I would expect that he would be at least of rank to get a saline shot with full COVID doco if not having leave to not be stuck and not furnish papers.
He has pissed off someone important in Israel. I am sure the trip is about, ahem, payment that Pfizer was promised in the contract which can't be withheld because of performance of the product or for any other reason. He is being put in this uncomfortable position to weaken his hand in negotiation.
Of course he has not taken the Spike. Nobody important has. That shit for little people like senators. Employees.
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