Jonathan Van Ness has received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine!The star, who is HIV positive, is urging others who have a positive HIV status to do the same.Van Ness shared a photo of himself receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday and revealed that he's in New York, where the vaccine program expanded their qualifications for which pre-existing conditions qualify someone to receive the vaccine, HIV being one of them.«In NY, where I’m working, the vaccine program expanded to include people w pre-existing conditions, being HIV+ is one of the conditions that allows folks to be vaccinated, so if you’re HIV+ please check your states guidelines to see if you’re eligible and get vaccinated against covid-19!» Van Ness urged in the.