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My Covid Vaccine Experience
Title (Dublin Core)
My Covid Vaccine Experience
Description (Dublin Core)
These are the two Facebook posts I made the day I got my first shot and my second. I received the Moderna vaccine. As a teacher, I was able to get mine sooner than many others. Many people I know had (and still have) reservations about getting the vaccine. I believe in science. I believe in vaccines. It is disheartening and dangerous to see so many Americans throwing away an opportunity to protect themselves, their families, and their community because of politics. Science should not be political. The vaccine did make me feel ill, especially the second one, but it was temporary. I would do it a hundred more times if I had to. A friend of the family said they would not get the vaccine because, "What's in it for me? Even if I get Covid, I am young and healthy, unlikely to die." I found that statement alarmingly self-centered. Getting the vaccine isn't about you as individual as much as it is about you protecting your community and the world. As the saying goes nowadays, "Until all of us are safe, none of us is safe."
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Type (Dublin Core)
photograph
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Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Biography
English
Education--K12
English
Health & Wellness
English
Public Health & Hospitals
English
Social Media (including Memes)
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Collection (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
06/03/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
06/09/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
02/05/2021
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This item was submitted on June 3, 2021 by Ashley R. Tibollo using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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