s Jared Polis, 45, and Mississippi’s Tate Reeves, 46, who said they were trying to encourage others to follow in a bid to combat high hesitancy rates. At least 28 governors have held off, saying they plan to wait to avoid the appearance of using the power of their office to cut the line.