Steve Martin, Martha Stewart and More Stars Who’ve Spoken Out About Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine

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Steve Martin, Martha Stewart and More Stars Who’ve Spoken Out About Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine

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.” [jwplayer tDDWnSQv-zhNYySv2] 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. [podcast_block]

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Lady Gaga

“Double vaxed + boosted…don’t 4get to still wear a mask this sh*ts contagious 💋☠️,” the “Born This Way” songstress shared a selfie with her N95 face mask in January 2022.

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Billie Eilish

The “Happier Than Ever” singer revealed in December 2021 that she suffered from a breakthrough case of COVID-19 in August. While she was still struggling with the lingering side effects of the virus at the time of her sit down on the Howard Stern Show, she credited the vaccine with saving her life.

"I think if I weren't vaccinated, I would have, like, died, because it was bad,” she told host Howard Stern. “When I say it was bad, I more just mean that it felt horrible. But really, in the scheme of COVID, it was not bad. You know what I mean? When you're sick, you feel f---ing horrible."

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America Ferrara

“Boosted for the holidays! 🎄🎅🏽🍷 Thankful for the miracle of science and medicine allowing me to be with my loved ones safely this year 🥰,” the Superstore alum shared via Instagram in December 2021 alongside a masked selfie. “Shout out to @NYCHealthSystem for making it sooo quick & easy! Get boosted y’all! Stay healthy & safe this holiday season! 😘”

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Bob Odenkirk

“Kaboom! Moderna booster,” the Better Call Saul actor tweeted in November 2021 alongside a photo of him getting an additional third shot. “F Covid!”

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Sarah Hyland

"Got my booster vaccine AND my flu shot!!! Stay healthy and trust SCIENCE my friends!" Hyland captioned a video of herself via Instagram Stories in September 2021 after getting a third dose of the COVID-19 shot.

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Bella Hadid

"For anyone concerned,” the model wrote in September 2021 via Instagram Stories alongside a photo of herself getting vaccinated after she was noticeably missing from the Met Gala days earlier. The charity gala required all guests to be vaccinated.

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Paul McCartney

"BE COOL. GET VAX'D," the Beatles star wrote via Twitter in August 2021, sharing a photo of himself getting the shot.

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Ariana Grande

The Voice coach snapped a sideways, masked selfie in August 2021 to empower her fans to get vaccinated. She captioned it, “Vaxxed n masked. 🖤 This is your gentle reminder to please get your vaccines if you are eligible. This thing is not yet over !”

The Sam & Cat alum aimed to share “some info because I care,” and continued her post, “I’d like to help anybody who is hesitant or curious with making their decision. This delta variant is very new and since data is changing all the time, I’ll source some links for you to stay up to speed yourself but so far... we do know that it spreads much more easily compared to previous variants. … And yes although you can still get it while vaccinated, the vaccine helps to protect against severe illness, hospitalization, and death ! all great things to be protected against in my book. Please and reassure yourself why getting vaxxed is the move. save a life or two. who knows.”

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Lizzo

The “Juice” singer shared an impassioned PSA to her fans, urging them to “GIMMIE 6FT” until the COVID-19 pandemic is over.

"I don't care who you are,” the musician explained on Instagram Live in July 2021. “You could be the nicest person. You could be vaccinated. You could be quadruple vaccinated. If you see me, please give me 6 feet. This s—t is coming back. And people being real sloppy with personal space. It's not you! It's me. I'm not trying to catch nothing. I don't even want to catch feelings, bitch. You think I'm trying to catch COVID?"

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Mandy Moore

The This Is Us star shared via Instagram Story in July 2021 that she “got the vaccine the first chance she could” in March. Moore posted a screenshot of her DMs, where a follower accused her of “promoting” a vaccine that she didn’t take herself. The actress continued, “If it were widely available while I was pregnant, I would have gotten it then.”

After another follower criticized her for pushing an agenda about the vaccine on her page, she clapped back on her Story, writing, “Pushing a narrative? About a virus that has killed over 4 million people worldwide in the last year and the life-saving vaccines we have to combat it?” She added, “I will continue using my platform to speak out about it because it’s about protecting the most vulnerable among us.”

