Prisoners detained by the United States government in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, were released by the Pentagon to receive the COVID-19 vaccines as early as next week, if they so wish, placing the alleged terrorists well ahead of the vast majority of Americans in the queue. for inoculation.
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The New York Times reported on Friday that “a prosecutor in the case against five prisoners accused of conspiring in the September 11, 2001 attacks” wrote to defense lawyers on Thursday “that a Pentagon officer has just signed a memorandum approving the delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine to the population detained in Guantánamo. ”
The prosecutor, Clayton Trivett Jr., also noted that detainees could receive their first dose of the vaccine “voluntarily” as early as Monday.
The Times reported that residents of the United States naval base began receiving the shots on January 8, “but the Trump administration refused to say whether prisoners would be vaccinated.”
Now, under the Biden administration, the Pentagon has given permission to vaccinate accused terrorists, such as the alleged author of 9/11 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (pictured above), protection against COVID-19 like most of the American public, including its vulnerable elderly population – was told to wait months.
A Defense Department spokesman confirmed the news to the New York Post, telling the media that coronavirus vaccines will be “offered to all detainees and prisoners”.
The outlet noted:
Forty detainees remain in the United States military prison in Cuba, including the man accused of planning the worst attack on American soil, which claimed 2,977 innocent lives on September 11, 2001, and has since been linked to thousands of other deaths.
The Daily Mail reported that the prioritization of Gitmo is occurring because the United States is facing a shortage of vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna, noting that only 26 million Americans received an injection of coronavirus.
The media also pointed out several social media users who expressed disgust at the Biden government decision, including one person who wrote: “Here is a trivial question. Who first gets the vaccine is a 74-year-old diabetic living in NE Philly or the guy who planned the 911 attacks sitting in the prison at Guantánamo Bay? ”
While some people expressed hesitation about getting vaccines, others are struggling to jump ahead of the line to the jab. A Mexican television presenter flew to Florida and somehow managed to get the photo in front of the elderly in Florida who had stood in long lines, and Hollywood elites are doing everything they can to skip the line.
However, the accused American killers apparently took precedence over the accused Gitmo killers: OJ Simpson got his chance on Friday.