Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Urges ‘Healthy Individual Under 65’ To Wait To Get the COVID-19 Vaccine

As Americans eagerly await their chance to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, some public figures are urging individuals who are healthy and eligible to get the vaccine to wait so that elderly Americans can access it.

In a tweet on Thursday. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) asked “every healthy individual under 65” to “a stand for the lives of our kupuna.”

Kupuna is a Hawaiian word that refers to elders or grandparents.

She also urged her constituent to call the governor and lieutenant governor and “ask them to protect our kupuna by allowing them to get the vaccine before younger/healthy people.”

As vaccines are being distributed, the first group who are recommended to have access to the vaccine are healthcare workers and long-term care facility residents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The next group who are recommended to have access to the vaccine are individuals aged 75 and older, and essential workers, which include law enforcement, first responders, teachers, grocery store workers, and other workers who helped keep the economy going throughout the pandemic.

Members of Congress have been getting doses