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Greta Thunberg

The teenage activist shared that she received her first dose of the vaccine via Instagram in July 2021. “Today I got my first COVID-19 vaccination dose,” she captioned a masked selfie. “I am extremely grateful and privileged to be able to live in a part of the world where I can already get vaccinated. The vaccine distribution around the world is extremely unequal. … No one is safe until everyone is safe. But when you get offered a vaccine, don’t hesitate. It saves lives."

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Emmy Rossum

The Shameless alum shared the first photo of her baby girl, born in May 2021, to promote the COVID-19 vaccines. Rossum kissed her daughter in an Instagram photo in July 2021, alongside the caption, "When I was pregnant I got vaccinated. Not only did we have a healthy, beautiful baby girl but we also just learned our daughter now has antibodies. In short, stop being an irresponsible idiot and get the vaccine.”

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Niall Horan

The former One Direction band member shared a snap of himself getting a vaccine dose via his Instagram Story in July 2021. The “Nice to Meet Ya” singer captioned his post, “Thank you to the team and to the lovely nurse Clare for making it an easy, pain free experience. Go get yours.” Horan also tagged England’s National Health Service in his Story.

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Amanda Brugel

The Handmaid’s Tale star shared a selfie via her Instagram after her second shot in July 2021. The Canadian actress wrote alongside the pic, “Double Vax Life. Thank you in advance to all of the airports that will have to deal with myself, my kids, @aidanshipley and @barb_godfrey. Good luck to you.”

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Bill Pullman

The Independence Day actor recreated one of his most famous scenes in a new Budweiser commercial to promote free beer and COVID-19 vaccines in June 2021. In the advertisement, Pullman gave a new speech for the 4th of July to help promote more Americans to get vaccinated. This ad is part of a new campaign that offers a free beverage to any vaccinated American (over the age of 21) at MyCooler.com/beer.

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Jacob Tremblay

The 14-year-old star of Disney's Luca shared a video of himself getting a vaccine shot via Instagram while Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration” played in May 2021.

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Duchess Kate

Following her husband, Kate posted a photo of herself receiving her first vaccine shot as well. 

"Yesterday I received my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at London’s Science Museum," the Duchess of Cambridge tweeted in May 2021. "I’m hugely grateful to everyone who is playing a part in the rollout - thank you for everything you are doing."

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Miley Cyrus

The “Prisoner” singer revealed on her Instagram story that she got her dose of the vaccine in May 2021. She shared a photo on, rolling up a sleeve of her Led Zeppelin T-shirt to show off her bandaged bicep. “Led Zeppelin is cool,” she wrote. “Getting vaxxed is cooler.”

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Julia Roberts

The “My Best Friend’s Wedding” star shared a selfie in May 2021 to announce her vaccination status.

“Fully….VACCINATED!!! Grateful beyond measure,” she wrote via Instagram. “If you are not vaccinated and have the GOOD FORTUNE to get vaccinated- go,go,go! #weareinthistogether #.”

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Prince William

The royal posted a photo of himself getting the shot following a previous struggle with the virus.

"On Tuesday I received my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine," William tweeted on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge account in May 2021. "To all those working on the vaccine rollout - thank you for everything you’ve done and continue to do."

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Judy Greer

"Two weeks ago yesterday I got my second vaccine!!!" the Arrested Development alum wrote via Instagram in May 2021, along with a photo of her standing in a parking lot after her shot. "My vaccinatress at @cvspharmacy gave me this Proud Lion sticker because she said i was very brave. I’m terrified of needles and shots. I’m happy because I know I’m protecting myself, my friends & family, and the strangers I come in contact with every day. I’m sad because we lost, and are still losing, so many people to COVID-19."

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Lana Condor

"Happy girl!" the To All the Boys I've Loved Before star wrote in May 2021, captioning an Instagram Story video of her newly vaccinated arm. She also included a sticker that read, "Let's get vaccinated."

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Katie Thurston

“Can’t start a healthy relationship without being healthy.❤️,” the season 17 Bachelorette wrote via Instagram in April 2021 alongside a video of her getting the shot. “Got my vaccine today! #covidvacccine.”

