Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says all eligible residents in the state should be inoculated against COVID-19, no matter which version of the vaccine is available.
Her comment comes after the mayor of Detroit initially rejected an allocation of the Johnson and Johnson.
Last week Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan turned down more than six thousand doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, saying it was not as effective as other versions and Detroiters should, quote, “get the best.”
Duggan quickly walked it back, saying the city would set up a separate site to administer future shipments of Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
Now Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is weighing in, saying she would take the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, because the state must use every tool available to fight COVID.
The White House says Duggan’s remarks were misunderstood, and the mayor wrote in a newspaper editorial yesterday (Sunday) that there is an urgent need to inoculate every American against COVID, and whichever vaccine they receive will effectively protect them