New York Daily News

Vax fact: Trumps got it at the White House

- Dave Goldiner

Before leaving the White House on Jan. 20, then-President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump received their first dose of the COVID vaccine earlier in the month, a Trump adviser said Monday.

The former first couple (above) received their second shot while in Florida as private citizens.

The adviser did not, however, disclose whether the Trumps received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

It was not immediatel­y clear why Trump and his wife kept their inoculatio­ns a secret for several weeks or why he didn’t mention it at a much-heralded political speech Sunday.

Trump had earlier declined to get the vaccine after his doctors cited potential complicati­ons related to the monoclonal antibody treatment he received when he contracted COVID last September.

Doctors generally recommend that people get vaccinated even if they have previously had coronaviru­s since some people can get infected more than once.

Conservati­ve Republican­s are among the groups most reluctant to take the vaccines and are also strongly supportive of Trump.

The former Republican president has been famously skeptical of other public health measures, particular­ly mask-wearing.

But the 45th president reminded a cheering crowd at the Conservati­ve Political Action Conference in Orlando on Sunday that he’s the one who gave America the chance to get vaccinated.

“This was us. We did this. And the distributi­on is moving along, according to our plan,” Trump said. “It’s moving along really well.”

“So everyone get your shot,” he added.

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