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A tiny, round adhesive plaster on Eliza Attwood’s upper arm marks her place in history.
“When I go home tonight I’m going to tell my children about this,” said the St Vincent’s Hospital wards-person supervisor moments after she walked out of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital’s COVID-19 vaccination hub on Monday.
St Vincent’s Hospital’s Eliza Attwood, right, and Rachel Macfarlane, left, (left) after receiving their COVID-19 vaccination on Monday.
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“I’ll tell my great-grandchildren that I was there, that I was one of the first people to get the shot.” She missed too many of her children’s sports games and concerts to work through the pandemic, she said.
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