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Dec 2020
Ripon critical care worker urges people to take the vaccine
A Ripon woman who works in a critical care unit has become one of the first people in North Yorkshire to receive the covid vaccine — and has urged others to do the same when their time comes.
Physiotherapist Laura Terry's job at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough brings her into daily contact with covid patients.
Having seen first hand the impact of the virus, she had little hesitation when the chance to be vaccinated emerged at the hospital on Sunday. She said:
Ms Terry, who went to Ripon Grammar School and lives near Fountains Abbey, studied at Teesside University.
Her regular contact with covid patients made her eligible for the vaccine. It was over in minutes and she has had no side effects besides a sore arm the next day.
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She said it was frustrating to hear people who have never seen for themselves the impact of covid in "denial" about its impact.
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