Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Instagram video of
her getting vaccinated failed to flatter many on the app, who questioned her
right of getting the shot ahead of many frontline workers.

The Democrat politician, popularly known as AOC, posted a
video on Instagram in which she explained the post-vaccine effects and also in layman terms tried to explain what an mRNA vaccine is.

“I would would never, ever ask you to do something I wasn’t
willing to do myself,” she wrote in the post, as quoted by the New York Post.

“I have a little muscle soreness in my arm which is not
unusual with any shot. The second thing that I’m feeling is fatigue — but also,
it’s been a really long time since I had a break,” she said.

She also tried to explain the revolutionary mRNA technology,
which forms the base of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.

The mRNA technology is different from the traditional method
used hitherto in development of vaccines, in that under it a protein is
injected into the body of the recipient, which triggers the cell to build its
own immunity response against the virus, while in the latter case, a vaccine is made
with the use of a weakened or inactive strain of the same virus, which it
intends to cure.  

“It’s kind of like the difference between if you had a
burglar and then he broke into your house and you learn to to fight him versus
if someone gave you a picture of the burglar… if you see that picture and you
see that guy walking towards your house, you’re like ‘oh I know that guy, he’s
a burglar,’” the 31-year-old politician said.

But the reach out didn’t go down well with many on app, who
questioned the politicians’ right to get vaccinated ahead of those who need
under the ostensible reason of “national security protocols” as AOC explained.

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“AOC, I love you, but I’m a nurse and I’m still waiting to
get mine so what exactly qualifies politicians to get a vaccine before
healthcare workers?” one follower commented, NY Post wrote.

“Why are you getting this before health care workers? I put
breathing tubes in people’s airways for 13hrs a day,” griped another.

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“This feels as self-serving as every other politician. It’s
disappointing and a slap in the face to those of us who have showed up since
March to care for others. National Security won’t be impacted by my shifts this
week with COVID patients at an all time high in the hospital and no vaccine in
sight.. but I’ll still providing anesthesia to very sick people and not seeing
my family while politicians get prioritized over me and my coworkers. Enjoy
your time off with your vaccine.. I’ll be standing in the n95 for 13+hrs a
day.”