Experts are hopeful that the coronavirus vaccine will help to curb the spread of COVID-19, which has killed more than 2 million people worldwide since its 2019 emergence in China.
Steve Martin, Martha Stewart and both President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were among the first high-profile names to get the shots.
The Father of the Bride actor made jokes about the process after getting vaccinated in January 2021. “Good news/Bad news,” Martin tweeted on January 17. “Good news: I just got vaccinated! Bad news: I got it because I’m 75. Ha!”
The comedian noted that it was “smooth as silk” when getting the shot in New York City. He later made light of possible side effects, tweeting, “Right now, I’m having no fide resects.”
Stewart, for her part, shared a video of herself preparing to get her shot at Mount Sinai Downtown in New York, via Instagram on January 11.
“I am so proud of and grateful to the doctors, nurses and medical staff who are wading through the red tape and confusion of the distribution of these very important vaccines,” she wrote at the time. “I am excited to have received my dosage and look forward to the booster.”
The lifestyle guru clapped back at haters who claimed she cut in front of others, writing, “To allay your concerns that I jumped the line, know that I am in the approved age group for this batch of vaccines and I waited in line with others.”
Stewart, who is 79, added: “Here’s to the advancement of science and a heartfelt thanks to those working on the vaccines. We are all hoping for an end to this pandemic.”
Biden and Harris had the press in attendance when they received their shots, which they both got before taking office on January 20.
“I’m doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared, when it’s available, to take the vaccine,” Biden told reporters in December 2020. “There’s nothing to worry about. I’m looking forward to the second shot.”
Ian McKellen and Joan Collins were among the first celebrities to document their vaccine journey in the U.K. Collins received her dose on the same day as Queen Elizabeth II, writing on Instagram that she was “honored” to get the shot.
Scroll down to see which stars have spoken about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
The comedian documented her trip to a New York vaccination site in March 2021, filming her drive alongside husband Chris Fischer. “This is my going to be the vaccine energy,” she said via an Instagram video while fist-pumping in the vehicle. The Trainwreck actress wore a sparkly minidress with a hole in the arm when getting her shot. “I want to thank all the brave people in the medical field. But more than them I want to give a shout-out to me,” she captioned her social media video. “I’m awesome I love the people of New York. Even the annoying ones. It’s nice to see all of them. I feel excited and hopeful. I hope you do too.”
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The Basic Instinct actress revealed that she got the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on March 20. Stone snapped a pic at the vaccine site to share via Instagram. In it, she appeared to be smiling beneath a patterned black-and-white mask while the needle was being poked into her left arm.
"Got my first vaccine," Stone captioned the image.
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“In the words of @DollyParton... ‘don’t be such a chicken squat, get out there and get your shot!’ (**when it’s your turn**) 🩹💉,” the Pushing Daises alum wrote via Instagram in March 2021. “Feeling hopeful & grateful.”
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After donating $1 million in April 2020 to COVID-19 research at Vanderbilt University, the country music icon posted a photo of herself receiving the vaccine. “Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine,” she captioned the Instagram pic in March 2021, tagging Vanderbilt Health.
Parton told CNN in February 2021 why she initially wanted to wait to be vaccinated. “I'm going to get it, though,” she said at the time. “I didn't want to jump line. I didn't donate the money so I could be protected. I did it for everybody.”
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“I’m feeling OK, I worked out yesterday,” Fonda said during a February 2021 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show after getting her second vaccine dose. “I’m lucky I didn’t have any reaction to it.” The Grace and Frankie star added: “It certainly doesn’t hurt. I encourage everybody to get it who can get it, as soon as possible. But I still wear masks and I’m still doing social distancing. Things don’t go back to normal just because you have the vaccine. You can still spread it or pick it up.”
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After announcing in February 2021 that she was able to get a COVID-19 vaccine, the Talk cohost reacted to criticism regarding how she was eligible to do so. (Kloots lives in California, where only individuals who are 65 and older or employed as essential workers were eligible at the time it was administered to her.)
“The post that I posted did get some shame. It got a lot of positivity, but [it] also got a lot of shame,” the fitness instructor — whose husband, Nick Cordero, died in July 2020 from the virus — said on the CBS daytime show. “And I’m not gonna even focus on that shame 'cause I don’t spend time in my life focusing on negativity, but this post got a lot of shame. The shame got press. That press turned into conversation. That conversation turned into awareness. And then that awareness created a positivity. That is how I roll and that is how I live my life.”
