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A Calgary woman living with a serious lung condition said getting her first vaccine dose was like being released from prison, though she knows she’s not yet fully protected.
Nicki Perkins has already overcome the odds with cystic fibrosis by living to age 48 without a lung transplant.
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“When I went to get the vaccine on Saturday, it felt like I was out of jail and I’m looking around the world going, ‘This is what the rest of the world does? This is so weird,’ ” she said.