Senator-elect Raphael Warnock of Georgia has received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Warnock shared a video of himself getting the vaccine and encouraged people on Friday to “trust science and listen to experts, continue to social distance, and wear a mask.”
Warnock, who plans to continue serving as pastor of the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached, beat Republican Kelly Loeffler in one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs on Jan. 5. He’ll be sworn into office after the secretary of state certifies the results.
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