Flashback: Vaccinated Senator Chris Murphy Tests Positive for Covid Again, Cancels Annual Walk Across CT | 30 Aug 2023 | Senator Chris Murphy (CT) got covid again, despite being an early adopter of covid vaccines, having received his first dose on December 19, 2020, just eight days after the FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Pfizer’s covid vaccine on December 11, 2020. “The vaccine is safe, effective and it’s going to save lives…I got the first of two doses today, and I encourage everyone in CT to get vaccinated,” Murphy said. Perhaps he misspoke about taking two doses at once on the first day? Nonetheless, the vaccine failed to stop Murphy from contracting covid, forcing him to reschedule his annual Walk Across Connecticut to a later date.