#TrustTheFacts #ASL #Deaf #GetTheVAX Three doctors across Mass discuss the importance of getting the COVID-19 VAX. [ID + TRANSCRIPT] Dr. Billings, a light skinned woman with shoulder length dark hair is wearing a white lab coat and dark grey scrubs. She is smiling. Dr. Billings: Hello! I’m a doctor that works in Western Mass and I’m hearing. Dr. Wilkins, a light skinned man with black hair and a short beard is wearing a white lab coat and dark grey button down shirt and black tie with thin blue stripes. He is smiling. Dr. Wilkins: Hi there! I’m a Deaf psychologist and work at two hospitals in Central Mass. Hello! Dr. Cozzens, a light skinned woman with curly brown hair hair is wearing a white lab coat and black scrubs. She is smiling. Dr. Cozzens: Hello. I am a hearing pediatrician, and I work in the South Central region of Massachusetts. Dr. Wilkins: The COVID vaccine is a critical tool to protect yourself and to end the pandemic. Dr. Billings: But you might have questions about its safety. Dr. Cozzens: The COVID vaccine is absolutely safe. Dr. Wilkins: The same safety measures used for all vaccines were followed for the COVID vaccine. Dr. Wilkins: Tens of thousands participated in vaccine trials to prove it’s safe. Dr. Billings: Since then, millions of people of different races and ethnicities have gotten vaccinated and only experienced mild side effects. Dr. Wilkins: After the vaccine shot, some people experience redness and pain at the injection site, fever, body aches, fatigue, or headaches. This is normal and usually goes away in 1-3 days. Dr. Cozzens: I got the vaccine to protect myself, my family and my patients. All of us. Dr. Wilkins: I got the vaccine as well! Dr. Billings: Me too! (Sequence of all three doctors sitting down and getting the vaccine shot from health care workers.) Dr. Wilkins: When it’s your turn, trust the facts, get the vax. Text appear across a blue screen. It reads “Trust the FACTS. Get the VAX.” There are icons of a mask + information icon + needle and vaccination bottle. Learn more at mass.gov/covidvaccine