One of Australia’s first teenagers to get the Covid jab had the procedure just days after her dad suffered an adverse reaction to the jab.
For Sophie Westlake, a mother-of-four, who was driving her 16-year-old eldest daughter Emilie-Rose to get a Covid vaccine it was talking through the pros and cons.Emilie-Rose was eager to get the vaccination as soon as she could. Picture: supplied.
The teenager admitted she was worried about what had happened to her father but said “I can imagine seeing a loved one die of Covid would be scarier than a needle”.Her father, Steve Westlake, was only vaccinated five days before his daughter. On Sunday, he had an ultrasound where the doctor found a liquid gap around his heart and diagnosed him with myocarditis.He was taken into the Intensive Care Unit for supervision, however the scare did not deter him from urging his daughter to get the jab.
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