# Elmo is now vaccinated against COVID **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elmo-is-now-vaccinated-against-covid/967117 "2022-06-29T15:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elmo-is-now-vaccinated-against-covid/967117/1 "2022-06-29T15:10:25Z")
Sesame Workshop released a PSA about it yesterday. This means that Elmo is now protected against Muppet COVID, an extremely cute disease caused by muppet viruses made of tiny felt-covered ping pong balls with crescent mouths and BBs for eyes that make witty and clever remarks as they infect you with a possibly lethal (if you’re a Muppet) disease. > **[Elmo is now vaccinated for Covid-19 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/28/health/elmo-covid-vaccine-children-psa-wellness/index.html)** > > Elmo received the Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5 in a PSA from Sesame Workshop. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elmo-is-now-vaccinated-against-covid/967117/2 "2022-06-29T15:38:31Z")
Wow, I completely missed that the vaccine is available for kids under 5 now. I guess PSAs work. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elmo-is-now-vaccinated-against-covid/967117/3 "2022-06-29T15:41:13Z")
[Not everyone is pleased with Elmo.](https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-senator-ted-cruz-attacks-sesame-street-for-video-of-elmo-promoting-covid-vaccines-in-kids-under-five) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elmo-is-now-vaccinated-against-covid/967117/4 "2022-06-29T15:44:03Z")
[Of course not.](https://www.npr.org/2021/11/08/1053548074/big-bird-covid-19-vaccine-conservative-backlash-ted-cruz) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elmo-is-now-vaccinated-against-covid/967117/5 "2022-06-29T15:44:40Z")
I have more bad news for Ted Cruz and the American Taliban. > **[Bert and Ernie are indeed a gay couple, 'Sesame Street' writer claims](https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bert-ernie-are-gay-couple-sesame-street-writer-claims-n910701)** > > Former “Sesame Street” writer Mark Saltzman said Bert and Ernie’s relationship was modeled after his own with his life partner, Arnold Glassman. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elmo-is-now-vaccinated-against-covid/967117/6 "2022-06-29T17:52:23Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > [Not everyone is pleased with Elmo.](https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-senator-ted-cruz-attacks-sesame-street-for-video-of-elmo-promoting-covid-vaccines-in-kids-under-five) - > [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Of course not.](https://www.npr.org/2021/11/08/1053548074/big-bird-covid-19-vaccine-conservative-backlash-ted-cruz) - Pretty pathetic to lose an argument against felt. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elmo-is-now-vaccinated-against-covid/967117/7 "2022-06-29T17:58:28Z")
RNA Keeping the SARS at bay On my way to extra IgG Can you tell I finally got Got my vax on Sesame Street. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elmo-is-now-vaccinated-against-covid/967117/8 "2022-06-29T18:14:41Z")
Not the first time Sesame Street has dealt with a deadly pandemic: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mwbMNJawn2I/hqdefault.jpg "mad tv sesame street bird flu") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwbMNJawn2I) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elmo-is-now-vaccinated-against-covid/967117/9 "2022-06-30T17:55:32Z")
Courtesy of The Onion: > **[Elmo Receives Vasectomy In PSA On Preventing Unwanted Pregnancies](https://www.theonion.com/elmo-receives-vasectomy-in-psa-on-preventing-unwanted-p-1849129634)** > > NEW YORK—In an effort to raise awareness of the medical procedure after the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, Sesame Workshop released a public service announcement Thursday on preventing unwanted pregnancies that featured Elmo receiving a... ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elmo-is-now-vaccinated-against-covid/967117/10 "2022-06-30T18:15:57Z")
Well done!