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‘Think carefully before you say no’ – frontline dental nurse urges colleagues to have coronavirus vaccine

A dental nurse on the coronavirus frontline is urging colleagues to have the vaccine when it’s offered – and ignore ‘opinions and misinformation’ on social media.

Amanda Hunter was redeployed to the critical care unit at London’s King's College Hospital in March whilst working as a dental nurse in the hospital’s paediatric department.

She is one of the many dental professionals battling coronavirus alongside medical teams. She had the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccinations on Wednesday (9 December).

Her second dose is booked for 6 January and, seven days after that vaccine, Amanda will be immune to COVID-19.

She said: ‘As a healthcare professional, I have a duty of care to protect my patients, which is why I elected to have the vaccine. I would be devastated if I caught COVID-19 and passed it on to my patients.

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