‘Hope is the biggest side effect’: Vaccinations spur emotional reactions from health-care providers

Over the past 30 years, Marvin Gelkopf has built a practice of 2,000 patients in Toronto’s North York and prides himself on knowing all of his patients’ names. As a community family doctor, Gelkopf was among the first to receive a COVID-19 shot. Asked to describe his reaction, he responds: “Physically or emotionally? … It’s a very emotional topic for most of us.” Gelkopf is not alone. Health-care providers who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 describe not just the physical side effects.
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