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As a vaccine reporter I actually wondered if I should tweet about getting it, like how political reporters don't talk about voting. But honestly I've never devoted anywhere near this much thought to anything else I've put in my body, so here's what clinched the deal for me. 
My main memory of high school bio is playing with the lizards, so while I've learned a *ton* about science this year, for me, it's about the people. For starters, there are the people who made the vaccine. For example, Derrick Rossi, a Moderna co-founder. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/11/17/covid-19-vaccine-research-how-this-canadians-glowing-mouse-may-lead-to-a-vaccine.html
What struck me about Rossi is how he'd been working on this technology for a decade. Or Tom Madden. When we were still wandering around maskless, he saw what was coming and had jumped into action. These vaccines were fast because people worked really hard. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/12/12/inside-canadas-race-to-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-unlike-anything-weve-ever-seen-before.html
Then there's people like Jonathan and Patricia Liedy. There were some of the first people in the world to get a COVID vaccine, as volunteers who put their bodies on the line so these shots would be safe for the rest of us. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/12/09/without-them-we-would-not-have-a-covid-19-vaccine-meet-the-people-who-volunteered-to-take-an-experimental-dose.html
Alan Bernstein answered a lot of my questions this year. He was one of the experts who cleared their calendar for marathon zoom calls with vaccine makers to grill them on science, manufacturing and managementâto advise the government on which ones to buy. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/12/17/comparing-covid-19-vaccines-whats-the-difference-between-the-pfizer-and-the-moderna-dose.html
This interview with Dr. Supriya Sharma stuck with me. When I asked her what she wanted people to know about the Health Canada scientists reviewing the vaccines, she said it was that they were real people, who wanted safe shots for their own families, too. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/11/27/covid-19-vaccines-a-top-health-canada-expert-answers-our-questions-about-how-approval-will-work.html
Finally, Kelsey and her mom, Rose. Kelsey spoke to me days after her mom died but was thoughtful and composed. She wanted people to know this was real. My mom got COVID around the time Rose did. She is fine. Rose was not. Vaccination protects others. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/01/12/she-was-a-health-care-hero-for-45-years-before-covid-now-theyre-fundraising-for-her-funeral.html
