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Do we really need to see video of people getting shots?

Friday, March 5, 2021 1:30am
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I just turned 80, and I still hate needles, and I still hate shots! Athough I have received my two.

So why does everyone on TV who talks about the pandemic, have to show someone getting a needle jabbed in their arm?

Enough already! Aren’t we all familiar with the process by now?

Donald Harleman

Arlington

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