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Nurse gives mother COVID-19 vaccine, shares words of encouragement

A mother and daughter shared a special bond recently amid the pandemic.

Becky Fox, chief nursing informatics officer with Atrium Health, said that she and her team have worked through the COVID-19 crisis for months and are now helping distribute vaccines to patients.

The nurse administered a COVID-19 vaccine to her mother, an event that was not planned.

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“I came through the line and had kind of hoped that she would be the one that would be doing it,” Fox’s mother Jean Guess said.

>> In the video at the top of this page, reporter DaShawn Brown speaks with the mother and daughter who share a special meaning behind getting the vaccination.