While many Americans are still waiting to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, at least one infamous person has already had his shot – and according to reports, another may follow soon.
Former convicted OJ Simpson, who has been living in Nevada since being released from prison in 2017, posted a photo of himself in Las Vegas on Friday.
“Get your chance. I have mine !!!” Simpson, 73, made a caption for the post.
The former NFL star, actor and NBC Sports commentator was eligible for the vaccine in Nevada, according to the New York Post, according to his attorney Malcolm P. LaVergne.
“If you are over 70 years old, you are eligible for the shot. You can plan your shot, and they will do it,” LaVergne told the newspaper. “There is no benefit in being a celebrity. It has nothing to do with it. ‘
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Meanwhile, mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (also known as “KSM”) and other inmates at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, and other inmates, would begin receiving their shots as early as next week, a Defense Department spokesman said. the post confirms.
OJ Simpson and mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from 9/11.
Among the factors contributing to the slowdown in the availability of vaccines to the general public: The vaccines must be produced under strict rules that require specially inspected facilities and must test each step regularly, a time-consuming process aimed at quality in each group, The Associated Press reported.
Vaccinations were also distributed according to qualifying categories, with health workers, at-risk patients and the elderly among the earliest recipients.
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News that Simpson and KSM could draw their shots in front of millions of waiting Americans’ attention has struggled on social media – as well as serious criticism.
“Who ‘stabbed’ OJ Simpson through a white woman ‘on their 2021 bingo card?” commented on a Twitter user.
“Yes, that’s just what I want to see, OJ Simpson gets his vaccine before my elderly father and immune endanger me,” wrote another.
Critics of possible coronavirus protection for KSM – which is thought to have caused some 3,000 deaths in September 2001 – include retired New York firefighter Michael O’Connell, who was under search and rescue after the Twin Towers collapsed, according to the Post.
“It’s a real kick in the b — s,” O’Connell told the newspaper. “It’s very upsetting. It’s absolutely disgusting.”
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The order for Gitmo’s 40 remaining prisoners to begin vaccination was signed on Wednesday by Terry Adirim, chief deputy assistant secretary of defense, a nomination of President Biden who was sworn in on the same day that Biden took office.
Simpson was released from the Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada on October 1, 2017, after serving nine years for a malicious 2007 hotel room in Las Vegas.
Simpson alleged that he and several other men were trying to pick up some sports memorabilia that the former running back had stolen from him.