'I'm glad she's shared this message' - Queen speaks about Covid vaccine experience with health leaders
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During a video call with health leaders across the four nations of the United Kingdom, the Queen praised the vaccine roll-out and also shared her own experience of getting the jab.
She and the Duke of Edinburgh both received their first doses in January this year, Buckingham Palace confirmed.
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Hide AdSharing her own story, the monarch said the experience was “quite harmless” and “very quick”, before adding “it didn’t hurt at all”.
Dr Emily Lawson, who is leading the vaccine deployment programme for the NHS in England, described the Queen’s comments about her vaccine experience as an “incredibly important vote of confidence in the programme”.
We asked what you thought about the head of state speaking publicly about getting the jab.
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Hide AdHere are some of your comments from the Sunderland Echo Facebook page:
Julie Dagg: “People need to think about their family and other people who they come in contact with. It's not about yourself its others as well.”
KellyLou Magooski: “I'm no fan of the Royal Family, but I'm glad she's shared this message.”
Sylvia Coxon: “Agree, if you’ve got reliant family it's got to be done, if only for partial protection.”
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Hide AdEddie Merry: “It's a personal choice and no matter what anyone thinks it's up to the individual. I can't wait to get my Covid-19 vaccination.”