It's trying to psychologically mess with Redditards to induce them into believing that the rich and well-connected are being injected with a placebo while us normal folks are having the actual "poison" pumped into us. OP hopes to introduce doubt into the minds of the "Trust the science" brigade by playing on their natural inclination to believe the wealthy are afforded privileges that are denied to us plebs, in this case being shielded from a vaccine that is harmful.