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Dec 2020
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The vaccine, explained by Martin (who go...

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Martin Kenyon was one of the first people to get the Covid-19 vaccine this week. He talks about his experience, and an epidemiologist explains how to talk to the “vaccine hesitant” people in your life.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.

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