She continued, “I received so many DMs from people saying, ‘I did not know that you could go wait to see if people didn’t show up for appointments to get this vaccine. I did not know that they throw out vaccines at the end of the day if people don’t show up for their appointment. I did not know that you could get on a waiting list and get possibly called if somebody didn’t show up for an appointment. I didn’t know that this vaccine has a shelf life, that it would be thrown in the trash if it isn’t used.’”
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The Queer Eye star, who is HIV positive, rejoiced in February 2021 as he revealed that he was able to get a COVID-19 vaccination with his preexisting health condition. “In NY, where I’m working the vaccine program expanded to include people w pre-existing conditions, being HIV+ is one of the conditions that allows folks to be vaccinated,” he captioned an Instagram pic of the vaccine being administered to him. “So, if you’re HIV+ please check your states guidelines to see if you're eligible and get vaccinated against COVID-19! There was a list of other conditions that allows for vaccination so wherever you are check the lists and see if you can get in line.”
He added, “Some places like Cali will give leftover doses but just see what’s happening in your area. Had I not been looking online everyday I wouldn’t have seen, so def get involved with your search. This was my first shot and other than minor soreness in my arm had no side effects and will get my second shot in a few weeks.”
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The When Harry Met Sally star detailed his experience receiving his first dose of the Moderna vaccine during an interview on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in January 2021. "I got the injection and a free scarf," he joked of his trip to Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles. "I was glad to get this first step toward hugging my kids and my grandchildren again. And I do have a pre-existing, underlying condition — which is terror. So, that was good that I got that [vaccine]."
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In January 2021, the actor posted a photo of himself receiving the vaccine. "I’m a lucky man. Lucky to work alongside the @LAFD & our great frontline @CoreResponse staff, our partners at Carbon Health, USC, & Curative Lab,” he tweeted. “We test & vaccinate thousands per day. We need your support to get more people lucky. Text CORE to 707070 to donate.”
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The movie mogul revealed that he received both doses of the vaccine during an interview with Gayle King on CBS This Morning in January 2021. He also went into detail about his BET docu-special, COVID-19 Vaccine And The Black Community: A Tyler Perry Special. "If you look at our history in this country, the Tuskegee experiment, Henrietta Lacks, it raises flags for us as African American people. So I understand why there's a healthy skepticism about the vaccine,” he said. "I didn't really feel like I could trust it. … But once I got all of the information, found out the researchers, I was very, very happy.”
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In January 2021, the former California governor took to Instagram to share his experience after getting vaccinated. “All right, I just got my vaccine, and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone,” he said in a video, which he concluded by saying his iconic Terminator line, “Come with me if you want to live.”
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“Good news: I just got vaccinated! Bad news: I got it because I’m 75. Ha!” the Cheaper by the Dozen actor wrote via Twitter in January 2021. “Thank you all and thank you science.”
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“Well, I bundled up and Peggy Jean and I rolled out of Hurricane Mills so I could get this vaccine,” the “Coal Miner’s Daughter” singer wrote via Instagram in January 2021. “I’m sure glad to get it and am sure ready to put Covid in the rear-view mirror! And I enjoyed the mom daughter time, too! #winning #sickofcovid #stayhealthy #besafe #getyours.”
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“Get your shot! Take care of yourself and others. #slowthespreadofcovid19,” the country crooner wrote via Facebook in January 2021, alongside a series of photos of him getting the shot in his car.
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“I was vaccinated today in a designated vaccine pod near the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai Downtown,” Stewart wrote via Instagram in January 2021. “The doctors told me 10,000 applications were received by Mount Sinai right after the state released this batch of vaccines. Here’s to the advancement of science and a heartfelt thanks to those working on the vaccines.”
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“Delighted to get @astrazeneca @ouhospitals #vaccine yesterday morning at the @nhsenglandldn Bloomsbury surgery,” the Dynasty alum wrote via Instagram in January 2021. “Thank you Mr. @rajgill2585 and @dr_ammarahughes for a painless and seamless procedure! Same day as our Queen! #honoured.”
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The former U.S. senator got her first dose of the vaccine on TV in December 2020. "That was easy. I barely felt it,” Harris said after the shot, according to The Washington Post. "I want to encourage everyone to get the vaccine. It is relatively painless, it happens really quickly, it is safe.”
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Biden thanked scientists and frontline and clinical workers when getting his first shot in December 2020. "Just amazing,” he told reporters at the time. “We owe you big. We really do." The former vice president received his second dose in January 2021, which cameras also documented.
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“I feel very lucky to have had the vaccine,” the Lord of the Rings actor tweeted in December 2020. “I would have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone.”
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