Apoorva Ramaswamy, wife of Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, said she does not regret taking the Covid-19 vaccine, breaking with her husband on a central issue of the biotech entrepreneur’s outsider campaign thus far.
Ramaswamy, a throat cancer surgeon at Ohio State University, told NBC News that said she would take the Covid vaccine again if given the chance, stressing the importance of being vaccinated while treating her patients. She also emphasized the importance of “autonomy” in recommending medical treatments to her patients and said her decision to take the vaccine was different for her than for her “young, healthy husband.”
“For every person, that’s a different decision. So for my young, healthy husband, that’s a different decision than for me when I am taking care of patients who are cancer survivors, and they trust me to, you know, be in their airway every day,” she said in an interview released Monday. “It’s a very different discussion. And I think giving people that autonomy is the most important part.”
Her view on the vaccine differs from that of her husband, who has previously said he regrets taking the Covid vaccine and has repeatedly lambasted the federal government’s efforts to produce and distribute the vaccine, arguing that the government lied about its efficacy and its possible side effects.
In a podcast interview in July, Ramaswamy said he is vaccinated against Covid but regrets taking it in light of information he’s learned about the vaccine since taking it. Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Ramaswamy campaign, confirmed he has taken the vaccine and regrets doing so.
“If Vivek had the information in 2021 that he has now, yes, he would have made a different medical decision,” McLaughlin told CNN.
The split between the couple draws into focus the campaign’s…
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