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Hilary Duff

"I got that Pfizer," the Younger star captioned a photo via Instagram Story of herself flashing a peace sign after getting the vaccine in April 2021.

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Mindy Kaling

"Vaxx’d wax’d and ready to pay my tax," the Office alum captioned a fun photo via Twitter in April 2021.

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Patrick Mahomes

The football player revealed that his choice to get the vaccine was all about his newborn daughter. "To me, it was more of a personal decision with having a baby girl and knowing I was going to be around people," Mahomes told reporters in April 2021 as the Kansas City Chiefs began their offseason program.

He added, "I wanted to make sure I did whatever I could to help keep her healthy."

The athlete welcomed his daughter, Sterling, with his fiancée, Brittany Matthews, in February 2021.

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Britney Spears

The “Toxic” singer posted an Instagram video with boyfriend Sam Asghari in April 2021 after they both got their first shot. “Got the COVID vaccine 😳💉 …. Great success 😂 …. High-five 🖐🏻 !!!!!! @samasghari,” she captioned the clip. The Grammy winner then spoke about the vaccine, saying, “It was nothing. I felt nothing. I feel fine and I hope I continue to stay fine.”

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Mariah Carey

Vaccine side effect: G6,” the singer captioned an April 2021 Instagram post, detailing her journey to getting the vaccine. In true Mariah Carey fashion, the singer let out a high note as the needle went in.

“Here we are, hoping for the best, encouraging you guys to do it when you can,” she said in the video.

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Naomi Watts

In April 2021, the actress proudly showed off her Band-Aid-covered arm, revealing that she got the vaccine via Instagram. "So glad to have finally got my jab. Thanks to all the hardworking scientists and healthcare workers," she wrote. "I cannot tell you how good it feels to see the light at the end of the tunnel. In this together!!"

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Jessica Chastain

Chastain shared some wise words on Instagram in March 2021. "My vaccine time has finally come! This is so much more than just a shot in the arm," she captioned a selfie, displaying a Band-Aid on her arm. "It’s our way to fight back against COVID, protect ourselves and keep those around us safe and healthy. I believe in science! If we listen to the experts, life as we knew it is just around the corner."

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Joan Jett

Jett confirmed that she got the first round of the vaccine with a photo of her getting injected in March 2021.

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Blake Lively

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star posted a photo of herself gazing lovingly at the nurse administering her shot in March 2021. “Find you someone who looks at you like I look at the heroic nurse vaccinating me. 💕” she wrote via Instagram.

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Ryan Reynolds

“Finally got 5G,” the Deadpool star joked in the caption of a mid-poke photo in March 2021. “💪🏼Super powers activated💪🏼,” artist Danny Galieote commented.

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Amber Heard

Heard posed with a sign after her shot in March 2021. “Did someone say ‘vaccine queen’?! 💉💉💉” she wrote.

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Amanda Seyfried

“It’s better than OK to get vaccinated because states are rapidly expanding eligibility,” the Mamma Mia star wrote via Instagram, showing off her Band-Aid with husband Thomas Sadoski in March 2021. “Schedule, get your name on a list (we did in Georgia), or contact your local Covid Angels as soon as you can. We’re gonna get to the end of this together!”

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Amy Schumer

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.”

The comedian posted on her Story in July 2021, urging her followers to get vaccinated if they have not already. She wrote in the post, “Hi hello. If you follow me and you’re not getting vaxxed, I wanna gently throw this out there: Just consider the possibility that you could be making a mistake.” She continued, “U might feel like UR not. That’s fair. But it’s generally a good thing when you’re feeling really stubborn or scared to ask yourself ‘What if I’m wrong right now???’”

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Sharon Stone

The Basic Instinct actress revealed that she got the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in March 2021. 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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Kristin Chenoweth

“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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Dolly Parton

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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Jane Fonda

“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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Amanda Kloots

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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Jonathan Van Ness

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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Billy Crystal

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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Sean Penn

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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Tyler Perry

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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Arnold Schwarzenegger

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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Steven Martin

“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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Loretta Lynn

“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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Willie Nelson

“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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Martha Stewart

“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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Joan Collins

“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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Kamala Harris

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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Joe Biden

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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Ian McKellen

“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.”