While many Americans are still waiting to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, at least one notorious figure has already had his injection – and another may come soon, according to reports.
Former inmate OJ Simpson, who has lived in Nevada since he was released from prison in 2017, posted a photo of his vaccination in Las Vegas on Friday.
“Take your chance. I took mine !!!” Simpson, 73, captioned the post.
The former NFL star, actor and commentator for NBC Sports became eligible for the vaccine in Nevada because of his age, said his lawyer Malcolm P. LaVergne, according to the New York Post.
“If you are over 70, you are eligible for the photo. You can schedule your shoot and they’ll do it, ”LaVergne told the newspaper. “There is no favoritism in being a celebrity. It has nothing to do with the fact that he got the chance.”
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Meanwhile, at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, 9/11 mentor Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (also known as “KSM”) and other detainees should start receiving their shots next week, confirmed a spokesman for the Department of Defense, according to the Post.
OJ Simpson and 9/11 mentor Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Among the factors that contribute to the slowdown in the availability of vaccines to the general public: Vaccines must be produced under strict standards that require specially inspected facilities and frequent testing of each step, a lengthy process that aims to ensure the quality of each batch, The Associates Press report.
Vaccines were also distributed according to qualification categories, with health professionals, patients at risk and the elderly among the first beneficiaries.
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News that Simpson and KSM may have their shots ahead of millions of waiting Americans has attracted a lot of criticism on social media – as well as severe criticism.
“Who had ‘OJ Simpson being stabbed by a white woman’ on his 2021 bingo card?” a Twitter user commented.
“Yes, this is exactly what I want to see, OJ Simpson getting his vaccine before my elderly father and my immune system compromise me,” wrote another.
Second to the Post.
“This is a real kick in the b — s,” O’Connell told the newspaper. “It is very disturbing. It is absolutely disgusting.”
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The order for the remaining 40 Gitmo detainees to start receiving vaccines was signed on Wednesday by Terry Adirim, the main deputy assistant secretary of defense, appointed by President Biden who swore an oath the same day Biden took office, the Post reported. .
Simpson was released from Nevada’s Lovelock Correctional Center on October 1, 2017, after serving nine years for an unsuccessful theft in a 2007 hotel room in Las Vegas.
Simpson claimed that he and some other men were trying to recover some sporting memories that the ex-running back insisted had been stolen from him.