“If you and your colleagues are not essential workers, I don’t know what is.”
Rick Erwin, the head of the Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas, isn’t happy with the news that had given Santa performers hope the holiday season wouldn’t be completely lost due to the pandemic. Caputo had told Erwin the vaccine would likely be approved by mid-November and front-line workers would get it before Thanksgiving. “If you and your colleagues are not essential workers, I don’t know what is,” Caputo said in a call.
The idea of giving Santa performers priority for a vaccine didn’t exactly come out of left field. Erwin had called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to allow professional Santas toThe Santa Claus plan was part of a larger advertising campaign that sought to use influencers and prominent Americans to promote public health measures.
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