They got their COVID-19 vaccines. Now, in their own languages, they want to tell you how it felt — and why it matters
In Cantonese, Punjabi, Tagalog and many other different languages, health care workers and LTC residents aged 22 to 94 explain why they got the COVID-19 vaccine to help combat vaccine hesitancy in their communities.
With COVID-19 vaccines flowing into Canada by the millions, more and more people across the nation are lining up to get their shot in the hope of being one step closer to the end of the devastating global pandemic.
However, vaccine hesitancy remains a roadblock to achieving this goal. Distrust in Canada’s health care system, governments and instutions due to a history of exploitation continues to be a real obstacle for Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities.
Speaking in their native languages, long-term-care residents, doctors, and nurses and others who have received the vaccine — ranging in age from 22 to 94 — share why they got they got their shot, what it means to them, and how they felt after receiving it.
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These are personal accounts of these individuals’ vaccine experiences. To learn more, contact your health care provider.
If you have received your vaccine and would like to participate in this series, please email ekwong@thestar.ca, including a line-by-line text translation in English.
Evelyn Kwong is a Toronto-based team editor for the Star. Follow her at @evystadium.
Video captions by Star video producer Kelsey Wilson. Follow her at @kelseyleewilson.
Graphics by digital designer McKenna Deighton. Follow her at @DeightonMcKenna.
Evelyn Kwong Evelyn Kwong is a former team editor for the Star, where she championed social media engagement, audience development and the "In Their Own Voices" column series.
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