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Today, Explained

The vaccine, explained by Martin (who got it)

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:42.0

It's been a tough year, but at least Christmas came early this year,

0:45.0

and by Christmas, I, of course, mean the vaccine.

0:47.0

On Tuesday, the very first humans were vaccinated against COVID-19 in the United Kingdom.

0:53.0

On Wednesday, I had the privilege of speaking to one of them.

0:57.0

His name is Martin Kenyon, and I asked him to introduce himself.

1:01.0

Well, it's not very much to tell, except that I've been around for a very long time.

1:05.0

I'm 91 years old.

1:07.0

Some I didn't fit my tonsil of measuring what my life's been like, you know.

1:11.0

Now, I do have to keep telling me I've got to write it, you know.

1:14.0

I've written the first six years, but that's not very much.

1:17.0

Like, it's bored of trying to write it, but they're very keen, I should get it written down.

1:21.0

Because I've been very lucky and done lots of interesting things.

1:24.0

Nothing important, nothing.

1:26.0

But I was very lucky.

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