Dolly Parton’s on-camera vaccination has been noted here previously, but I didn’t see the headline quote anywhere. This is how she was quoted in the Post, and who am I to doubt it :)
As everyone knows by now, Ms. Parton donated $1M that helped speed the early science behind the Moderna vaccine (I got mine — thanks, Dolly!). The donation was in honor of Dr. Naji Abumrad, a physician with whom she had previously bonded over their shared histories of being poor mountain kids — albeit 6000 miles apart. Dr. Abumrad is giving her the vaccine in the photo above.
This is not a “real” diary, but I just loved that quote so much I thought I’d post it. I wonder if turning “vaccine hesitancy” into “coward/chicken squat” will help a few of our countryfolk get off the “We don’t need no steengkeeng vaccines” game and do the patriotic — not to speak of sensible — thing.
Oh, also: Dolly apparently sang the song many had hoped to hear: “Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine….. I’m begging of you please don’t hesitate.”