Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) wasn’t the only Maryland governor to get his COVID-19 vaccination on Monday.
Former Gov. Parris N. Glendening (D) also got a shot on Monday, at the Anne Arundel County Department of Health, with County Executive Steuart Pittman (D) present. And Glendening used the occasion to send out his first tweet ever.
Former Gov. Parris N. Glendening (D) gets his COVID-19 vaccination in Annapolis on Monday. Courtesy photo.
Hogan’s vaccination, which he took in the State House alongside first lady Yumi Hogan and Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford (R), was understandably a big media event, and he used it to urge eligible Marylanders to sign up for the vaccine as quickly as possible.
“Getting vaccinated is the only way to keep you, your family, your friends, and your community healthy and safe, and it is absolutely critical to preventing more illnesses, more hospitalizations, and more deaths,” Hogan said. “It’s the only way to end the damage to our economy and to bring this pandemic to an end.”
Glendening, who is 78, was also photographed and videotaped getting his vaccination. He said he was hoping to share the image with friends and supporters in Anne Arundel County, where he lives, and in Prince George’s County, where his political career took off, to urge seniors to get the vaccine.
His one regret, he said, is that the photo suggests he was in pain. “In fact,” he reported, “I barely felt it.”
Josh Kurtz
Founding editor
Founding Editor Josh Kurtz is a veteran chronicler of Maryland politics and government. He began covering the State House in 1995 for The Gazette newspapers, and has been writing about state and local politics ever since. He was an editor at Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, for eight years, and for eight years was the editor of E&E Daily, which covers energy and environmental policy on Capitol Hill. For 6 1/2 years Kurtz wrote a weekly column on state politics for Center Maryland and has written for several other Maryland publications as well. Kurtz regularly gives speeches and appears on TV and radio shows to discuss Maryland politics.
Related Articles
The leading Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate tout experience, statewide support and electability in the Fox45 studios in Baltimore.
Two powerful Black officeholders from Prince George’s turn against their county executive, while The Washington Post editorial board takes sides in the primary.
‘The liquor store was open during COVID, but not the reentry programs,’ an advocate notes.
Creative Commons Attribution