Biden Joins Former Presidentsbr in Pledge to Publicly Receivebr COVID-19 Vaccine .br Earlier this week, former Presidentsbr Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clintonbr said they would all be willing to publicly receivebr coronavirus vaccinations once it is confirmed to be safe. .br The pledge is being made in hopes of buildingbr public confidence concerning the safety of the vaccine.br In a wide-ranging interview with CNN,br President-elect Joe Biden spoke aboutbr the expected COVID-19 vaccine. .br CNN’s Jake Tapper asked him if he would join hisbr predecessors in pledging to get publicly vaccinated.br Biden said he’d be “happy to do that” as soonbr as Dr. Anthony Fauci says the vaccine is “safe.”.br I’d be happy to do that … When Dr. Faucibr says we have a vaccine that is safe, that'sbr the moment in which I will stand beforebr the public and say that, Joe Biden, to CNN.br Biden acknowledged the skepticismbr surrounding the vaccine, saying his predecessorsbr have set a “model” for “what should be done.” .br People have lost faith in the vaccine’s abilitybr to work … I think that my three predecessorsbr have set the model as to what should bebr done, saying ‘once it’s declared to be safe ...