Tracey, a local volunteer, explains hers and her mum's experience with the COVID vaccine. - Video and audio transcripts

Right, hello my name is Tracey and I’m a volunteer with many places, all face to face and within the community. But I actually can’t due to Covid, obviously everything’s changed and I can’t be with these people and I’ve been shielding for a year now and it just (Pauses) it has to end and the only way that’s going to happen I think is people have their vaccinations. It just, it doesn’t hurt and when you go and have it done, I took my mum to have hers done and she’s 80 and the atmosphere is just, it’s electric and so happy and it actually makes you cry because it’s such an emotional thing because it’s going to save my mums life and enable her to be out. Go for a little walk, be independent, go to the shops and for us to be able to actually hug each other and same with my grandchildren who I haven’t seen. Got a new baby, haven’t seen her. But I’ve had my vaccine a month ago and it was absolutely fine and again the atmosphere with the doctors, the nurses, the volunteers are amazing and it’s such a joyous (pauses). Just a joyous feeling and I had no side effects and I really really hope and wish that other people will have theirs. For their sake, to give them more freedom, and for everybody else.

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