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A Sister Gets Vaccinated As She Mourns Her Sister Lost To COVID-19

Many Americans 65 and older are rolling up their sleeves to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

But the joy of getting vaccinated was tempered for Mary Rich: She lost her 83-year-old sister, Barbara Gill, to COVID-19 two days earlier. Blake Farmer of WPLN reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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