Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as several other New York lawmakers, used social media to document getting vaccinated for the coronavirus Saturday, as the vaccine became available for Congress.
The self-proclaimed Democratic socialist also posted a photo of her COVID-19 vaccination record card. Ocasio-Cortez initially posted on her Instagram story that she was headed to her appointment, asking anyone with questions about the vaccine to message her.
She wrote, "just like wearing a mask, I would never advise you to do anything I wasn’t willing to do myself." Ocasio-Cortez shared a photo of the medical history questionnaire she was asked to fill out beforehand, then a video showing the injection into her upper arm.